Senior Clinician Speech and Language Therapist (Community)

Job overview

We are looking for someone who is ready to specialise in dysphagia and communication in the community setting. Our expanding community service covers patient in their own home, community hospital sites and also in a care home setting. Our care home pathway utilises digital healthcare to support with achieving timely assessments for patients.

Our  community team has a strong everyday improvement focus and recognises the value of speech & language therapy services in supporting right care, right place initiatives, and enabling a seamless pathway and collaboration between hospital and community.

We have established videofluoroscopy and FEES pathways and the successful applicant will have the opportunity to observe these clinics and have access to both objective and instrumental assessments for patients on their caseload.

We welcome applications from band 5 SLTs with relevant skills looking to grow their experience with structured and competency-based support. A B5/6 transition post will be considered.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the staff team delivering specialist Speech and Language Therapy Services to:

• Adults with acquired neurological disorders of communication and swallowing in community settings.
• To promote an understanding of clinical disorders and speech and language therapy services.
• To undertake Videofluoroscopy to level of competence.
• To support the Clinical Team Lead in the design and delivery of the community clinical care pathway.
• Actively lead and engage in continual improvement projects within the service with a strong focus on working differently to meet the clinical demand, peripheral hospital site management and preventable and avoidable admissions in collaboration with our inpatient team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Attached you will find the job description and person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.