Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist Acute Medicine/Surgery

Preston Source: WhatJobs

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust:

To communicate and collaborate with all SLT Stakeholders.
To provide leadership and highly specialist clinical skills within acute medicine and surgery.
To support personal and people development.
To ensure the health, safety and security of self and colleagues.
To support service development and planning.
To support the Clinical Governance and Quality agenda within SLT.
To support equality of opportunity and access withing SLT for both staff and patients.
To directly support delivery of therapy to patients.
To provide leadership and management support.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential criteria

HCPC registration
RCSLT registration
Graduate or post-graduate qualification in Speech and Language Pathology
Post graduate courses in relevant clinical area of Speech and Language Therapy
Evidence of CPD in relevant areas working towards master's level

Desirable criteria

Masters qualification or modules

Knowledge & Experience

Essential criteria

Highly specialised knowledge in clinical area
Assess, diagnose and manage complex dysphagia
Assess, diagnose and manage complex communication disorders
Awareness of emerging assessment and treatment developments and able to critically appraise the evidence base
Excellent MDT working skills.
Experience of planning and delivering training/education to MDT

Desirable criteria

Trained in instrumental dysphagia assessment , VFS and FEES
Experience undertaking local research projects
Experience of working with an out-patient case load

We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership, neurodiversity or veteran status are encouraged to apply for this post.

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