Bank Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Band 7

Job overview

This will include providing ASD highly specialist Speech & Language Therapy input to clients admitted or at risk of admission referred to the service. The role will require working alongside Community Mental Health Teams and inpatient mental health wards working with the above cohort of service users. The post holder needs to be prepared to work as a part of the multi-disciplinary team as an autonomous practitioner which has close links with a wide range of other NHS agencies and outside agencies. The Highly Specialist Speech & Language therapist will also have the responsibility to support the team with diagnostic assessments of adults with suspected Autism according to NICE guidance if and as needed by the service.

Main duties of the job

To provide highly specialist assessment to clients within area of service

• To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards and local trust policies
• To have clinical knowledge of mental health and psychiatric conditions such as personality disorders, anxiety disorders and mood disorders.
• To adapt practice to meet individual patients’/clients’ circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences
• To ensure that patients and/or their families are involved in the planning of their care/management plans wherever possible
• To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures.
• To manage a complex caseload independently accessing clinical supervision on a planned basis
• To monitor and evaluate own service delivery accessing clinical supervision on a planned basis
• To support the service with diagnostic assessment of Autism as needed

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide highly specialist assessment to clients within area of service
• To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT

professional standards and local trust policies

• To have clinical knowledge of mental health and psychiatric conditions such as personality disorders, anxiety disorders and mood disorders.
• To adapt practice to meet individual patients’/clients’ circumstances,

including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences

• To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice      and outcome measures.
• To monitor and evaluate own service delivery accessing clinical supervision on a planned basis
• To support the service with diagnostic assessment of Autism as needed
• To promote the adherence to CQC requirements within the local Speech and Language therapy service;
• To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice where appropriate.
• To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own      professional boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate through mentoring, peer support, clinical and managerial supervision
• To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct
• To demonstrate the ability to reflect on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic     aspects of client’s communication and to identify appropriate strategies     to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness
• To make appropriate clinical decisions following assessment seeking support and advice from a supervisor as appropriate
• To make a differential diagnosis based on evidence from assessment seeking advice as appropriate
• To act in accordance with the professional standards set out by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy and the Health Professionals Council and to be accountable for own professional action;
• To act in accordance with local policies and procedures at all times;
• To demonstrate knowledge of and pursue the principles of professional

requirements, current legislation and best practice guidance;

• To maintain knowledge of current best practice and clinical effectiveness within the Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Learning Disability field.