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Shrewsbury, Shropshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Main duties and responsibilities (Clinical):-Ensure the delivery of high quality Speech and Language Therapy assessment, interventions and evaluations across Mental Health In patient services based at The Redwoods. The work is largely across older adult wards working with people with cognitive impairment.- Demonstrate high personal standards in clinical practice.- Ensure interventions are provided in line with NICE Guidance, RCSLT guidelines including other relevant local and national documentation. -Responsible for prioritising workload, allocation of work to oneself and other staff, and to cover all levels of priority ofwork within the service.- Provide specific swallowing assessments, communication assessments and advice, as part of the single assessment process, culminating in an agreed plan of action and or care and intervention. This would include the use of recognised/agreed standardised Speech and Language Therapy assessment tools alongside profession specific and generic outcome measures- Make clinical judgements backed up by clinical reasoning and recommendations regarding appropriate actions/sign posting in consultation with multi-disciplinary staff and in accordance with the service specification.-Carry out specialist assessments (within service specification) to identify swallowing and communication needs for in- patient service users and if indicated develop an agreed action plan of care.-Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans.- Deliver a range of speech and language interventions following specific speech and language therapy assessments to enable understanding of any expression of an unmet need and to maximise an individuals abilities.- Lead the management of a complex caseload, which includes specialist assessment (within service specification), care planning in conjunction with service user and carer, evaluation of individual treatment plans (Care Programme Approach and Single Assessment Process).- Attend clinical meetings as appropriate to facilitate a safe and timely discharge into a community setting.- Knowledge of national, regional and local drivers underpinning service delivery including the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 (revised 2007) regulations including Mental Capacity Act (2005), RCSLT Guidelines-Up to date knowledge and experience of clinical developments in Adult Mental Health.- Adhere to RCSLT , HCPC Professional Code of Practice , Standards and Guidelines, and understand how to raise concerns if poor practice is witnessed-Implement highly developed physical skills pertinent to the area of specialism, for example manual handling, computer and keyboard skills, health and safety, de-escalation skills anddriving- Actively maintain and demonstrate an up-to-date knowledge of national guidelines, standards, legislation, and professional developments in current methods in the treatment of clients conditions within the specialism.
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