Are you an enthusiastic, flexible, and pro-active Speech and Language Therapist looking for a challenge in an exciting and fast-moving environment? A unique temporary opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Speech & Language Therapist to join the Adult Speech & Language Therapy team in Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust.
You will be supported by senior and specialist speech and language therapists and be welcomed into a friendly and innovative team. Our priority is to ensure that we provide the best patient experience and clinical outcomes possible. Within the team, we are proud to be able to offer a wide and varied career.
This is an opportunity to support the team through winter. The B5 rotational posts within LTHT Adult SLT Team currently include: Acute inpatients; Neurosurgery; Neurological rehabilitation; Stroke (acute and rehab) and outpatient services. The rotation cycle occurs every 9 months at present.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for HCPC and RCSLT registered Speech and Language Therapists or a graduate with registration imminent or applied for, with an interest in working with adults with acquired neurological and related conditions in hospital environments.
We are searching for a motivated individual to play a supportive role across adult pathways working in partnership with a wide range of healthcare professionals. A dysphagia qualification and experience of working in the acute environment assessing and treating adults in the above areas is highly desirable.
This post provides excellent opportunities to learn and develop skills as a core member of well-established MDTs working alongside physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietetics, nurses, and assistants.
You will be able to demonstrate skills in assessment, treatment, and management of communication and swallowing difficulties in conjunction with excellent interpersonal communication, organisational, and team working skills. You will have experience of multidisciplinary working and be able to show evidence of continued professional development.
About us
The post holder will join a highly supportive and innovative Speech and Language Therapy Service comprising 40 wte SLTs serving ENT/Maxillofacial/Head and Neck, Neurosciences, Acute Medicine including complex airways and Outpatients. The Department offers comprehensive supervision in conjunction with a well-established Continuing Professional Development program and access to regular staff meetings.
You will be working with one of the most forward-thinking, pioneering and well-respected Trusts in the UK. With St James's University Hospital and Leeds General Infirmary being two of the largest teaching hospitals in Europe, our reputation for excellence has seen us train thousands of medical specialists who now practice all over the world.
Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed.
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE
1. To assess, diagnose, plan, and deliver speech and language therapy treatment programmes to patients with communication and swallowing impairments in their care.
2. To carry and prioritise their own clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
3. To be responsible for their own continuing professional and personal development.
4. To be responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive speech and language therapy treatment notes/records for each patient.
Knowledge, Skills and Experience Required
Qualifications
* Degree or equivalent
Experience
* A variety of clinical areas experienced through student placements or previous employment.
Skills
* Competent written and verbal skills
* Ability to organise and prioritise own workload
Knowledge
* Sound theoretical knowledge of speech and language therapy practice
* Awareness of current issues in healthcare
* Standards of professional practice
Personal Attributes
* Enthusiastic and self-motivated
* Flexible and adaptable
* Good interpersonal skills
* Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Core Behaviours and Skills
* Organisational skills
* Professional
Core Knowledge and Understanding
* An understanding of the principles of patient centred care.
* To have a working knowledge of Professional Standards set by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and the Health Care Professions Council.
Principal Duties & Areas of Responsibility
Clinical
* To be professional and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your own work relating to the assessment and treatment of patients in your care undertaking clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.
* To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to form accurate diagnosis and prognoses across a range of conditions and to decide on the best course of intervention from a range of options.
* Using investigative and analytical skills to formulate individualised management and treatment plans.
* To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of patients.
* To demonstrate dexterity, coordination, and palpatory senses for assessment and manual treatment of patients.
* To develop and deliver the speech and language therapy element of the rehabilitation programme, and on occasion to deliver some elements normally undertaken by nursing or allied health professional colleagues.
* To be an active member of the speech and language therapy service.
* The working pattern will require flexibility to ensure safe and effective service provision.
* Use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients to progress treatment and rehabilitation programmes.
* Ability to work in a stressful environment imparting information regarding poor rehabilitation prognosis on a daily basis.
* Ability to deal effectively with emotional and/or aggressive patients and/or carers on a daily basis.
* Assess patient understanding of treatment proposals, gain valid informed consent and have the knowledge to work within a legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.
* To ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients.
Person Specification
Skills & Behaviours
* Professional, hard working and flexible with a positive attitude
* Able to work in a team, demonstrate time management skills and initiative
* Able to prioritise, organise, and delegate as necessary own workload
Qualifications
* BSc (Hons) in Speech Therapy / Clinical Language Sciences or equivalent
* Health Professions Council Registration
* Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Experience
* Varied clinical placements with Communication and Swallowing caseloads
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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