Job Description

Undertake specialised uni-professional and multi-professional assessments. To develop and implement treatment plans for clients referred to the service. Participate in the Single Assessment Process when appropriate, performing overview assessments and complex specialist assessments as appropriate. To communicate relevant medical information, assessment details, advice and recommendations across agencies and with clients in compliance with Trust Guidelines for sharing of information and informed consent.



These agencies include schools, nurseries, 0-19 nursing team, paediatricians and hospital consultants, GPs, Social Services, Healthcare professionals. Be responsible for gaining valid, informed consent for assessment, treatment interventions from parents/carers and, where appropriate, young people. Sharing of information in compliance with legal and professional guidelines. Have highly specialist working knowledge of clinical guidelines, specific to the area you are working in and, with the guidance of your supervisor, to translate these guidelines into clinical practice.



Perform uni-professional and multi-professional specialist assessments and re-assessments of treatment programmes using evidence-based outcome measures and in accordance with RCSLT Guidelines. Following highly specialist assessment, to use advanced clinical reasoning, analysis, assessment and re-assessment skills and using a client-centred goal setting approach, to develop and provide individual Speech & Language Therapy treatments and programmes for clients. These treatment techniques may include direct or indirect treatment techniques (for AAC, dysphagia, complex SLCN using formal and informal specific assessment tools), patient and carer education, home and school programmes and other Speech & Language Therapy treatment techniques.