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Job overview
The Speech and Language Therapy Community Clinical Specialist post is based in the Haringey Community Rehabilitation Service, which is an amalgamated community multidisciplinary rehabilitation team in Haringey.
Since April 2011, Whittington Health has been working as an Integrated Care Organisation (ICSU) which offers healthcare across acute and community in Haringey and Islington.
This postholder is the Clinical Lead for Haringey Urgent and General Rehabilitation Community SLT services across Haringey. This is an adult service, primarily supporting older people and those with Long Term Conditions. The postholder will provide expert clinical input to patients referred with communication and swallowing difficulties to the Haringey Adult Rehabilitation Team (HART) Urgent and General Rehabilitation Teams, as well as offering clinical supervision to other SLTs within these teams.
Main duties of the job
To provide a community rehabilitation service to adults living in Haringey. Treatment will take place at home, residential or nursing homes, resource centres and health centres, which may be made on foot, by public transport, bicycle, motorcycle or car.
To fulfil the role of Clinical Lead for Haringey Urgent and General Rehabilitation Speech and Language Therapy in the Community, acting as an expert advisor for Haringey Community Urgent and General Rehabilitation Teams, in the assessment and rehabilitation of adults in the community with highly complex communication and swallowing difficulties.
To ensure that all SLT staff across the 2 community teams maintain high clinical and professional standards of practice, including ensuring they achieve and maintain appropriate levels of education and continuing professional development. The postholder will offer regular clinical supervision with SLTs working within Haringey Urgent and General Rehabilitation Teams. There will be liaison with the Clinical Lead SLT in Community Stroke and Neuro, the Team Leads in Haringey Stroke and Neuro Teams and the Haringey and Islington Clinical Lead Stroke and Neuro.
To assist the Service Manager with the organisation and management of the Haringey Urgent and General Rehabilitation Service, in particular strategic development.
please refer to JD and PS for further details
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to JD and PS attached for further details regarding job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Other
Essential
- Flexibility
- Ability to reflect on practice
- Highly developed word processing skills
- Demonstrate ICARE values
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent communication skills, excellent written skills
- Ability to assess, diagnose, treat, manage patients with communication and swallowing problems with related ethical /end of life issues
- Ability to influence others
- Critically evaluate published research within a designated part of service area
- Advanced skills in delivering presentations and training , including complex adaptations to presentation / training style for a range of audiences
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Of a highly specialist range of assessment tools and procedures to evaluate communication, speech & language skills relevant to the field of adult acquired disorders
- Of a highly specialist range of assessment and procedures to evaluate swallowing skills relevant to the field of adult acquired dysphagia
- Of the key characteristics leading to a highly specialist differential diagnosis of adults with dysphagia
- Of the key characteristics leading to a highly specialist differential diagnosis of adult acquired communication disorders
- Of a highly specialist range of therapeutic interventions relevant to adult acquired dysphagia demonstrating the evidence base for these approaches
- Of a highly specialist range of therapeutic interventions relevant to adults with acquired communication disorders demonstrating the evidence base for these approaches
- The application of highly specialist knowledge of local cultural, linguistic & demographic factors to the management of an adult caseload
- Detailed knowledge of multi-disciplinary team approaches
- Range of research approaches and their appropriateness to range of clinical areas
- Of the key elements of writing a research protocol
- How to support an evidence based practice culture within a designated part of the service area
- Detailed understanding of clinical governance principles
- Development and implementation of short-medium term clinical and management projects
- Advanced approaches to support clients & carers with challenging behaviour, mental health needs or in high levels of distress
- Detailed knowledge of national legislation and government policies for the area of adult acquired neurology and ethics including the metal capacity act
- Of staff management, including elements of the following: Setting and monitoring staff performance targets Appraisal systems Interviewing Mentoring, advising, supporting and clinically supervising less experienced SLTs and support staff
Education/Qualifications
Essential
- BSc. Speech Path or Equivalent (including Dip. CST)
- HCPC licence to practise, and Registered member of RCSLT
- Successful completion of highly specialist post graduate study relevant to field at MSc level or equivalent in the areas of dysphagia, communication disorders counselling, management
- Successful completion of highly specialist/expert short courses relevant to field at MSc level or equivalent (Advanced dysphagia eg, Groher/ Crary, Huckabee, Videofluoroscopy,Tracheostomy, Language Course eg PALPA)
- Wide range of qualitative / quantitative research methodologies
- Student supervision and training
Desirable
- Advanced Counselling
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This advert is for Band 6-7 SLT , Haringey SLT Community with Whittington Health NHS Trust in London, London, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist role. The advertised salary is £45,953 - £62,652 Per annum Including HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 14 Jul 2026.
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