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We have an exciting secondment opportunity for an experienced clinician to be a member of the Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) Adults with Learning Disability Service. The post offers excellent opportunities to work jointly with other Speech and Language Therapists who specialise in Adults with Learning Disabilities as well as other members of a multi-disciplinary health team and other multi- agency colleagues.
- Responsibility for the assessment, diagnosis, development and delivery of highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy communication assessment and interventions to meet the needs of people within the IST
- Responsibility for the assessment, diagnosis, development and delivery of highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy eating and drinking (dysphagia) assessment and interventions to meet the needs of people within the IST
- To contribute to additional MDT IST documents such as Capable Environment reports and Behaviour Support Plan
- To participate and contribute to network meetings, CPA meetings, CTR meetings and Transition planning meetings for clients on IST clinical caseload
- To work closely with the IST team around the management of complex and high-risk cases, following the IST systems and pathways
- Together with other professionals from the IST service, to take a leading role in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the communication and eating and drinking aspects of family carer workshops
- To demonstrate the use of appropriate caseload management strategies when dealing with complex issues
- To adapt practise in order to meet individual clients’ needs, including considerations of cultural and linguistic differences
- To be responsible for the gathering of evidence of clinical effectiveness, using appropriate outcome measures and employing evidence-based practise
Guy’s & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Guy’s and St Thomas’ is one of the largest hospital trusts in the country, with a staff of almost 12,000, a turnover of over £1 billion and one million patient contacts a year.
The Trust comprises two of London’s oldest and best-known teaching hospitals. The hospitals have a long history, dating back almost 900 years, and have been at the forefront of medical progress and innovation since they were founded. Both hospitals have built on these traditions and continue to have a reputation for excellence and innovation.
We are part of King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC), a pioneering collaboration between one of the world’s leading research-led universities and three of London’s most successful NHS Foundation Trusts. Our AHSC is one of only five in the UK. It consists of King’s College London, and Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts. King’s Health Partners includes seven hospitals and over 150 community-based services, is responsible for seeing 2 million patients each year, has 25,000 employees and 19,500 students, and a £2 billion annual turnover. It brings together the best of basic and translational research, clinical excellence and world-class teaching to deliver ground breaking advances in physical and mental healthcare. See www.kingshealthpartners.org
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Wendy Walker Job title: Clinical Specialist speech and Language Therapist Email address:
[email protected] Telephone number: 0203 049 7518
Nicolas Ponte
[email protected]0203 049 7518
