Employer Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site St Peter's Hospital
Town Chertsey
Salary £39,205 - £47,084 pa inc. HCAS
Salary period Yearly
Closing 14/04/2025 23:59
Speech and Language Therapist, Acute Medicine
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
We are looking for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join our thriving Medical and ICU team for a fixed term period of one year. We are looking for somebody who is committed to providing a high standard of care to patients within acute medical wards. The successful candidate will have experience working in dysphagia and communication, ideally in an acute setting. However, we would welcome an application from anybody with relevant transferable skills. You will be well supported within this role and will be able to access our exciting training programs.
Delivering excellence in patient care and patient experience is our driving force. We are committed to personal development through supervision and appraisal, as well as internal/external training. Staff involvement in research and development is encouraged, with opportunities for service evaluation, audit and quality improvement initiatives.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join our Medical and ICU team and work mainly on the medical wards.
1. Undertake advanced assessments, clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute or sub-acute conditions. These patients often have complex and/or chronic presentations.
2. Work as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a significant specialist clinical caseload, working without direct supervision.
3. Take a role in supervision and teaching of Speech and Language Therapists within clinical specialty and participate in multi-disciplinary team teaching.
4. Demonstrate leadership skills and contribute to service development and monitoring of standards of practice and developing multidisciplinary management of patients.
5. The Trust is moving towards 7 day working and this post holder will be expected to participate in providing a seven day service as part of their contracted hours on a rota system.
Working for our organisation
Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.
Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.
We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Planning and organisational tasks / duties
1. To plan effectively the daily management of a caseload of patients by prioritising clinical work, responding to urgent referrals and occasionally unpredictable work patterns.
2. To be able to prioritise clinical work and managerial work, and balance other patient related and professional activities as the department requires.
Patient Care Responsibilities
1. To undertake specialist assessments of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multipathologies and to assess patients jointly with other members of the multidisciplinary team.
2. To use sound clinical reasoning skills, assessment techniques and diagnostic procedures to assess and develop treatment programmes.
3. To devise individualized Speech and Language therapy management and/or treatment plans, using a range of treatment/management options, to include patient education.
4. To formulate accurate prognoses and recommend best course of intervention, developing comprehensive, timely discharge plans, liaising with ESD and community rehabilitation teams.
5. To evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment programmes if required.
6. To evaluate the outcomes of your interventions.
Communication / Relationship Skills
1. To communicate effectively with all disciplines involved in a patient’s care, both those from within the organisation and those outside, to ensure effective multidisciplinary working.
2. To communicate complex and sensitive information to patients, carers and other staff including imparting unwelcome news relating to their rehabilitation potential and gaining consent for treatment.
3. To communicate any changes in care plan or treatment approach to the multi-disciplinary team as necessary.
4. To maintain accurate records in line with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy standards and Trust and service standards and policies.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc Hons or recognised degree equivalent qualification in Speech & Language Therapy
* HCPC
* RCSLT Dysphagia
* RCSLT Newly Qualified competencies
* Relevant Clinical Excellence Networks
* Additional training courses linked to role
Experience
* Experience of mentoring/supporting junior colleagues and/or students
* Experience of working in a team and contributing to team decisions
* Relevant experience working within acute setting
* Exposure to instrumental assessments
Skills
* Ability to competently assess, treat and manage patients independently.
* Effective time management and the ability to prioritise a busy caseload.
* Evidence of working as part of MDT
* Evidence of involvement in service improvements and audit
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.
Name Nicola Wilks Job title Interim Therapy Manager for SLT Medical and ICU Email address nicola.wilks2@nhs.net
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