Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

We are excited to offer this full time (37.5 hours) permanent Band 7 role to join our team of specialists in acute children's care. Based at The Royal London Children's Hospital, part of the the job plan for this role will be delivering highly specialist acute care for complex communication and swallowing difficulties arising from trauma, acquired and progressive neurological conditions and acute and chronic respiratory conditions on the paediatric wards. The role will also involve working alongside the respiratory team and tracheostomy team, providing specialist SLT input to MDT outpatient clinics.

You will be joining our existing team of 4 SLTs with regular inservices, joint working, robust audit and monthly formal supervision where boundaries in acute therapeutic care can be explored safely within a supportive SLT setting to optimise clinical outcomes for children., Working within the Acute Children's Therapies and Play service, the post holder will work as an integrated member of the Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) service based at The Royal London Children's Hospital. They will deliver highly specialist and dedicated intervention to children and infants (0-16 years) admitted to the Paediatric wards including the 10 bedded Paediatric Critical Care Unit (PCCU) with complex feeding and swallowing difficulties, acquired and developmental communication disorders arising from a wide range of acute etiologies including trauma, respiratory and neurological conditions. The post holder will also have a role with the Respiratory MDT to provide SLT input to outpatient clinics, trache-vent clinics and complex airway patients. Knowledge and experience of tracheostomy, speaking valve assessment and is required. The post holder should be a fully autonomous dysphagia practitioner, (ideally including paediatrics/infants) and should have knowledge of
objective swallowing assessment e.g. videofluoroscopy and/or FEES, however training competencies can be provided to develop competencies as required.

Applicants should be an autonomous dysphagia practitioner (including infants) with evidenced knowledge and experience in acquired brain injury, developmental speech and language therapy and AAC. Experience with tracheostomy, speaking valve assessment and instrumental swallowing assessment (VFSS/FEES) is preferred.

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