SLT Associate Practitioner

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others. There’s a place for you at CNWL. We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

We have an opportunity to recruit a SLT practitioner fixed term for eight months in our Hillingdon Community Learning Disability Service. We have recently recruited a Speech and Language Therapist and are looking to supplement this post with an Associate Practitioner. This is a unique opportunity to support the SLT in the development of a safe and efficient speech and language therapy service for adults with learning disabilities.

The Speech and Language Therapy Team consists of therapists in other Community Learning Disability Teams within CNWL as well as working alongside our community SLT colleagues. This role involves a mixture of clinical and administrative support to the SLT and wider team where appropriate. We are looking for applicants who have a passion and commitment to working with people with Learning Disabilities and their circle of support.

Main duties of the job:

• Delivering specific and specialist SLT interventions to Service Users under the supervision of a Speech and Language Therapist.
• Support SLTs in their assessment and review of Service User’s communication and dysphagia needs.
• Working alongside another SLT or SLT Assistant to deliver group interventions and be involved in parent orientation sessions.
• Working alongside the service SLT and wider team to organise and deliver training events for carers and other professionals.
• Working alongside qualified SLTs to develop AAC (alternative/augmentative communication) resources and support Service Users in the use of high tech communication aids.
• Administrative tasks both in the office and in the community.
• Being a Champion for Easy Read documentation.

Past experience as a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant is desirable but not essential.

Person specification:

• Relevant B Tech Diploma Level or Degree or NVQ4 or equivalent skill acquired through experience.
• Accredited IT qualifications or equivalent skill level.
• Ability to communicate with people about difficult matters & / in difficult situations.
• Ability to prioritise & plan own workload to meet deadlines & competing demands.
• Ability to negotiate and influence where appropriate.
• Demonstrates initiative and flexibility.
• Ability to travel between a range of locations.
• Fully IT literate and able to use a range of applications.
• Ability to maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so.
• Willingness to travel to different locations to undertake role effectively.
• Ability to manage emotional consequences of working with people with a range of complex health needs/disabilities.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.