Lead Speech and Language Therapist

at  Active Care Group

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Are you a dedicated and experienced Speech and Language Therapist ready to take the lead and make a real difference? At Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre, part of Active Care Group, we are passionate about transforming lives through exceptional care and rehabilitation. We are looking for a Lead Speech and Language Therapist to join our team and help empower individuals on their journey to recovery and independence.

ABOUT US

Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre specialises in delivering high-quality care for individuals with acquired brain injury, neurological conditions, and complex needs. Our patient-centred approach aims to inspire hope, rebuild lives, and enable meaningful progress.
Patients like James are a testament to the life-changing impact of our work. After suffering a traumatic brain injury, James arrived at Blackheath unable to communicate or even sit up unaided. With tailored therapies and unwavering dedication from our team, James regained his speech, mobility, and independence. Today, James describes his recovery as life-changing and shares his story to inspire others.

• Lead and manage the Speech and Language team, ensuring effective delivery of the highly specialist SLT service.
• Plan and prioritise a complex clinical caseload.
• Provide advanced specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing.
• Take a lead role in diagnosis, problem formulation and planning of rehabilitation programmes within the MDT.
• Provide intervention as part of an MDT approach and lead and implement MDT service developments.
• Evaluate effectiveness of interventions using valid and reliable outcome measures and adherence to UKROC Database measures
• Ensure effective and timely communication at all levels (with patients, families, the MDT and external agencies).
• Develop and deliver in-service education and training programme for the wider MDT.
• Keep people safe from harm and protect their human rights.
  As a member of the senior management team, you will promote a culture of openness and responsiveness to the views of patients and relatives, a philosophy of person-centred care and recovery, and an ethos of positive learning from incidents within a high performing service.