Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - ALD

Lambeth IST SLT

Provides highly specialized, high-intensity assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, within a Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) framework, for adults with learning disabilities, who may also have autism, and/or complex mental health needs, particularly those at risk of placement breakdown and/or hospital admission. They work within a highly specialist multidisciplinary team to deliver person-centred, often urgent, intervention to improve communication and to manage any dysphagia needs (eating/drinking difficulties).

To communicate effectively with staff, support workers, other members of the professional team, GP, family members, and all significant others on aspects of client’s services

• To independently management a highly complex, challenging and specialist communication and dysphagia caseload
• To be able to co-ordinate and chair multidisciplinary team and speech and language therapy team meetings
• To lead on health case management in complex cases
• To lead on SLT case management in complex cases where behaviours that challenge services have been identified
• To gather evidence of clinical effectiveness, using appropriate outcome measures and employing evidence-based practise
• To contribute to the GSTT system of clinical governance in close liaison with the line manager
• To act as a consultant to colleagues, to provide second opinions and to share information and expertise with other team members
• To initiate and undertake risk assessment and management procedures and to contribute to the development of such procedures in areas of clinical specialism by generating risk reports, developing strategies and systems, collaborating with colleagues, attending committees or working groups etc
  
  

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific a

chievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Nicolas Ponte Job title: Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Email address: nicolas.ponte@nhs.net Telephone number: 07342056435

Wendy Walker

Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist , Adults with Learning Disabilities Lambeth Southwark and Lewisham

07787 878637