Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

May consider band 5 applicants, but must be dysphagia-competent.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Speech and Language Therapist within the team to further their experience within the adult field to cover a maternity leave.

The SLT will have access to supervision and support. CPD opportunities will also be offered. This post would provide a valuable opportunity to develop and consolidate your skills in a variety of adult acquired conditions across a variety of settings.

Main duties of the job

To provide appropriate assessment, diagnosis and intervention to people referred to the SLT service for adults with acquired difficulties in swallowing and / or communication.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Be an autonomous practitioner i.e., have responsibility and accountability for own caseload of open referrals, requiring admission, treatment and discharge decisions; within own level of competence and professional and service parameters
• Assess and analyse type, severity and impact of all conditions of speech, language, communication and / or swallowing impairments in a wide age range of patients, through a variety of formal and informal assessments and information gathering methods; with some support from designated SLT clinical supervisor
• Independently select and use of psychometric assessments and able to analyse and interpret results in relation to theoretical and clinical knowledge of individual patients, and in relation to experience
• Depending on experience, use a high level of sensory skills, in order to carry out core clinical work, such as acoustic and phonetic transcriptions; structured and detailed observation of verbal and nonverbal communication behaviours; and ability to distinguish between discrete differences in oropharyngeal muscle function

Please see the job description for full information.