Speech and Language Therapist

Job Title:  Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist – Band 7
Area:  East London NHS   
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing                           
Job details:  Complex Needs and Dysphagia. JD available on request:

• To co-lead on the provision of Complex Needs and Dysphagia pathways and work as a highly specialist SALT within the community team providing an effective service in Barking and Dagenham for children with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties and/or complex communication needs.
• To provide an advanced standard of assessment, clinical diagnosis, treatment and management of feeding and/or complex needs difficulties in children.
• To evaluate outcomes of assessments and to provide advice and disseminate information accordingly to parents and other professionals as appropriate.
• To develop evidence-based intervention programmes, adapt and facilitate therapy according to client centred needs
• To work closely with clients, carers, families and professionals to raise awareness, knowledge and skills related to the range of strategies that improve feeding and communication outcomes across settings
• To be able to further develop your interests and skills in an area/areas of interest and expertise
• To contribute to both SALT and multi-disciplinary team working to ensure co-ordinated service provision
• To provide supervision of colleagues and peer support
• Provide specialist knowledge, advice, training and teaching to parents, carers, students and SALT team
• Attend relevant training courses, meetings and special interest groups related to your specialism in order to maintain skills and knowledge required

To work collaboratively with family/carers and all agencies involved with the child’s care, encompassing all public and private sectors to enable the provision of the highest standard of care to maximize the child’s level of function in accordance with Trust and Government recommendations.
Code: SC/HL.002012.B13725