Job summary
The Stroke Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in Integrated Community Stroke Service will work across 7 days on a rotational basis, as part of the ICSS Team to ensure all patients in a defined area who have had a stroke have access to specialist assessment and associated care. There may be a need to provide countywide cover on occasion.
Main duties of the job
Service aims
- Support safe discharges from hospital and provide a high standard rehabilitation service to patients referred to the Integrated Community Stroke Service
- Provide specialist assessment, effective treatment, and individualised goal setting of patients in their own home/ place of residence, to promote recovery post stroke.
- Early identification and management of stroke related complications.
- Reduce readmissions due to complications post stroke.
- Provide education and support to formal and informal carers.
- Promote the development of self management skills following stroke.
- Provide advice and signposting to appropriate services
About us
We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Just over 532,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see supporting documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy (or equivalent qualification).
- Registration with Health Professions Council
- Evidence of own professional development and have additional specialist training and advanced professional qualifications in neurodevelopmental conditions.
- Dysphagia qualification
Desirable
- Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- Membership of appropriate clinical interest groups
- Completion of short relevant courses e.g., Cervical auscultation
Experience and skills
Essential
- Minimum of 18 months post qualification experience
- Fieldwork educator / Clinical placement supervisor /Experience as a clinical educator of SLT students
- Have knowledge of national and local clinical guidelines in specialty areas, and an ability to apply these to clinical practice and service policies
- Experience of working with Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Comprehensive experience of working with adult patients in a variety of settings
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams, with an understanding of team roles and professional roles.
- Specialist level assessment skills
- As an autonomous practitioner to be able to deal with complex clinical issues
- Skilled in time management and organisational skills, working flexibly either autonomously or as part of a team with the ability to engage and network professionally
- Knowledge of national agendas influencing clinical practice eg NICE
Desirable
- Experience of working with patients post stroke in both hospital and community settings.
- Experience of evaluating service delivery and monitoring effectiveness and outcomes of intervention, and of undertaking clinical audit Experience of participation in audit and research projects
- Experience of managing the risks associated with unsupervised / lone working
- Experience working in an NHS setting in the following clinical areas; Stroke, Eldercare, Neurology
- Completion of Stroke Competencies or willingness to undertake
Person Specification
Qualifications and Education
Essential
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy (or equivalent qualification).
- Registration with Health Professions Council
- Evidence of own professional development and have additional specialist training and advanced professional qualifications in neurodevelopmental conditions.
- Dysphagia qualification
Desirable
- Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- Membership of appropriate clinical interest groups
- Completion of short relevant courses e.g., Cervical auscultation
Experience and skills
Essential
- Minimum of 18 months post qualification experience
- Fieldwork educator / Clinical placement supervisor /Experience as a clinical educator of SLT students
- Have knowledge of national and local clinical guidelines in specialty areas, and an ability to apply these to clinical practice and service policies
- Experience of working with Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Comprehensive experience of working with adult patients in a variety of settings
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary and multi-agency teams, with an understanding of team roles and professional roles.
- Specialist level assessment skills
- As an autonomous practitioner to be able to deal with complex clinical issues
- Skilled in time management and organisational skills, working flexibly either autonomously or as part of a team with the ability to engage and network professionally
- Knowledge of national agendas influencing clinical practice eg NICE
Desirable
- Experience of working with patients post stroke in both hospital and community settings.
- Experience of evaluating service delivery and monitoring effectiveness and outcomes of intervention, and of undertaking clinical audit Experience of participation in audit and research projects
- Experience of managing the risks associated with unsupervised / lone working
- Experience working in an NHS setting in the following clinical areas; Stroke, Eldercare, Neurology
- Completion of Stroke Competencies or willingness to undertake
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
