Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

This is a great opportunity for an SLT who shares our passion for outstanding quality, holistic patient care and enthusiasm for ongoing improvements. Working within an integrated MDT to design and deliver our services better together, providing goal focused, person and family centred care to our patients. The services combine delivering intensive one to one and group therapy, with a balance of both dysphagia and communication across the caseload.

The post holder will work across inpatient acute and rehab stroke unit, and specialist community stroke services. You will will deliver direct and indirect, 1:1 and group specialist stroke assessment and rehab as part of our integrated stroke services.

*Travel is essential requirement of the post*

Main duties of the job

The post holder will cover 3 days in the community stroke team and 2 days on the acute wards.

We deliver communication and eating / drinking and swallowing assessment and therapy according to patient need and in line with their goals. We work closely with our colleagues delivering joint interventions where beneficial. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate experience in assessment and management of a shared communication and dysphagia caseload as an autonomous practitioner.

The acute aspect of the role will be working on the  stroke rehabilitation  and the acute wards thus have experience in managing complex presentations and conditions, and therefore post graduate dysphagia training is desirable. Exciting recent service developments include the introduction of sEMG and MBSImP. The service also runs weekly videofluoroscopy clinics and has recently set up a stroke unit FEES clinic.

As part of the Community Stroke Team, you will provide specialist stroke assessment and rehab as part of our ‘ESD’ and longer-term specialist stroke rehab services for up to approx. 4 months following discharge from hospital. The team consists of Physios, OTs, dietitians, nursing, psychology services, social workers and rehab assistants and works in partnership with the Stroke Association locally to provide a holistic service to the patient.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be well networked and connected with the wider SLT service within Mid Cheshire Hospital and CCICP’s community services. You will benefit from accessing a robust system of clinical supervision and wider MDT training and support. You will participate actively in the wider SLT network with specialisms including acute care, stroke (acute, rehab and community), ENT/voice and head and neck oncology.; You will actively engage in professional / clinical activity including journal clubs, CPD sessions, active specific project / development work. We have an established dysphagia competency development programme in place, and this process has already been used successfully within the team.

The community stroke service covers areas around South Cheshire including Nantwich, Sandbach, Crewe, Northwich and Alsager. It is commutable from Manchester, Liverpool, Chester and North Staffordshire.

Please see attached job description for more information, we look forward to receiving your application.