Clinical Lead Inpatient Speech & Language Therapy & Clinical Education

The post holder will:- Act in accordance with the Health and Care Professions Council code of conduct - promote compliance with the standards of conduct, proficiency, performance, continued professional development (CPD) and ethics. Work within the Inpatient therapy service leading, co-ordinating and developing effective clinical interventions within the speciality of Acute Medicine in order to advance clinical practice in the team in line with current evidence base. Manage autonomously a clinical workload of patients / clients at a highly specialist level, assessing and treating patients and maintaining clinical records. Apply evidence based knowledge within the highly specialist clinical area, acquired through experience and academic study at post graduate level. Within the Inpatient therapy service, act as a resource and provide advice for Speech & Language Therapists, other professionals and colleagues within the MDT about the assessment, treatment, management and care of patients / clients who have a multi-pathological illness and/or complex psychosocial need. Work collaboratively with health and social care, community and acute colleagues. Take a lead, and work with other members of the MDT to ensure effective care pathways and transfer of care / discharges. Proactively and appropriately facilitate a seamless transfer of care and continuing therapeutic management of patients between care settings. Work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary manner with the MDT, being able to debate the blurring of boundaries across professions and where competent take on aspects of blurred boundary working. Develop highly specialist programmes of assessment, treatment and intervention for inpatients with communication and/or swallowing deficits. Manage and prioritise own clinical workload as appropriate, working efficiently to manage professional time and delegate according to the training and competency levels of other team members to ensure the effective delivery of the service. Deliver Speech and Language Therapy on stroke and acute wards dependent on service demand. Participate in supervision on colleagues and students as required. Ensure a high standard of patient care is provided including implementing and reviewing clinical standards relevant to the work undertaken. Provide highly specialist assessment and advice for the multidisciplinary team and actively participate in MDT meetings as appropriate. To comply with and, along with the Team Leader, write, develop and implement protocols, procedures and guidelines both clinical and service specific. To give feedback on policies when required which may impact on the management and care of clients on the wards. To identify training needs within the Speech & Language Therapy service, to support staff in meeting these needs (either through in-house or external training) and evaluate any in-house training for Speech & Language Therapists and the wider multi professional team as appropriate. Ensure the design and implementation of quality monitoring processes, in conjunction with the HEI providers and professional leads, to ensure post graduate training and opportunities are optimised. Work with the professional lead to develop effective partnership working with colleagues from HEIs and organisations within the healthcare community to further develop and enhance the quality of placement experience. Provide assurance of the learning environment and experience at CHFT and work with the wider clinical education team and professional lead to broaden placement capacity. Work with other educators to support the implementation of the Education Strategy for AHPs within CHFT. Identify and create opportunities for clinical education. Working with the Team Leader, ensure the service in managed within the team by agreeing annual leave/study leave and reporting sickness absence to the Team Leader. To participate in the recruitment process. Alongside the Team Leader generate, collect, analyse and disseminate data as required for the service, both manually and computerised. On a day to day basis, support members of the Speech & Language Therapy team and enable them to meet their objectives and development needs. To assist the Team Leader to manage the performance of the Speech & Language Therapy staff through supervision, appraisals and performance management as required. Have the ability to work flexibly and contribute to changing working patterns including bank holidays and 7 day working as these develop, noting we are currently a 5 day service

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