Highly Specialist SLT Preschool Complex Needs / Dysphagia

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust's Children and Young People's Therapies (CYPT) Service is excited to be able to offer a rare Band 7 opportunity within it's Speech and Language Therapy Team. Due to imminent maternity leave we are looking to recruit an SLT with specialist level dysphagia competencies, who has experience working with infants and children aged newborn to five with complex dysphagia and communication needs associated with a range of medical conditions. Experience of hospital working and videofluoroscopy would also be of benefit. This post is available for 12 months to support the clinical caseload across East and North Hertfordshire. You will be expected to work autonomously undertaking specialist assessment to differentially diagnosis feeding and swallowing difficulties, identify risk and implement a management plan of infants and children, including children with highly complex medical conditions., As a Band 7 you will:

• Triage and prioritise referrals based on identified risk and ensure assessments are completed with required timeframes.
• Have overview and overall responsibility for the dysphagia and complex needs caseload within the locality
• Be the lead therapist in a multi professional feeding clinic
• Provide professional supervision to less experienced colleagues and supporting development of dysphagia competencies as indicated / appropriate.
• Work with children and families within their home; or in children's centres, early years specialist development centres, nursery and clinic settings
• Complete communication assessments as part of EHCP process and provide second opinions for children with complex needs
• Work collaboratively with the highly specialist SLTs to ensure best practice and evidence based delivery of high quality care systems are in place
We offer:
• Regular group professional supervision and peer support
• Working as part of a supportive team of highly specialist SLTs
• Regular managerial supervision and a well-established appraisal system
• Internal and external CPD opportunities such as bitesize tutorials, peer review, CENs
• A 2 week induction period where you will have the opportunity to observe and shadow colleagues across a range of clinical areas / settings
• Regular meetings with Clinical Quality Leads and Operational Leads to plan and implement service delivery and service development
  
  If you are looking for somewhere to make a real difference and are passionate about helping CYP access the right support at the right time to help them stay safe, and thrive in their development, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At HCT we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.
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