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Location
Woking, Surrey | United Kingdom
Job description
Overview of Responsibilities : The candidate will have the opportunities to contribute, facilitate, design and lead service developments, innovations and audit within the neurorehabilitation service. There is access to a SLT-led Videofluoroscopy service and FEES service with support provided by the Stoke and Neuro inpatient SLT team. JOB DIMENSIONS & ACCOUNTABILITIES To supervise the work of other SLTs, students, SLT assistants and volunteers To provide leadership within the appropriate specialist areas To lead and co-ordinate others in delegated task PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY AND ACCOUNTABILITY To maintain Health Profession Council Standards of Proficiency, To work within defined departmental and national protocols /policies & professional code of conduct To use knowledge of speech and language therapy to assess and manage people with communication and swallowing disorders Accountability for Financial and Physical Resources To monitor stock levels in own service area & request new equipment To be responsible for the security of client and confidential records, the security, care and maintenance of equipment. KEY RESULT AREAS /PRIONCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES Professional autonomy and accountability To participate in and undertake to learn from the supervision and development opportunities provided by the Trust and the speech & language therapy department To work with a high level of autonomy in making decisions in relation to own practice & on a wider basis in relation to service delivery in meeting patients / clients needs To provide second opinion to other specialist staff within & outside local service areas To manage an agreed caseload of clients with a high level of clinical complexity, often within a specialist context or knowledge area To monitor & evaluate own highly specialist service delivery and provide progress reports To plan, prioritize & co-ordinate a workload of potentially conflicting roles and activities with a service wide perspective in order to attain a range of professional goals To undertake self-directed learning and CPD To reflect on own practice and to lead in facilitating others in clinical supervision Patient / Client Care population focus To provide a leading role across the Trusts and partner agencies and organisations through raising public awareness of the needs of people with communication & / or swallowing difficulties following admission to hospital, and in promoting access to the help and services they require Patient / Client Care individual focus Identification and assessment of health education and social care needs To use appropriate specialist and highly specialist assessment techniques for clients with a high level of clinical complexity for swallowing and communication difficulties To undertake, or to arrange, clinical investigations as appropriate for a specialist and highly complex caseload, to include the appropriate use of videofluoroscopy To analyse, evaluate and interpret the information collected. To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from the assessments Formulation and delivery of plans and strategies for meeting identified needs To use specialist research, reasoning and problem-solving skills To draw on appropriate specialist and highly specialist knowledge & skills in order to make professional judgements To formulate specialist and highly specialist management plans for clients with specialist needs & high levels of clinical complexity including the setting of goals and timescales To develop specialist and highly specialist programmes of care for clients with specialist needs and high levels of clinical complexity based on best practice for intervention to be implemented by the therapist or others (individual, group, direct and indirect interventions) To provide highly specialist clinical and professional advice to those receiving care and to others regarding the management and care of patients / clients with high levels of specialist needs & clinical complexity in their communication and / or swallowing difficulties To conduct the appropriate specialist & highly specialist diagnostic or monitoring procedures, treatment, therapy or other actions safely and skilfully. To maintain records and share information as appropriate for clients with specialist needs and a high level of clinical complexity often within a specialist context or knowledge area Critical evaluation of the impact of, or response to, intervention To use specialist & highly specialist knowledge to monitor and review the ongoing effectiveness of planned activity and to modify it accordingly To audit, reflect on and review own specialist and highly specialist practice Knowledge understanding and skills To know and keep up to date with national, local and client contextual knowledge and understanding as well as the relevant core and care group specific, specialist underpinning knowledge and skills related to the assessment, management and professional craft knowledge of specialist speech and language therapy practice To identify personal / professional development needs evidenced by Personal Development Plan / Professional Portfolio developed within the SLT department appraisal framework To demonstrate knowledge of, and adhere to RCSLT Professional and Clinical and National and Local Clinical Guidelines To have a working knowledge of all relevant procedures for specialist practice including: Safeguarding Children, SEN procedures, Vulnerable Adults, capacity for consent and other legal frameworks Physical skills To demonstrate highly developed and accurate auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients / clients To demonstrate skills in handling clients with disabilities To demonstrate skills in the use of equipment & technology in highly specialist clinical care LEARNING AND EDUCATION Self To identify training and development needs required for highly specialist practice through critical self-reflection To engage in continuous self-directed learning that promotes professional development and quality of practice To evaluate and implement learning outcomes To assume delegated responsibility for co-ordinating clinical placement opportunities within the specialty / team for speech and language therapy students to observe, discuss and have hands on experience of working with clients To provide full student placements, including assessments of the placements as appropriate To undertake to be a resource of practice expertise in conjunction with the Higher Education provider by advising, developing and delivering lectures / workshops etc for students Speech and language therapy colleagues To lead case discussions, peer review and action learning sets, drawing on highly specialist knowledge and experience To lead, facilitate and support the development and practice of colleagues individually and in groups whilst respecting their existing levels of expertise, e.g. through mentoring, clinical supervision, providing second opinions, co-working, and evaluate the effectiveness of the chosen methods in meeting learning needs To provide regular specialist training on a range of topics To facilitate others in developing problem solving and negotiation skills Others To provide a regular, leading role in identifying the specialist training needs of individuals or groups, in developing the appropriate content and style of information giving / skill development, in providing the training through the most appropriate means and in evaluating the impact To lead in providing opportunities for other health professionals to learn about speech and language therapy and relevant health promotion and health prevention from observation and discussion Practice research and development To contribute to and, as a highly specialist speech and language therapist, to lead the continuous improvement of the speech and language therapy service by Critical reflection on service level practice and planning Initiating and undertaking research / clinical governance / audit projects within area of expertise To propose and implement agreed quality improvements within practice To develop and implement innovations to reduce risk, and improve quality and clinical effectiveness To participate in departmental research and clinical governance / audit projects To representing the team within multidisciplinary systems of clinical governance To collect and provide research data as required Policy / service development and implementation To be aware of, adhere to and implement service and team plans and policies across agencies and organisations To take delegated lead on the development of team objectives or projects in liaison with peers To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager including participation in working groups, policy development groups To contribute to interagency / multi disciplinary team building and policy development COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS To communicate specialist, complex condition related information from assessment, as well as information, advice, instruction and professional opinion effectively and appropriately to a wide range of colleagues, specialist and non specialist, and to patients / clients, parents and carers To liaise, work in partnership and be proactive with other professionals, support staff, patients / clients and parents or carers within and across Trust and organisational boundaries To make referrals within health, education and social services settings To lead and co-ordinate work undertaken as part of uni and a multi disciplinary teams To communicate complex, high risk care issues and concerns in speech and language therapy and wider contexts, including child protection, vulnerable adults and health prevention To attend meetings with a specialist, service wide client focus To deal with initial complaints sensitively
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£45.75k - £52.07k per annum
