Bank Speech and Language Therapist

To provide a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy service to autistic people who are on the Transforming Care Risk Register as part of TCAT to support discharge or avoid admission. To provide specialist assessment and contribute to differential diagnosis in the NDS as required by the Principal SLT NDS To provide highly specialist supervision to other Speech and Language Therapists or Speech and Language Therapy Assistants within Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, as necessary. Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues and other agencies. Liaise and consult with other Speech and Language Therapists and/or other professions within mainstream primary and secondary provider services. To work within the MDT to undertake risk assessment, formulation, and management for individual clients with complex presentations and to provide advice to other professions on aspects of risk assessment, formulation, and management in relation to communication need To prioritise,
organise and manage a complex caseload as part of the MDT. To provide highly specialist evidence-based interventions and to evaluate effectiveness of interventions using agreed outcome measures To undertake comprehensive assessment of those referred to using investigative and analytical skills and to formulate individualized interventions based on advanced clinical reasoning and partnership working. To inform and counsel service users, relatives and carers and significant others to present complex information clearly and comprehensively to optimise communication. To encourage and enable service users and carers involvement and choice in all intervention options and decisions regarding their care plans / goals wherever possible. To negotiate with clients, relatives and carers and relevant others around care plans and complex case management to motivate and engage them in the therapeutic process. To provide specialist Speech & Language Therapy services for those referred based on national
best practice. To be responsible for clinical administration and record keeping related to the specialist caseload according to Trust policy. To be aware of and adhere to, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy clinical guidelines, Health Professions Council standards of proficiency, conduct, performance and ethics, and policies and guidelines relating to specialism. To work within the specialist multidisciplinary team advising on the management of specific Speech and Language Therapy related clinical issues, to collaborate in the development and co-ordination of team objectives and in the development of care pathways and care protocols related to the specialist area.