Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Mental Health

This is a super 12 month secondment opportunity for a band 5 or 6 SLT who is keen to explore assessment and intervention in the clinical specialism of Mental Health.

The post holder must have dysphagia experience and some knowledge of dementia, autism and mental health diagnosis. The post holder will be well support in a small team of 3 therapist based in Goodinge Health Centre.

They will work in a community setting and some visits will be on highgate mental health wards., Some of the main duties include:
1. To demonstrate specialist clinical expertise in the assessment, treatment and management of language and communication problems in adults who have a mental health diagnosis particularly for adults with dementia, schizophrenia and depression.
2. To demonstrate specialist clinical expertise in the assessment, treatment and management of eating, drinking and swallowing problems providing appropriate intervention and evaluating outcomes
3. To demonstrate specialist knowledge in these clinical areas underpinned by current evidence based practice and outcome measures
4. To develop knowledge and skill in dysphagia, Autism, mental health, AAC and dementia consulting with clinical supervisor as appropriate.
5. To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of clients with communication and/or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties
6. To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions, demonstrating empathy and ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist

The Whittington Hospital has a reputation as one of the safest hospitals in England. Asanintegrated care organisation, providing both hospital and community services, we offer a range of development opportunities along with attractive benefits to staff at all levels of our organisation. Our aim is to provide outstanding care. Care that is better coordinated, in the right place and designed around individual patient's needs. This means we can bring high quality services closer to home and speed up communication between community and hospital services, improving our patients' experience. We also have a highly regarded educational role, teaching more than 600 undergraduate medical students, nurses and therapists each year and providing a range of educational packages for postgraduate doctors and other healthcare professionals.

£44,806 to £53,134 a year pro rata per annum inclusive of HCAs