Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Join us to help provide outstanding patient-centred care within a dynamic and forward-thinking SLT service. We encourage applicants to get in touch to find out more about the roles before applying. Please indicate within your supporting statement which post you are applying for; you are welcome to apply for both roles. To take clinical responsibility as an autonomous specialist for the provision of a high-quality Speech and Language Therapy service to adult inpatients on the acute medical and surgical wards (post 1) or on the Stroke Unit (post 2).

see full job descriptions and person specifications for details There is a strong ethos of clinical support, supervision and development within the team. The service is able to offer you excellent supervision and peer support, with an emphasis on team working. Quality improvement projects and research ideas are strongly encouraged, both within SLT and in the multi-professional teams. We have regular team meetings, plus opportunities for continuing professional development through in-house training, clinical excellence networks and external courses.

Please see job descriptions and person specifications for full details To provide independent clinical management of acute inpatients requiring assessment and rehabilitation of complex communication and swallowing disorders, with the aim of restoring optimum function or offering compensatory strategies. This will include assessing the patients' needs for alternative/augmentative communication where appropriate.

2. To regularly participate in videofluoroscopic examinations of swallow, analyse and report findings to the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) regarding implications for management and design specialised therapeutic programmes of care. 3. To be a Specialist Speech and Language Therapy resource for members of the MDT in the management of communication/swallowing disorders. 4. As a core member of the MDT, to participate in team meetings, ward rounds and family meetings.

Where appropriate to propose and assist in the implementation of policy/service development. 5. To develop training programmes relevant to communication/swallowing disorders and deliver these aspects in the on-going training programme for the members of the MDT. 6. To train staff and carers to facilitate the communication and swallowing skills of the patient including the use of alternative and augmentative communication.

Suitable applicants will have post-graduate experience managing adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders and be confident working independently within a multidisciplinary environment. Teaching and service development form an important part of both roles. Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust is seeking two enthusiastic and motivated Speech and Language Therapists to join our well-established Adult Acute SLT service.

You will become part of a supportive team of 29.2 WTE SLTs and 1.5 WTE SLT Assistants, delivering high-quality care across one of the UK's leading teaching hospitals.