Principle Speech & Language Therapist

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Speech & Language Therapy service at Northamptonshire NHT trust, and lead the Stroke pathway within the county.

We provide a Countywide acute and community service within Northants. The Principal role is within the Acute Stroke pathway within the assessment and rehabilitation wards at Northampton General Hospital.

The post is a clinical lead Specialism in Stroke and the Stroke pathway.

Northampton General Hospital has a dynamic and highly rated Stroke service, as the designated centre for countywide acute stroke services. There are close working relationships with the stroke MDT and Northamptonshire stroke community services including strong networking and in-service training opportunities.

You will have the ability to work on your own initiative yet thrive as a valued member of a multi-disciplinary team. You will possess excellent interpersonal and team-working skills and approach your work with energy and enthusiasm.

You will be supported to continue to develop and demonstrate leadership behaviors as you are encouraged to actively contribute to the ongoing development of the service. You will be expected to provide mentorship support to colleagues, SLT Assistant Practitioners and students.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be an experienced Speech and Language Therapist with highly specialist knowledge of differential diagnosis associated with complex acute stroke. Will independently manage and priorities a complex, highly specialist caseload of acute stroke patients. Responsible for policy implementation and development in specialist area, interprets National policy for specialist area. Will lead within the specialist area of Stroke on the development of the service, across the county and identify shortfalls and changes to service delivery. Will liaise and work in partnership with the acute Trusts to ensure a clear and effective care pathway is delivered within the county. Will support/mentor junior colleagues and provide expert opinions to others, including advice and support for colleagues referring to specialist services from outside Northamptonshire. Will provide clinical teaching of Speech and Language Therapy students and will develop and deliver specialist training to others in the area of clinical expertise. Will initiate and undertake research/Clinical Governance/audit projects within area of expertise. Provide expert second opinions. Design and develop competency frameworks in line with National guidelines e.g. KSF, Skills for Health. To take the Speech and Language Therapy lead in multi-disciplinary clinics

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.