Job Description

To provide clinical and management leadership to a small group of clinicians, in the delivery of high quality evidence based care.



To evaluate the Speech and Language Therapy service within specialist area, making recommendations for improvements and future design of services in line with best practice and current guidelines including local and national policies



To provide a Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service to community patients with a range of neurological conditions and non neurological conditions utilising highly developed specialist assessment and management skills of dysphagia and communication.



To work as part of the MDT to differentially diagnose, assess, treat and manage swallowing and communication disorders within the speciality



To provide expertise to Speech and Language Therapy and MDT colleagues, patients and carers through specialist advice and education



Please see attached job description for a more complete list of duties.



To provide highly specialist dysphagia and communication assessments to inform accurate diagnoses for patients within specialist area



To formulate comprehensive, patient centred and individual treatment programmes/management plans using highly specialist skills



To independently coordinate, allocate and organise specialist caseload including those of junior and assistant staff to meet service priorities ensuring a high standard of clinical care



To assess patient understanding of treatment plans involving individuals and significant others in decision making, working within a legal framework for patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment



To write complex and detailed reports reflecting specialist knowledge



Please see attached job description for a more complete list of duties.

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T o maintain accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive patient treatment records in line with the Trust, departmental and professional standards



To independently manage decision making regarding clinical risk within own patient caseload including patients with complex communication problems and complex dysphagia



To represent SLT service at Trust policy development groups to ensure that SLT is incorporated into Trust wide developments and initiatives



To develop and implement policy and service changes in own clinical area and ensure delivery of best practice



T o provide advice and training to a wide range of professionals and client groups regarding the management and care of patients with communication and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties



To demonstrate good negotiation skills across a range of issues and to negotiate with others around case management in complex cases (e.g. case conferences)



Please see attached job description for a more complete list of duties.