Speech & Language Therapist

Part of Imperial College Healthcare, our hospitals offer exposure to diverse and complex patient populations. St Mary's is a Major Trauma Centre, while Charing Cross provides specialist neuroscience, neurosurgical and head & neck cancer services. Three 12-month rotations are offered: Adult Acute at Charing Cross, Adult Acute at St Mary's, and Head & Neck Cancer at Charing Cross, with potential for future rotations. Across the rotations, you will work within teams providing SLT services across admissions and medical and surgical specialties, including respiratory, elderly care, critical care, neurology, neurosurgery and trauma. The H&N rotation includes inpatient and outpatient services. You will be a valued member of the SLT and multidisciplinary teams, developing clinical skills while contributing to service development and training, supporting junior staff and supervising students. We provide a videofluoroscopy and FEES service, with opportunities to develop competencies and specialist skills in acquired communication and swallowing disorders. CPD, audit and research are encouraged.

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care.
• To undertake a comprehensive assessment and re-assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentation.
• To communicate effectively, using a range of verbal and non-verbal skills, with patients and carers/family to motivate, engage to participate in therapy and to ensure an understanding of their condition.
• To deal sensitively and constructively with patients and carers/family, who have high levels of anxiety frustration or aggression caused by a variety of issues, such as pain, poor prognosis or limited mobility.
• To plan and prioritise own caseload independently on a day-to-day basis to ensure patients are appropriately seen, in conjunction with the priorities of the team and to give assistance to other team members as required.
• To undertake the measurement and evaluation of your own work and current practice through the use of projects, audit or outcome measures, whether individually or with the support of senior staff.
• To critically appraise published research and use results to inform practice.
• To assist in the induction, daily supervision and delegation of tasks to band 5 speech and language therapists, therapy support workers, students and administrative staff, as required.
  
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Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. Environmental sustainability Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environmentwww.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.