Band 6 Specialist Speech & Language Therapist Job London area,Greater London England UK,Healthcare

Introduction

We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join the Camden Community Team within the Camden Neurology and Stroke Service (CNSS). This post is an excellent opportunity for an existing Band 6 therapist, or an experienced Band 5 looking to develop their specialist skills in working with adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders.

The Camden Community Team provides assessment, rehabilitation and management for adults with a wide range of neurological conditions, including stroke, progressive neurological diseases and other acquired neurological disorders. We support service users in their own homes, community settings and clinics across Camden. As part of CNSS, the successful candidate will work closely within a well-established multidisciplinary team and will have opportunities to develop skills across a broad range of pathways, including Palliative Care, Camden Integrated Community Healthcare, the Rapid Access Service and Virtual Ward.

The role offers the opportunity to deliver person-centred care, contribute to service development and work collaboratively with colleagues across health and social care services.

Key Responsibilities

To provide a specialist assessment and treatment service to adults living in the community with acquired communication and/or swallowing difficulties.

Caseload Details

The caseload is comprised of adults with neurological diagnoses, including stroke, and other long-term conditions and palliative presentations (e.g. COPD, dementia).
Patients are seen in a variety of settings, including their own homes and residential care homes.
Community visits to patients may be made on foot, public transport, motorcycle, bicycle or car.

To independently manage (with support) a complex caseload using evidence-based clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and analysis to support assessment and intervention.
To work flexibly with all other members of the team to provide an integrated rehabilitation service to patients in accordance with the philosophy and operational policies of the team.
To use a client-centred, goal-orientated rehabilitation and disability management approaches in line with local and national clinical guidelines.
To be actively involved in CPD and to strive to implement high quality evidence-based practice.
To be actively involved in clinical governance including service development and quality improvement projects.
To thoroughly assess patients through subjective questioning, objective formal and informal assessment and analysis of information gathered.
To prioritise factors involved in a patients presenting condition through clinical reasoning based on knowledge of evidence-based practice, current professional opinion, the patients prognosis and other physical psychological and social issues.
To ensure high standards of clinical practice using evidence-based practice and national/local clinical guidelines.
To advise and teach the relevant carers/health workers to participate in on-going Speech & Language Therapy rehabilitation care or disability management programmes for clients, as appropriate.
To set goals for treatment with clients, families and carers, and ensure that care is client-centred and agreed by the client and/or their significant others.
To devise and manage a treatment plan individual to a clients presenting condition through, for example the use of functional rehabilitation, compensatory approaches, provision of alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) and feeding equipment, education and health promotion.
To act as an advocate on behalf of clients and carers by adopting a client-centred approach to support meaningful participation in life roles within the local communities.
To ensure that the client and/or their carer have an understanding of treatment protocols and give informed consent to examination and treatment.
To ensure that the patient understands the clinical reasoning process and the management plan.
To modify the patients therapy treatment/management plan as appropriate following ongoing re-assessment and evaluation of progress.
To manage a caseload of clients with complex needs with supervision and guidance as necessary from senior staff. To successfully monitor, evaluate and review Speech & Language Therapy treatment/interventions within a multi-disciplinary framework and to modify as necessary taking a key worker role as indicated.
To use knowledge of other multi-disciplinary roles and…