Speech and Language Therapy Assistant - Sheffield, United Kingdom - Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Sheffield, United Kingdom

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An opportunity has become available to work as a Speech & Language Therapy Assistant within the Sheffield Speech Therapy Service.

You will work both within the Stroke pathway and neurotology (hearing services) as part of the Sheffield Speech Therapy Team.

You will have experience of working with people, preferably with clients who have communication and swallowing disorders.


Your input will provide cover to patients across the stroke pathway 2.5 days a week as part of the neurotology Speech and Language Therapy Team for 0.5 days a week.

You will work under the direction of a Speech and Language Therapist and will be involved in communication therapy programmes, swallowing therapy programmes, multidisciplinary teamwork, staff and carer training, as well as having general duties within the team.


You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves.

The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff.

This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.


The SLT service across both the acute and community teams in STH has approximately 55 staff (47 therapists, 7 assistants and 4 secretarial staff wte).


The SLT teams are highly motivated to provide a quality service to their patients, they are research active and embrace innovation.

The service has established processes for supervision and supports personal and professional development.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post

Clinical


Deliver specialist rehabilitation programmes and reviews independently of a clinician to individuals or groups according to agreed plans within patients' homes / community units.


Undertake day to day assessment of patients' mental health, communicative and physical levels of function and capacity to undertake activities, and implement/modify treatment appropriately.


Participate in setting and documenting patients' goals, following departmental protocols for this process, including with patients who have communication impairments.


Show the ability to recognise when patients have reached desired goals or have problems requiring re-assessment by a clinician and refer back to clinician or discharge as appropriate.

To undertake assessments to defined protocols with informed patient consent.

Organisational

To be responsible for the management and prioritisation of own workload.

To participate in peer support with other Speech and Language therapy assistants.

To promote the understanding of the role of the SLTA to students and other health and social care staff.

Contribute to discussions on service and policy development and provide comments on proposals.

To monitor, store, clean and order stock and maintain equipment for use by the Speech and Language Therapy team.
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