PROFESSIONAL

• To maintain clinical competencies as developed by CFNC
• To work within relevant legal and policy frameworks e.g. Disability Act 2001
• To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate
• To continuously develop clinical expertise and achieve goals set for personal and professional development
• To demonstrate ability to reflect on own practice and identify strengths and development needs
• To attend relevant training and development in order to maintain and develop skills and knowledge
• To participate in clinical supervision
• To assist in the identification of training needs both individual and within the team
• To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible
• To be flexible to the demands of the environment including unpredictable work patterns, deadlines and frequent interruptions

JOB PURPOSE

To work as a member of the Speech & Language Therapy team (SALT) at CFNC to deliver treatment programmes to patients with communication and swallowing difficulties as a result of acquired neurological conditions, including brain injury. The post holder will be responsible for their own caseload of patients and will carry out therapy programmes supervised by the SALT team to individual and groups of patients.
To support administration tasks required by the SALT team.
Design and prepare therapy materials, as required.
To support the oral care programme at CFNC.