Directorate: Nursing, Midwifery and AHP Services
Location: South West Acute Hospital, Enniskillen
Contract and Hours: Temporary and full-time and Waiting list for permanent, temporary/ full-time and part-time vacancies
A waiting list is currently being established for Speech and Language Therapists; Adult Acute Band 6 level, covering all Permanent, Temporary, Full-Time, or Part-Time opportunities across the Southern Sector in the Western Trust Area for the next 12 months. Additionally, there is an immediate Temporary Full-Time vacancy available at South West Acute Hospital, Enniskillen
Job Summary
The post-holder will provide assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders for this specialist adult caseload to achieve well-being outcomes using a collaborative framework.
The post-holder will be required to provide specialist advice, guidance, supervision and clinical support to band 5 SLT colleagues, Technical Instructors, SLT students and others working with the post-holder.
The post-holder will provide second opinions to SLTs and those from other professions.
The post-holder will participate in research,development and audit activities in specialist area.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
The post holder will:
- Be responsible for the provision of a high quality Speech and Language Therapy service to a specialist caseload including:
- Assessment, diagnosis and prognosis
- Formulation of individual treatment plans and outcome measures
- Writing assessment, summary and discharge reports
- Onward referrals to other professionals as required
- Attendance at case conferences/relevant meetings
- Contribution to the relevant statutory processes
- Liaise closely with clients, families and carers to provide specialist advice and support regarding their speech, language, communication, eating and drinking difficulties to ensure best outcomes
- Work collaboratively and liaise with other relevant Health Service colleagues and all appropriate personnel working in statutory and non-statutory organisations
- Plan, design and implement innovative and evidence based models of intervention and service delivery
- Highlight areas of potential inefficiency to senior colleagues within the Department and propose solutions
- Implement policies and proposes change for specialist area
- Build and maintain relationships and contribute to collaboration on projects relating to specialist caseload
- Identify successful change strategies and processes
- Interpret and compare a complex range of options for treatment of specialist caseload
- Contribute to interpretation of future impact of decisions for specialist caseload
- Review the effectiveness of alternative treatment options and approaches for a specialist caseload/supervisees caseload
- Plan and manage identified caseload in consultation with senior SLT
- Utilise systems to manage own and others time and workload effectively.
- Be flexible to demands of the specialist clinical service and the needs of the whole adult SLT service and provide clinical cover in the Trust as directed by Lead Clinician/Head of Service.
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