Bank B6/7 Early Years SALT SW

Hours: 37.5 hours per week The post holder will provide a highly specialist speech and language therapy assessment, diagnosis and treatment service as part of the Merton Neuro Rehab Team on a virtual and domiciliary basis across Merton. The service includes clients with a wide range of acquired communication and swallowing difficulties, such as stroke and head injury, and those who have a degenerative condition and need support to manage disability and quality of life. The service also provides input for clients who have cognitive-communication and vocational rehabilitation needs The post holder will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary neurorehab team in addition to the wider speech and language therapy team across CLCH, acting as a resource to other medical, nursing, therapy and social services staff and voluntary agencies and as an interface link for Speech and Language Therapy with acute providers To provide a highly specialist speech and language therapy lead role provided by the neuro team. To take responsibility for the referrals, procedures and operational running of the service along with the leads and service manager To develop and provide appropriate highly specialist speech and language therapy assessments and interventions To facilitate group work and peer mentoring for people affected by a neurological condition, alongside the MDT. To analyse auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of client's communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness in the home, at work and other relevant settings To carry out highly specialist physical examination of the orofacial process including the mechanism of eating, drinking and swallowing To employ manual dexterity in the manipulation and stimulation of the orofacial Professional Standards All staff must comply with the Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust Staff Code of Conduct and demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours. Senior Managers must also comply with the NHS Code of Conduct for Managers, based on the Nolan principles of public accountability. All staff employed in recognised professions are required to ensure they work to the professional standards and/or Codes of Practice set out for their professional group. In addition, staff are required to demonstrate the Customer Care Standards of the organisation. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Shanelle Green Job title: Bank recruitment business partner Email address: shanelle.green@nhs.net Telephone number: 02039378322