Overview
Specialist Speech & Language Therapist – Early Supported Discharge
Band 6, Part Time, 0.5 hours
Job Overview: Due to a recent skill mix review an exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time (- 0.52 WTE 19.5 hours a week) Band 6 position working with our Early Supported Discharge for Stroke service. This post sits within our well supported and friendly SLT team of Band 7, 6’s and SLTAs who provide a highly specialist level of service to our Community Inpatient Wards, Early Supported Discharge (ESD) for Stroke and General Community caseloads. You will join a team of passionate professionals who support adults and their families with communication and swallowing difficulties following a stroke.
The SLT ESD service provides rapid assessment and intensive rehabilitation with goal-focused therapy for up to 6 weeks. The post holder should demonstrate specialist level assessment, management and therapy for both communication and dysphagia impairments. They will need to construct comprehensive therapy programmes to be completed by the therapist, SLTA or as a patient self-management programme. Working with both the ESD and SLT teams, the successful candidate will have excellent organisational skills, be a strong communicator and a proactive member of the MDT.
Responsibilities
* Provide specialist assessment, management and therapy for communication and dysphagia impairments related to stroke.
* Develop comprehensive therapy programmes to be completed by the therapist, SLTA or by the patient as self-management.
* Deliver rapid assessment and intensive rehabilitation with goal-focused therapy for up to 6 weeks within the ESD service.
* Collaborate with the ESD and SLT teams as a proactive MDT member and maintain strong organisational and communication skills.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks, including mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. New starters will also have opportunities to meet the executive team, senior managers and attend drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction is held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement
This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,303 to a maximum of £2,198 per year, pro rata for part time).
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Tegan King
Job title: Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
Email: tegan.king@nelft.nhs.uk
Telephone: 07732 904275
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