Speech and Language Therapist

Job Title:  Specialist Stroke Speech and Language Therapist – Band 6
Area:  London NHS
Salary:  £negotiable
Job Type:  Locum
Contract length: Ongoing
Job details:  Community Stroke Team. May be required to work in different locations within the Community Stroke Team across Lambeth and Southwark. Providing Speech & Language Therapy assessments and treatments in a community setting to a caseload of patients with a diagnosis of Stroke, working within an MDT on goal focussed rehabilitation. JD available on request:

• The post holder will provide a specialist Speech and language Therapy support to individuals as part of the Community Stroke Service and will work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to ensure a coordinated approach to client care. They will independently and effectively manage a caseload of individuals diagnosed with a stroke who have complex needs. The post holder will be using evidence based, client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in order to minimise the impact of stroke on the individual’s communication, swallowing and social integration.
• The post holder will be responsible for the supervision of rehabilitation assistants (RSWs) and junior SLT staff or SLT students on placement.
• The post holder is expected to achieve individual activity target (face to face contact) of at least three visits a day.
• Monthly supervision and annual appraisal (Personal Development Plan – PDP) will be provided by a Senior SLT. There is the opportunity for peer support and SLT team IST.

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 08.30 – 16.30.
Code:  U. JN/SLT/B6.007010. B13182