Join Our Team as a Speech and Language Therapy Lead
At QEF, we provide specialized Speech and Language Services for clients with complex disabilities under the care of CRC. You will be responsible for the following:
* Assessing and treating language, speech, swallowing, and cognitive communication disorders.
* Offering training and guidance to colleagues, families, and carers for holistic client care.
* Collaboration with CRC's specialist multi‑disciplinary team to deliver effective speech and language therapy services.
We offer tier 2 visa sponsorship for applicants who are already in the UK.
About You
You are passionate about speech and language therapy and hold a degree or diploma in Speech and Language Therapy with up‑to‑date HCPC registration. You are a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy and adhere to professional guidelines. You have post‑graduate experience and knowledge of therapeutic interventions for physical and neuro‑rehabilitation, including experience in dysphagia, communication, and voice management. You maintain an up‑to‑date professional portfolio with relevant post‑graduate courses and CPD.
Primary Responsibilities
* Reporting to the Head of Clinical Services you will hold accountability and responsibility for the SLT provision to all clients within our rehabilitation centre.
* Leading and managing a specialist SLT team in a brand new state‑of‑the‑art rehabilitation centre. The team comprises band 6 and band 5 SLTs, an SLT assistant and proactive students.
* Providing specialist dysphagia assessment and intervention to clients who require it, utilising competence and experience at a senior practitioner level.
* Providing highly skilled communication assessment and intervention to all our clients with acquired brain injury, such as stroke, ABI and other neurological conditions.
* Delivering 1:1 and group SLT sessions to a range of clients and creating accessible communication and swallowing guidance for the wider MDT.
* Conducting skilled mental capacity assessments independently or jointly with other professionals, as appropriate.
* Having a key‑worker role managing and overseeing a specific client's whole journey at QEF, liaising with families, being a single point of contact for all queries, coordinating care and discharge packages.
* Advocating on clients’ behalf in a range of situations, e.g. when writing reports, CHC forms and complex DST meetings where highly skilled reporting and ability to deal with questioning is necessary.
* Working closely with the wider multi‑disciplinary team (PTs, OTs, psychology team, dietitian, nursing, carers, kitchen staff, activity coordinators) and outside agencies such as social workers, safeguarding, expert witnesses, lawyers, neuro‑navigators and DST assessors.
* Working with the Head of Clinical Services and senior management on service development, quality improvement projects and clinical audit.
* Providing clinical supervision and expert advice to SLT staff as well as SLT students on placement.
* Responsible for the recruitment within the SLT department with opportunity to support in the recruitment process of the wider CRC staffing remit.
* Managing the Speech and Language Therapy team to include sickness absence, performance, appraisals, probationary periods in line with QEF policy.
* Supporting and leading on the emphasis on learning and reflective practice within the SLT as well as the wider team, providing and participating in training and learning.
* Actively jointly working with our catering company, manager and dietitian to provide high standard of catering in line with IDDSI framework.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Speech & Language Therapy.
* Additional training in Dysphagia.
* Ongoing CPD record relevant to TBI.
* Ongoing membership with the RCSLT.
* Registration with HCPC.
Experience
* Experience with adult neurologically impaired adults.
* Working with carers.
Knowledge and skills
* A good standard of literacy and numeracy.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
* Good decision making and problem solving skills.
* Excellent clinical skills.
* Ability to manage a small team of Speech and Language Therapists.
* Team working.
* Excellent knowledge of neuro speech and language therapy.
* Knowledge of augmentative and alternative communication.
Benefits
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service).
* Pension and Life Assurance (4 times basic salary).
* Westfield Healthcare Cash back scheme & shopping discounts.
* Free on‑site parking.
* Blue Light Card.
* Range of training opportunities provided to ensure career development.
Employer Details
Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People
Leatherhead Court, Woodlands Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 0BN
Employer’s website: https://qef.org.uk/
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and requires a submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.
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