Bank Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Job overview

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is seeking a Bank Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to work 2 ½ days per week, with flexibility across weekdays.

This role will require a candidate with specialism in Paediatric Dysphagia. This is a band 7 bank role and would also be suitable for an experienced Band 6 Speech & Language Therapist with paediatric dysphagia experience who is looking to progress their specialist skills.   You will provide a highly specialist speech and language therapy service to children with complex needs, working collaboratively with: •    Speech and language therapy colleagues •    Parents and carers •    Education staff •    Multidisciplinary health professionals   The main clinical duties of this role will require Specialised knowledge of paediatric therapy and management of dysphagia, eating, drinking and complex communication needs difficulties.   This is a great opportunity to: •    Work flexibly within a supportive specialist team •    Act as a dysphagia specialist, with dysphagia forming the primary clinical responsibility of the role. •    Develop or consolidate advanced clinical skills •    Provide training and professional support to colleagues •    Make a meaningful difference for children with complex needs and their families   If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Within this role you will deliver specialist assessment and management of paediatric dysphagia, eating and drinking difficulties, and complex communication needs.  Working with young children with a range of dysphagia needs.  You will apply advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice within paediatrics.   This role requires someone with specialist-level experience in paediatric dysphagia and practice aligned with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Interprofessional Dysphagia Framework.   As a Dysphagia specialist, you will follow highly specialist assessment to use advanced clinical reasoning, analysis, assessment and re assessment skills and using a client-centered goal setting approach, to develop and provide individual Speech & Language Therapy treatments and programmes for children.    As an active member of the clinical team, you will provide a comprehensive Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapy service.  Working within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best practice and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including assessing and treating own caseload of patients/clients and maintaining professional documentation.   Build up and maintain key relationships with referring services (including within the MDTs, primary and secondary care services, voluntary and third sector organisations) to facilitate appropriate referrals and an understanding of the role of the Speech & Language Therapist and the Multi-professional team   You will also contribute to training, supervision, and support for speech and language therapists and other professionals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.'