Bank B6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Community Neuro-Rehab

Main area SALT Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract 0 days (Bank) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days a week) Job ref 343- -AHP-vk

Site Epsom Hospital Town Epsom Salary £24.61 Bank Hourly Rate Salary period Hourly Closing 09/08/:59

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At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values

Staff Bank are looking for Band6SpecialistSpeechandLanguageTherapist,CommunityNeuro-Rehab Team to work 22.50 hours per week, via bank

If you are interested and available please apply.

As a specialist SLT the post holder will be proactive in changing and developing services/policy within the service.S/hewillparticipateinresearch,auditanddevelopmentactivities within the departmentas required. Working collaboratively with colleagues, as well as health care and social service personnel s/he will regularly be involved in departmental service development.S/he will work independently within the framework of guidelines and policies.

The post holder will be an experienced and specialist SLT with relevant qualifications, competence and expertise in acquired swallowing and communication difficulties.This post will require specialist knowledge, skills and judgement across a broad range of disorders and client groups including stroke, dementia, traumatic brain injury and progressive neurological conditions.The post holder will have their own caseload and be responsible for providing a service to adults in the community including domiciliary visits, nursing homes, community hospitals and End of Life Care. The post holder may also provide input to our intensive Stroke Supported discharge Stroke service and to the community hospital neuro inpatient beds.He/she will work collaboratively with colleagues ensuring patient driven multi-disciplinary goal setting and evidence based intervention.S/he willneed to assess,plan andimplementindividual therapy programmes and advise adults presenting with a wide range of communication and swallowing problems. Educating carers, familymembers,otherprofessionals,supervisingstudentsandmentoringjuniorstaff,arealsoa requirement of the role.

Surrey Downs Health and Care (SDHC) deliver care closer to people's own communities through our Primary Care Networks and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centric care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for individual.

Working as a partnership means positive collaboration with all our partners and stakeholders.

Across Surrey Downs we work with a wide range of partners including health and care providers, local government colleagues, the voluntary, community and faith sector, patient representatives, service users and others. Everyone plays a part in helping us deliver care closer to people's own communities, and improving the health of our communities.

• ProvidespecialistSLTservicesto adultsreferred to the community service.
• Provide specialist and multi disciplinary assessment of adults taking into account all necessary factors including premorbid skills and environmental factors.
• Provide differential diagnosis of the communication/swallowing impairment, clearly define strengths and needs, identify SMART goals andoffer an appropriate therapy programme, taking into account the level of understanding, motivation,insight, level of support and self-management potential.
• DevelopandprovideSLTtraining within the departmentand to otherprofessionals as wellas to families/carers and SLT students (to degree level), SLT assistants and support workers.
• Triageclientsreferredtotheservice,sothattherapyisgiventothoseidentifiedwiththe highest risk and need.
• Demonstrate skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.
• Ensure that clients and relatives are involved with planning and implementation of their care plans wherever possible.
• Providespecificgoalsto be incorporated into a patient'sindividualrehabilitation programme.
• Designandimplementindividualspecialisttherapyprogrammesandevaluate outcomes.
• DevelopeffectiverelationshipsforinformationsharingandservicedevelopmentwithGPs, social services and other members of the MDT at Poplars and in community hospitals.
• Demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice to measure progress and have informed discharge criteria.
• Workaspartofthemulti-professionalteamprovidingintegratedservicesforadultswith acquired neurological disorders.
• Proposechangestoservices/policeswithinSLT department.
• Maintain timely and accurate case notes and provide written reports reflecting specialist knowledge.
• Develop a working knowledge of relevant procedural and national/local drivers that impact on communitySLTincluding Vulnerable Adults,NSFforolderpeople,NationalStroke Strategy etc.
• Follow Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and Health Professional Council policies and professional codes of conduct.
• ConductPDRswithin theteamfor delegatedstaff,if requested.
• Supervisetheworkofassistantsandadviseandprovidefeedbackabout their development.
• Maintainandberesponsibleforre-orderingstock/equipmentneededforthe post.
• Ensure that relevant data and information is entered onto the recording system and provide statistical information as required.
• Take responsibility for own CPD by attending in-service training, study daysand MDT meetings and by ensuring membership of appropriate local, national specialist interest groups.

• HCPC

• 6 months relevant experience as a SALT

There's never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.

Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.

We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.

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For new entrants into the NHS, your pay under the Agenda for Change or Medical & Dental Pay Bands, will normally be set at the minimum of the pay band as advertised.

If you apply for this position and do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.

ESTH values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusionwill lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Internal applicants from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged to seek development support such as work shadowing and interview skills coaching. Please contact the recruitment team for more information.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.