Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Stroke ESD
Band 6
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Are you looking to develop your skills in community rehabilitation? If so then we want you! As part of a newly funded Harrow Stroke ESD team, we are looking for a permanent full time band 6 SLT.
We want to provide all of our therapists with the ability to think critically, challenge the evidence base and provide high standards of person-centred care. This involves commitment, motivation and a strong desire to learn and in turn, we will give you our commitment of CPD, the opportunity to develop your clinical skills in acquired dysphagia and communication disorders within the field of stroke rehabilitation.
You will be able to access the wider Adult SLT department where we offer peer support and formal supervision as well as cross site departmental in service training, excellent library facilities, a commitment to flexible working policies, support for further postgraduate training and active participation in service development and clinical audit.
Main duties of the job
You will be based at Northwick Park Hospital on the stroke unit but will provide stroke specific therapy in the community at patients homes in the borough of Harrow. The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner providing specialist speech and language therapy services to patients post-stroke. A significant proportion of these clients will have English as an additional language (EAL). The post holder will complete all duties required for this including comprehensive neuro assessment, key-working, goal setting, providing treatment, liaising with different services, referring onto appropriate services, discharge planning & discharge paperwork.
You will be required to travel independently to service users’ homes. You will have opportunities to support with some managerial duties including triaging new referrals and allocating therapy to team members, supporting to create the weekly and weekend team timetables. You will provide supervision to rehab technicians and students.
The post holder will participate in team meetings, contributing to departmental / team audits and research projects. They will deliver and evaluate specialist training on a regular basis within the hospital / community setting, to other professionals and patients / carers on all aspects of swallowing, speech, language, and communication. They will contribute to clinical training of newly qualified Speech and Language Therapists, Clinical Support Workers & Speech & Language Therapy students.
Working for our organisation
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
- Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
- St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
- Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
- Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- • Health Care Professions Council – License to Practice
- • Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses such as Basic Training in Dysphagia, Tracheostomy management, acquired communication disorders
- • Experiential training to demonstrate specialist skills.
Desirable criteria
- • Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Working as a speech & language therapist specialising in the adult neuro population, specifically stroke.
- Assessment, treatment and management of complex clients with speech, language and communication difficulties
- Working with clients with complex dysphagia
- Working with carers & MDT.
- Writing clinical notes and reports.
- Developing case management skills in self & less experienced staff
- Delivering and evaluating training.
- Clinical audit applying the principles of research methodology
Skills, abilities and attributes
Essential criteria
- Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the neurological / acute client group with speech language and communication, and swallowing difficulties.
- Well established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the above client group.
- Knowledge of the range of alternative / augmentative communication systems available to the neurological / acute client group.
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures in particular the Royal College of Physicians guidelines on Stroke, the Equality act, Protecting Vulnerable Adults, and the National Service frameworks for older people & chronic conditions
- Car driver
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Natalie Griffin
- Job title
- Principal Speech & Language Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 869 2410
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