Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Acute/ENT rotation

Are you looking to develop your clinical knowledge and skills in a range of acute settings? If so then we want you! We are a team of around 30 SLTS who are welcoming, friendly and team focused. We want to provide all of our therapists with the ability to think critically challenge the evidence base and provide high standards of person-centred care. This involves commitment, motivation and a strong desire to learn and in turn, we will give you our commitment of CPD, the opportunity to further develop your clinical skills in acquired dysphagia and communication disorders within the field of acute and ENT and to contribute to service development within the team.

There are two full time rotational posts on offer rotating between ENT and acute teams at Northwick Park Hospital. There is the opportunity to further develop skills in dysphagia management, cough reflex testing with robust access to FEES and VFS, goal-setting and key working skills, complex communication management and the chance to be part of a highly skilled MDT.

You will be expected to hold your own caseload providing assessment, diagnosis and management to both acute/ENT teams with support where required. You will be expected to contribute to MDT working and provide holistic management plans whilst working closely with families and other support agencies.

You will be involved in contributing to our VFS service and FEES on the wards and for outpatients as well from the local community.

Service development is a large part of our commitment to quality improvement and we actively encourage project work in order to improve our services.

You will also support more junior members of the team and contribute to SLT student placements as well.

We offer peer support and formal supervision as well as cross site departmental in service training, excellent library facilities, a commitment to flexible working policies, support for further postgraduate training and active participation in service development and clinical audit.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWUH) is one of the integrated NHS Trusts in the country. Our team of more than 8,000 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of approximately one million people providing hospital services to the people of Brent, Harrow and beyond.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

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LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.