Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist post within the Community Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Teams. We would also welcome applicants who are looking for a Band 6 to 7 progression within this specialist area of practice. The post is based at Breightmet Centre and sits within a friendly, supportive, close working MDT. The post oversees the SLT provision to both new and existing stroke patients and a caseload of patients with neurological diagnoses. The post holder is responsible for supervising / supporting Band 6 and Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists. This is a great opportunity to develop skills within a Band 7 role with support from existing Band 7s across different professions and the Principal Service Leads. Though the role is based in the specialist community teams it links in with the SLT provision on the Stroke Unit, as well as other community SLT provision.,

• To provide highly specialist clinical input to patients with disorders of communication and swallowing in the Community
• To be a member of the team based at Breightmet Health Centre providing a highly specialist service to adults with acquired speech and language difficulties and dysphagia (swallowing problems) following a stroke and neurological conditions.
• To provide a highly specialist diagnostic and therapeutic service to patients with speech and language disorders and dysphagia who will be from a variety of ethnic and social backgrounds in the community in a variety of settings.
• To liaise with, and train other health and social service professionals and to work in partnership with patients, relatives and carers, and external agencies to ensure the delivery of a high quality service.
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of one's professional and clinical work, working to agreed national and professional standards.
• To provide operational and professional leadership to the community team, identifying opportunities for quality improvement and innovation.
• To provide and discuss service level data on performance to the Principal Service Lead and represent the team at divisional meetings where required.
  
  Striving to deliver better healthcare services for a better Bolton is our commitment to delivering the quality of care we would want for ourselves, our families and our friends.
The Trust's overarching values underpin the Community Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Team service and the importance of support and development is evident in our team ethos. Clinical supervision is provided through joint work with other team members; team meetings; in-service training and 1:1 management supervision sessions and annual appraisal with the Principal Service Lead.