Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

• The Physical Health Therapies Team will provide Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Dietetics and Podiatry services. The team will work in collaboration with established AHP teams and other physical health colleagues within the care group to deliver physical health interventions for adult service users in acute mental health wards within the North London NHS Foundation Trust.
• The postholder will provide clinical, operational, and professional leadership and management of speech and therapy within the Physical Health Therapies Team, and help lead on the design, delivery, and development of high-quality care within this new service in line with advances in evidence-informed practice, digital transformation, etc.

• The postholder will act as the deputy team manager for the Physical Health Therapies Team and will assume the team manager's responsibilities in their absence.
• They will autonomously utilise highly specialist knowledge and skills to provide assessment, diagnosis, and management to services users with physical health presentations, thus optimising the clinical pathway, and guide and support others to do the same.
• The post holder will provide clinical assessments and interventions for patients with dysphagia and community difficulties, as indicated by patient need

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

Essential

• Degree-level professional qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
• High level post-graduate courses in related area of expertise
• Registered member of RCSLT and HCPC

Essential

• Specialist level of clinical skills - able to conduct appropriate assessment, diagnosis and treatment for communication difficulties and dysphagia
• Demonstrate an ability to manage and prioritise own workload across a designated area as required, responding to unpredictable changes to patients and staffing levels
• Demonstrable clinical leadership skills, able to develop, lead, manage and support staff
• Able to apply latest research evidence and evaluative thinking in practice

Essential

• Extensive post-grad experience of managing complex caseloads in acute settings
• Demonstrate a working knowledge and experience of clinical governance with examples of participation in projects for the improvement of patient care and service developments, including leading on projects as required.
• Recognised post graduate qualification in dysphagia management e.g. RCSLT dysphagia competencies and/or post graduate dysphagia training