Senior Speech and Language Therapist

+ To provide a highly specialist speech & language therapy service to adult inpatients with disorders of communication and/or swallowing arising from a stroke (CVA) within ICHNT. This will include highly specialist assessment, diagnosis, management, advice and treatment of communication and/or swallowing disorders, based on principles of evidence-based practice.
+ To provide support and second opinion for colleagues and junior staff in the specialism of stroke, and to junior SLTs in other teams, and to contribute to the development of junior staff. To deputise for the Clinical Lead SLT as required.
+ To be a senior member of the multidisciplinary team on the HASU and SU, acting as a point of contact for nursing, medical and AHP staff on the unit, and participating or taking the lead in stroke clinical governance and service developments as appropriate. This role will involve representing SLT within a variety of multidisciplinary stroke service forums.
+ To participate in the provision of clinical education to SLT students, and in the development, delivery and evaluation of specialist training (formal and informal) to colleagues in SLT and other professions. To take a lead in this area as required.
+ To utilise, or commit to developing, other highly specialist skills in the management of patients following stroke as appropriate to the role, e.g. those required to manage patients with a tracheostomy, instrumental assessments, and communication therapy skills.

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Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
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Do you thrive working with stroke patients and within a multidisciplinary team (MDT)? We are looking for a motivated and experienced Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) who exemplifies our Trust values to join our busy and friendly MDT stroke service based at Charing Cross Hospital.
In this role you will be a senior member of the SLT and multidisciplinary team, providing dedicated evidence-based input to both the Hyperacute and Acute Stroke Units. You will also actively contribute to our instrumental assessments, teaching and training programmes, service developments, and support for junior colleagues. As a member of a large and diverse SLT department, you will benefit from the robust clinical supervision and CPD structures in place and have the opportunity to develop skills across the 4 pillars of practice. The post-holder will be supported by the Clinical Lead SLT for Stroke and Neuro-rehabilitation services.
Suitable applicants will have significant experience of working at specialist banding with adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders in an acute hospital setting, including those that have arisen from a stroke. Competence in nasendoscopic examination of swallowing and tracheostomy management are essential requirements; experience of working on a stroke unit meeting stroke-specific standards would be an advantage.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
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