Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

at  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Critical Care/Adult Acute, Hammersmith Hospital
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is looking for a motivated and experienced Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) who exemplifies our Trust values to join our Adult Acute SLT Department as part of our wider SLT service of over 30wte SLTs.
This is an exciting newly created post to provide expert clinical care as part of a small team of SLTs and to support a planned expansion in Critical Care capacity on the HH site, including the provision of ECMO. HH is a specialist hospital offering a range of services including renal, haematology, cancer (including upper GI) and cardiology.
You will be supported by the Adult SLT Clinical Lead for the HH site, and work closely and collaboratively with other adult SLTs and teams across the organisation which includes Adult Acute, Stroke & Neuro-rehab, H&N and ENT/airways based at Charing Cross Hospital, and Adult Acute at St Mary’s Hospital. The SLT service receives academic support from the Clinical Academic SLT. You will work alongside your site-based therapy and wider MDT colleagues, and collaborate with community partners.
The post-holder will provide a highly specialist clinical SLT service to adult inpatients with communication and/or swallowing disorders resulting from acquired neurological/medical/surgical conditions of an acute or chronic nature. The role will have a specific remit for patients within the critical care setting on the Hammersmith Hospital (HH) site, but the post holder may also be required to support the HH acute team, and wider critical care service across Charing Cross and St Mary’s Hospitals.
The post holder will deliver an evidence-based responsive service to adults admitted with swallowing and communication difficulties across the site (critical care, medical and surgical beds). You will work as an integrated member of the multidisciplinary team providing assessment and management to critical care patients including contributing to tracheostomy and ventilator weaning plans.
The post holder will be a senior member of the SLT department, maintaining a high quality evidence-based service, supporting junior members of the team, and participating in the development of the SLT critical care service, including carrying out audit and delivering teaching programmes to other professions.
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert

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