Eden Brown Synergy has an excellent permanent opportunity for a Band 7 Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) to join a leading provider of complex care in their Neuro Rehab & Specialist Cognitive Behavioural Wards.

The Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) would be required to provide specialised support, particularly to patients with cognitive communication difficulties, work alongside an experienced MDT exercising complex clinical reasoning in regard to assessment, rehabilitation, discharge planning and managing patient caseloads across both wards.

The Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) would be responsible to:

• Provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) assessment and treatment for patients with physical, cognitive, communication and behavioural difficulties caused by neurological insult and acquired brain injury
• Devise evidence-led therapy programmes for patients at a specialist level, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary working to achieve the best outcomes for our patients
• Independently plan and lead communication therapy groups
• Maintain high standards of clinical care in line with national guidance for excellence
• Named Therapist duties to ensure cohesive goal-setting and therapy and coordinating discharge
• Formally supervise less experienced SLT's and /or assistant as required in line with policies
• Take an active role in the induction and training of other members of the IDT as appropriate
• Ensure all relevant codes of practice and regulations are upheld
• Play an active role in the implementation and review of policy and service development initiatives relating to SLT
• Keep people safe from harm and protect their human rights

To qualify for this post the Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) would have:

• An active HCPC registration
• Previous experience of working in a neurorehabilitation setting
• Experience in working with aphasia, cognitive communication disorder, dysarthria, apraxia, and dysphagia is essential
• Specialist level dysphagia competency on RCSLT framework
• Formal supervision/line management experience

Eden Brown Synergy is an equal opportunities employer.

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