This post is based within the newly established RAAR (rapid access acute rehabilitation) service based at St George's hospital. The RAAR service provides 8 Level 1 Neuro Rehabilitation beds for patients presenting with Neurological impairments resulting from traumatic or non-traumatic causes.

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, management and treatment of their own caseload of patients with communication and/or swallowing impairment as a result of neurological conditions or a range of medical conditions. A significant proportion of these patients will have English as an additional language (EAL). The post holder will be expected to have a sound knowledge of SLT assessment and management of aphasia, cognitive communication difficulties, dysarthria, apraxia, and dysphagia and to have had some exposure to videofluoroscopy.

Main duties of the job

• Maintain a clinical caseload within the 8 bedded RAAR service
• Provide expert assessment skills and evidence based intervention for communication and swallowing impairments as a result of neurological presentation.
• work as a member of a team providing an efficient and effective service, liaising with internal and external agencies
• work within multi-disciplinary teams providing coordinated individualised management and/or treatment for patients, involving families as necessary and providing appropriate recommendations and training to multi-disciplinary team members.
• participate in continuing professional development and other activities to maintain evidence based best practice
• assist with the work of student placements, provide guidance for speech and language therapy assistants/ therapy technicians and provide clinical support to other therapists/staff on SLT issues.
• The post holder may be requested to participate in research/audit projects in specialist area using research methodology.
• The post holder will take part in the weekend working rota.

About us

With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, St George's Hospital is the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

The main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, St Georges Hospital provides a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across south west London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification
• Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
• Evidence of completion of specialist short courses and self directed study

Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience post qualification working as a Speech and Language Therapist
• Working as part of a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level including clinical training, clinical experience with an adult caseload in a previous job or clinical placement.

Knowledge

Essential

• Well established knowledge of a range of assessment tools relevant to specific client group with speech, language, communication and swallowing difficulties
• Well established knowledge of a range of therapeutic and management approaches to relevant to client group
• Well established knowledge of dysphagia assessment and management
• Good ability to integrate and assimilate information and analyse assessments to inform diagnosis and management

Desirable

• Ability to transcribe speech phonetically

Skills

Essential

• Ability to identify own learning needs utilising the appraisal process and in line with personal and service development needs
• Excellent ability to evaluate and reflect on own practice and experience

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St George's University Foundation NHS trust

Blackshaw Rd

Tooting

SW17 0QT

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