Band 7 Locum Acute Speech and Language Therapist

Job Title:  Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist – Band 7  (Part time)
Area:  West London NHS 
Salary: £negotiable
Job Type: Locum
Contract length: Ongoing
Job details:  Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist required to start asap for 5 weeks. Acute Paediatric Ward/ Neonatal Unit. JD available on request:

• The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner, providing a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy service to children aged 0-5 and adolescents with dysphagia, social communication differences/autism and complex needs, across our acute site.
• The post holder will work on the Acute Ward (Jack’s Place) and support premature neonates/ babies/ children and young people admitted to Northwick Park Hospital Paediatric and Neonatal Wards
• The post holder will be expected to manage their own caseload and work alongside medical and community colleagues to ensure the communication and eating, drinking and swallowing needs are managed appropriately within the hospital environment. They will be expected to work collaboratively with babies/children/young people (BCYP), parents/carers and with MDT colleagues including within health, education or social services in the planning and delivery of services to these specific client groups.
• They will also have a role in advising, supporting and supervising other SLTs working with children with complex needs and/or dysphagia in our Harrow community settings.
• The post holder will contribute to departmental meetings, and lead audit and projects within the specialist area. They will be responsible for planning and delivering highly specialist training to other SLTs, professionals and parents/carers on all aspects of complex communication areas relating to children with complex needs and eating/drinking difficulties. They will provide clinical education and training to Speech and Language Therapy students and provide clinical supervision to Speech and Language Therapy Assistants (SLTAs) and SLTs developing specialist skills in this field.
• The post holder will receive peer support and clinical supervision from the SLT Principal within the neonatal therapies team and pre-school SLT team.

Working hours: 30 hours per week.
Code: U. AHP281.012006.B16774