Speech and Language Therapist - Bedford, United Kingdom - Sanctuary Health
Description
Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and over 600+ reviews have an exciting opportunity available for an experienced NHS Speech and Language Therapist to join a well-established Speech & Language Therapy team based Bedford.
Specialism/Team:
Paediatrics
Job Type & Hours:
Locum ongoing contract
Pay Rate:
£31 per hour (assignment rate)
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Fully online and paperless registration service
- Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory elearning and practical training modules (if applicable)
- Exclusive access to roles that aren't available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we've recently recruited to.
- T&Cs apply)
- Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
- Find your own job bonus
- Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance and revalidation support from an inhouse qualified health professional with over 15 years' experience
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
- Daily payroll and inhouse payroll system
Main Duties:
- To work collaboratively and liaise with a wide range of professions across a variety of locations and agencies.
- To attend and report to case conferences/review meetings etc. for patients on the caseload with support as requested for situations where conflict management/negotiation may be required.
- To present and communicate complex condition related information in such a manner as to motivate and inform patients, carers, families, and members of the multidisciplinary team/other professions, agreeing decision making relevant to patient management.
- To use good interpersonal skills to listen well and counsel patients and carers, so providing support and empathy without prejudice.
- To establish and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with other staff, which are characterised by open communication, trust, and respect.
- To attend and participate in professional meetings and other relevant meetings.
- To communicate effectively with patients with communication problems where difficulties in understanding exist, using observation, listening and empathy.
- To use negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations
- To assess, develop and implement specialist speech and language therapy intervention as appropriate.
- To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment and design appropriate treatment based on analysis of profile of need.
- To analyse and interpret complex information relating to patients and to service provision in order to plan patient care and service development.
- To devise care protocols for children with disabilities, including those with AAC and dysphagia requirements.
- To use skills and knowledge to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management for complex clinical issues.
- Able to plan, organise and prioritise own workload, clinical and nonclinical.
- To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager, including participation in working groups, policy development groups To contribute to interagency/multidisciplinary team building and policy development, advising on the implementation of AAC systems and relevant areas of the curriculum.
- To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct.
- To participate in the development of local clinical guidelines informed by evidence for clinical specialism.
- To participate in the implementation of service/Trust Clinical Governance Plan.
- To take delegated lead on the implementation of team objectives or projects in liaison with peers.
- To advise line manager on issues of service delivery including shortfall, and service pressures, and clinical risk.
Requirements of the Speech and Language Therapist/SLT:
- Degree or equivalent within Speech and Language Therapy and HCPC registration
- Recent UK/NHS post qualifying experience working as a Speech and Language Therapist
Contact:
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity.
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