Bank Specialist Speech & Language Therapist | Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity to join our Band 6 SLT bank staff at Homerton Healthcare working in the vibrant and diverse borough of City and Hackney. We have an opportunity for a motivated SLT with excellent prioritisation and organisational skills to gain experience in a fast-paced environment with support from our friendly yet innovative and proactive service. The SLT team sits within a busy acute therapy service team comprising of physiotherapists, OT, dietitians and therapy assistants. The post-holder will provide SLT input for a wide range of patients in an acute NHS hospital, and you will be part of well-coordinated, specialist multi-professional teams working closely with nursing and medical colleagues.

• Developandprovide specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and interventiontopatients with acquired disordersofcommunication and/ or swallowing.
• Act as anexpert resourceinadvocating for patients with complex communication impairmenttoenable them to understand, contributeandmake informed consent to treatment optionsforalldisciplines.
• Assessanddetermineneed foralternativeandaugmentativecommunicationaids
• Provide detailed information for patients' carers and families regarding the risks associated with oral feeding and contribute to and inform discussions with the full team regarding non-oralfeeding.
• Promoteandmaintainahigh standardofevidence based clinicalpracticeandmaintainownknowledgeofcurrent literatureanddevelopments relevanttothefield.
• Facilitate effective communication betweentheSpeech&LanguageTherapy Department andallother membersof theinter-disciplinaryteam
  
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Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond. We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home. Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times. We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly. Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits. Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.