Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist - Stroke Inpatients

at  Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

To act as the clinical lead for the Speech & Language Therapy service for the Stroke ward at CRH, advancing and managing clinical practice in this area of work and taking a lead in evolving and embedding best practice into clinical practice.
Work within the Inpatient therapy service leading, co-ordinating and developing effective clinical interventions within the speciality of adult inpatients in order to advance clinical practice in the team in line with current evidence base.
Manage autonomously a clinical workload of patients / clients at a highly specialist level, assessing and treating patients and maintaining clinical records.
Have highly specialist assessment and treatment skills in the areas listed but not limited to:
Speech disorders
Language disorders
Swallowing disorders
Videofluoroscopy
Assessment for suitability for augmentative communication
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is a dynamic and successful organisation with a strong organisational and personal development focus.
CHFT prides itself on its strong vision and values.
Our vision : “Together we will deliver outstanding compassionate care to the communities we serve”
We do this by demonstrating our values and behaviours, alongside One Culture of Care - caring for each other the same way we care for our patients.

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