Bank Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
Job Description
Job summary
You will be a member of the neuro rehab team/early supported discharge stroke service and will be responsible for the assessments, planning, implementation and evaluation of individualised speech & language therapy intervention to patients living in the community.
You will be based in the community working a range of shifts patterns to meet the needs of our patients.
As a Bank worker you can work flexibly full or part time to fill a temporary vacancy or short term staffing shortages, however hours and placements cannot be guaranteed.
Our temporary roles will give you lots of variety in different environments and could be your "foot in the door" to the NHS.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for coordinating intervention for designated clients acting as their Case Manager whilst they are receiving input from service.
To contribute to service development and project leadership.
To undertake lone working in the community.
To work a variety of shift patterns which include weekends and bank holidays on a rota basis.
Management and provision of highly specialist Neurology Speech & Language Therapy ,using models of best practice to assess the client's needs, and to provide therapy, adviceand support for the patient.
Evaluation of clients' needs in order to give effective support at the right time, involving prioritisation of the caseload, according to recently reviewed literature and clinical effectiveness guidelines.
Management and provision of highly specialist SLT for specified clients, by assessing needs and then providing programmes and resources, which are reviewed and up-dated regularly.
Support for colleagues within and outside of Speech & Language Therapy, including the provision of student placements.
Support and engage in the development of the stroke early supported discharge service.
About us
Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.
There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff - who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.
If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.
Job responsibilities
CLINICAL
To assess, develop and implement Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapy treatment and evaluate outcomes.
To use highly specialist skills to formulate a diagnosis.
To provide highly specialised written and verbal advice to a range of professionals regarding the management and care of clients with severe/ complex communication and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties.
To maintain highly specialist knowledge of current practice and literature, ensuring decisions are based on the best available evidence.
To adapt clinical practice to meet individual patients circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences.
To be responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained including equipment loaned to clients.
To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions.
To contribute to clinical teams both uni-disciplinary and multidisciplinary by discussing own andothers input around clients needs ensuring a well-coordinated care plan.
To demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families and colleagues, ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist.
To demonstrate skills in motivating clients with severe communication needs and /or carers toengage in the therapeutic process and enabling them to contribute to the decision making processregarding their care plans.
To form productive relationships with others who may be under stress and/or have challengingcommunication difficulties.
To demonstrate the ability to reflect on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of clients communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.
To negotiate with carers, clients and others around individual case management.
To demonstrate good negotiation skills with carers, clients and other professionals around complexcase management.
To employ counselling skills with clients/ carers with highly complex needs and maintain sensitivitywhen imparting potentially distressing information regarding the nature of the clients difficultiesand implications of the same.
To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures.
To demonstrate highly specialist skills in handling clients with disabilities. CASELOAD MANAGEMENT
To manage and prioritise complex and specialist caseload and workload independently and usespecialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgement/ decision making.
To use highly specialist knowledge to develop protocols and care packages in areas of expertise.
To liaise with relevant user groups as appropriate.
To monitor and evaluate own highly specialist service delivery.
To produce reports reflecting highly specialist knowledge for individual clients and client groups.
To be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team, contributing to service delivery, audit anddevelopment.
To provide highly specialist advice/ second opinions to speech and language therapists and otherprofessionals in areas of expertise.
To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards andTrust policies.
To share information with others, observing data protection guidelines.
To gather activity data accurately and regularly, ensuring the provision of such informationpromptly within trust guidelines.
To demonstrate skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies forcaseload management.
To develop care protocols for specific clinical groups in liaison with the multi-disciplinary team and Team Leader to improve patient care.
To advise Team Leader of issues of service delivery including shortfall, service pressures and to usehighly specialist knowledge to inform service/ policy developments as appropriate.
To maintain intense concentration in all aspects of patient management for prolonged periods.
LEADERSHIP
To develop skills in leadership within appropriate specialist area.
To take delegated lead on the development of team objectives or projects in liaison with peers.
PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS
To be aware of and adhere to service and team plans and policies.
To contribute to interagency/multi disciplinary team building and policy development.
To participate in the development of local/national clinical guidelines informed by evidence forclinical specialism.
To be flexible to the demands of the environment including unpredictable work patterns, deadlinesand frequent interruptions.To demonstrate highly specialist knowledge in clinical specialism underpinned by current evidencebased practice.
To maintain and develop highly specialist clinical skills through attending relevant courses,meetings and special interest groups.
To comment on proposed service/policy developments as appropriate.
To provide mentoring, supervision, support and advice to more junior Speech and Language Therapists.
To provide mentoring, supervision, support and advice to Speech and Language Therapy Assistants.
To use highly specialist knowledge to provide training for Speech and Language Therapists and other professionals.
To provide high quality clinical placements for student Speech and Language Therapists.
To explain the role of Speech and Language Therapists to visitors, students and volunteers.
To undertake Clinical Governance/audit projects within the local service.
To participate in departmental research and clinical governance/audit projects.
To collect and provide research data as required.
To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries,seeking advice as appropriate.
To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code ofconduct.
To work independently accessing appraisal within an individual performance framework at predetermined intervals.
To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
To identify personal/professional development evidenced by Personal development ...
