SLT Technical Instructor

We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapy Technical Instructor to join our team the RHN. This role involves working across a range of specialist units including the Brain Injury Service, Neuro-behavioural Rehabilitation Unit, Ventilator Unit, Specialist Nursing Home, Huntingtons Disease Unit and Adult Learning Disability unit. You will act as a support practitioner to the Speech and Language Therapy service as part of an interdisciplinary team. You will be required to prepare and administer therapeutic programmes for communication and swallowing difficulties under the direction of qualified Speech and Language Therapists. You will also provide support during the weekly Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) clinic., Main Objectives of the role

1. Demonstrate an awareness of RHNs objectives and contribute to achieving them appropriately.

2. Strive to improve efficiency in all areas of your work.

3. To provide a flexible speech and language therapy support service for both individual patients and groups within a multidisciplinary team environment.

4. To be responsible for organising and running therapeutic individual sessions and groups with a designated caseload of patients using specific technical knowledge/skill, modifying and adapting therapeutic programmes, according to patient need and agreed aims, with support and liaison from the prescribing SLT.

5. To communicate complex information related to treatment programmes and to provide timely feedback to the SLT.

6. To assist SLTs in organising and running training sessions and administration for courses.

7. To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers and supervisors, to maintain own knowledge base and to identify own areas for development.

8. To undertake administrative responsibilities appropriate to the needs of the service

Comeand work for one of the longest-running charities and independent hospitals in the UK. Set in a beautiful Grade II listed Victorian building with big gardens, the RHN has specially adapted facilities such as gyms and kitchens for our residents, as well as music and art therapy spaces.

The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability is more than a hospital we are a community in which everyone comes together to help adults with neurological disability achieve the best possible quality of life.

The RHN is a leading national centre of excellence, providing adult person-centred services that span the entire care pathway from post-acute rehabilitation services to end of life care, for people with complex neuro-disability and their families, underpinned by a strong research and education programme.