The Community Stroke Rehab team in Enfield are looking for an enthusiastic and stroke specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the team. The team are based at St Michael's Primary care centre with ease of parking for staff and access to Enfield Borough. It is in close proximity to the M25 and has good transport links to Herts and central London.

The Community Stroke Rehab Team provides stroke specialist rehabilitation for Enfield residents aged 18+. Care is provided in patient's home and local communities dependent on their functional goals. It is a friendly multidisciplinary team with generic rehabilitation assistants and a speech and language therapy assistant to support patients to carry out treatment plans set by the therapists. We work closely with adult community therapies who are also located within St Michael's.

There is planned expansion of the team , following investment into Enfield Community Therapies Services to include neuro psychology provision. The team has been part of a NCL wide funded NHSe project which is nationally leading on new models of rehab and stroke care.

Main duties of the job

To provide a very high standard of Speech and language therapy care to stroke survivors and their carers/family in a community setting, meeting the needs of the multicultural and diverse population.

Together with other senior staff, to act as a resource for specialist advice to the rest of the stroke community rehabilitation service (CSRT), therapy services, and others within wider multidisciplinary services.

About us

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description and Person Specification for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• H.P.C. Registration as speech and language therapist
• Evidence from C.P.D. portfolio of ongoing relevant post-graduate training both theoretical and practical to a high level.
• Dysphagia trained

Desirable

• Membership of professional body/ special interest group

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Fluent in written and spoken English including the ability to generate letters and reports of a high calibre.
• Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills within stroke care and other relevant clinical areas.
• Ability to prioritise own and others workload within a busy environment.
• Experience of supervising and teaching junior staff

Experience

Essential

• Extensive and recent SLT experience at least at band 6 level/equivalent in adult neurology, especially stroke care and the management of dysphagia.
• Able to demonstrate appropriate postgraduate experience working across other core SLT areas to support the rehabilitation needs of the patient.
• Experience working as part of NHS MDT

Desirable

• Experience of working in a community setting
• Experience of leading a project/ audit

Personal qualities/ knowledge

Essential

• An advanced breadth of knowledge about stroke care and evidence based/best SLT practice relating to the delivery of stroke care services.
• A working knowledge of the NHS, NHS Long term plan, stroke and other relevant national guidelines, and their impact on service delivery.
• Comprehensive understanding of what supporting services are available to people in their own homes
• Awareness of current issues/developments pertinent to own profession and field including legal frameworks

Other

Essential

• Uk driving license and own car available for work use

Employer details

Employer name

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

Address

Pine Lodge, St Michaels

Gater Drive

Enfield

EN2 0JB

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