Bank Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language TherapistNHS

Job summary

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) are searching for a highly passionate and skilled Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist.

Main duties of the job

• To be able to demonstrate good evidence based practice with adult neurorehabilitation and neuromedical conditions / stroke and be competent in the use of valid outcome measures to demonstrate the benefits of intervention

Job description

• To demonstrate good clinical reasoning, when working with this caseload, through effective history taking, generation of clinical hypotheses and appropriate assessment, including instrumental assessment methods, i.e. videofluoroscopy.
• To show evidence of good clinical decision making, through skilled selection and interpretation of assessment and sound clinical knowledge, particularly as demonstrated in complex cases, when providing a differential diagnosis.
• To possess excellent communication skills, counselling skills and empathy, which may be exploited both within the clinical role of an SLT and as a specialist in communication within the multi-disciplinary team, for example, as required when giving patients with communication difficulties and their carers information about a diagnosis which may be challenging for them to accept.
• To demonstrate good team work when working as part of the multi-disciplinary teams and in liaising within a multi-agency environment. To possess good negotiation skills in working with other team members, carers and other professionals
• To be an educational resource to all members of the multi-disciplinary teams and external health care providers regarding best practice in the provision of SLT care to patients with a range of neurogenic communication and swallowing disorders.
• To actively participate in planning and implementation of the induction, training, education and supervision of Speech and Language Therapy students on clinical placement at the NHNN

About us

UCLH is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population.

We provide academically-led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas.