Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Band 6

You will deliver high quality patient centred care and rehabilitation to people who have recently experienced a stroke. You will assess and manage communication and swallowing impairments, devise therapy care plans suitable for assistants and participate in service development. We pride ourselves on balancing the delivery of both communication and swallowing therapy for our patients.

You will work within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) of specialist Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Dietitians, Nurses and Medics. Experience of MDT, working with stroke and skills in dysphagia (including management of eating and drinking with acknowledged risk) are a key aspect of this role.

You will participate in the collection of Speech and Language Therapy data for SSNAP (Stroke Sentinel National Audit Programme).

Weekend working is part of the service therefore you will need to be flexible to accommodate this according to service demand.

To provide assessment, diagnosis and specialist, evidence based intervention to adults who have had a stroke referred for speech and language therapy, including providing self-care and support information, to patients, carers, and other professionals.

To manage a caseload of adults who are in the hyper acute and acute phases following stroke.

To supervise and monitor the implementation of specialist treatment programmes delivered by Band 5 SLTs and SLTAs. To allocate tasks appropriately to them while retaining overall responsibility for the designated caseload

To provide clinical support to SLTs and SLTAs.

Base: Lincoln County Hospital - Stroke Unit

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification attached to the advert in full before applying. This post is ACUTE only.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

Qualifications

Desirable: - Post reg qualifications related to stroke; - Clinical educator training

Experience

Desirable: - Experience of stroke; - Experience of acute working; - MDT experience; - Experience of supervising therapy assistants; - Knowledge and use of AAC

Knowledge/skills

Desirable: - Knowledge of safeguarding