Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust is recruiting a bank speech and language therapist to provide flexible support to its paediatric services. The post centres on specialist assessment and management of children with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties, including individualised care plans and managing a complex caseload independently. It suits a senior clinician who can also advise families, carers and other professionals and support colleagues. Applicants need evidence of RCSLT Dysphagia Competency Framework level C or above and experience of non-oral feeding.
What the job involves
- Assess and manage children with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties
- Develop and deliver individualised, evidence-based care plans
- Manage a complex paediatric dysphagia caseload independently
- Advise families, carers and other professionals
- Work with the wider multidisciplinary team
- Identify and manage clinical risks relating to feeding and swallowing
- Keep accurate clinical records and contribute to service quality
- Support colleagues through specialist advice and knowledge sharing
Qualifications
- Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent
- Evidence of RCSLT Dysphagia Competency Framework level C or above
Registration & licences
- HCPC licence to practise, and current HCPC and RCSLT membership
Experience
- Post-graduate paediatric dysphagia experience, including non-oral feeding
- In-depth experience in a highly specialist area of dysphagia service delivery
- Supervising or supporting staff, and planning and delivering training programmes
- Contributing to policy, planning and service development
- Multidisciplinary and inter-agency working, including Children and Families Act 2014 work on EHCP needs assessments, annual reviews and SALT provision
- Care planning for children's dysphagia needs, and assessing their communication needs
Skills & knowledge
- Analytical, reflective, organisational and prioritisation skills, including developing these in others
- Synthesising complex information at service level, and negotiation and problem-solving in complex situations
- Knowledge of NSFs, NICE guidance, national policy and service delivery models
- Awareness of religious, cultural and linguistic issues in caseload management
Other
- Interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy, and understanding of other professionals' roles
- Proactive in identifying service change and negotiating action plans
- Good auditory discrimination and phonetic transcription
Nice to have
- Evidence of infant training courses
- Advanced dysphagia or postgraduate paediatric dysphagia training, e.g. Manchester Post Basic Dysphagia Course
- Completion of highly specialist short courses in dysphagia management
- Completion of specialist short courses up to Masters level or equivalent
- Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks (CENs)
- Experience in pre-school and infant feeding
- Experience working as a highly specialist speech and language therapist in a relevant clinical specialism
What’s offered
- Competitive employment package
- Support for development and training
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
