Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Become a part of the established and expanding Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team (CNRT) in Central Lancashire. The CNRT provides ongoing rehab to patients within the Chorley, South Ribble and Greater Preston locality with predominantly Stroke and ABI diagnosis. Referrals to the team are mainly from the acute hospital, inpatient setting, however referrals from the third sector are also accepted.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, versatile, innovative individual with a commitment to working within an interdisciplinary environment, who has experience of working with patients with stroke and neurological conditions. You will be offered regular supervision by a highly experienced therapist to support you to develop and expand on your existing skills and knowledge. You will be responsible for the assessment, treatment planning and management of rehabilitation programmes for a wide variety of clinical presentations and will be responsible for delegation to generic rehabilitation assistants and support them in the delivery of this rehabilitation. You will have autonomy in managing your caseload and diary. You will be offered regular in-service training as well as support for internal and external development within the field of Neurological Rehabilitation and leadership.

Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that you can travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of the rehabilitation and or stroke/neurological service line and be responsible for assessment and management of a clinical caseload of patients with complex needs.

To undertake comprehensive assessment of patients with complex presentations, using investigative and analytical skills, to formulate an appropriate hypothesis and to determine a diagnosis and appropriate management plan.

To establish individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of evidence based treatment skills and options to formulate highly specialised interventions and programmes of care, which may include working with staff across organisational boundaries.

To promote health and reduce inequalities for all patients accessing the service, so that they may be able to maximise their potential in terms of health education and social well-being.

To lead/contribute to training and development programmes as appropriate to the knowledge and skills of the individual, delivering to other professionals both within and outside the NHS and service users.

To be responsible for own continuing professional development and maintaining own professional registration and meet HPC/NMC Registration requirements maintain a professional portfolio and demonstrating evidence of reflective practice.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.