The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Main duties of the job

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• Health and Care Professions Council Licence to Practice

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post-qualification experience working with adults with acquired swallowing and communication disorders post-stroke in a variety of settings, a significant proportion of which should be acute inpatient stroke
• Experience and knowledge of relevant SLT approaches in palliative patients with in-depth experience of risk feeding principles
• Experience working with interpreters and bilingual Health Advocates

Knowledge

Essential

• In depth knowledge of a broad range of assessment and intervention tools relevant to complex communication and swallowing in stroke/acquired neurological disorders
• In-depth knowledge of national policies and guidelines relevant to stroke

Skills

Essential

• Highly developed negotiation and problem solving skills
• Demonstrates excellent analytical and reflection skills
• Well-developed concentration skills

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Newham Hospital

London

E13 8SL

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