Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Homerton Band 5 rotation. The role offers the post holder to develop experience within our Adult Community Rehab Team, Acute inpatient Team and the Graham Stroke Unit based at the Homerton.

The post holder will have the opportunity to develop skills in the management of acute dysphagia across a range of conditions, as well as delivering specialist rehabilitation for progressive neurological disorders, stroke and brain injury.

Rotational Band 5 staff have numerous opportunities for project working, training and working with third sector service providers, supervision of students and assistants.

You will be well supported in your new role with access to clinical supervision from experienced Senior Speech & Language Therapists, as well as opportunities for peer support with other SLTs across different services. You will also be part of a wider SLT team at Homerton Hospital and be able to join in shared CPD, access videofluoroscopyclinics and the development of study days for multidisciplinary colleagues. All services strongly support continuing professional development.

***We have the right to close the post early if there is excessive demand, therefore please consider submitting your application as soon as possible***

Main duties of the job

• To work across stroke, community and inpatient acute as part of a rotationalprogramme.
• Be responsible for a designated caseload of clients with communication and / orswallowing difficulties.
• Participate in the delivery of a Saturday service when on hospital based rotations andhelp support patients' recreational programmes by occasionally working evenings.

About us
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job responsibilities
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 documents please view the attachment/s on this page

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Education Qualifications
Essential

• Degree level or equivalent qualification in SLT recognised by the RCSLT.
• Current HCPC Registration

Desirable

• Membership of RCSLT
• Full UK Licence to Practise Postgraduate training in dysphagia

Skills/abilities
Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to work with patients presenting with communication / swallowing problems of neurological origin
• Ability to form therapeutic relationships with others who may be under stress and have complex challenging communication difficulties including behavioural and cognitive difficulties.
• Demonstrate empathy with patients, relatives, carers and colleagues ensuring effective communication is achieved particularly where barriers to understanding exist
• Demonstrate highly developed auditory and perceptual skills e.g. phonetic transcription, linguistic and acoustic analysis and be able to use these in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients.
• Able to set patient centred and SMART goals.
• Able to reflect and adapt practice to suit needs of individual patients.
• Excellent oral and written communication and reporting skills.
• Analysis and clinical reasoning skills.
• Basic understanding of Microsoft Windows applications.
• Ability to manage caseload and prioritise under pressure.

Desirable

• Teaching and presentation skills Counselling skills

Experience
Essential

• Experience of caseload management of patients with acquired neurological disorders [this may include student placement experience]
• Experience working as an integral member of a structured team [this may include student placement experience]

Desirable

• Experience of working with patients with cognitive impairment
• Experience of dysphagia management / Videofluoroscopy.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team using joint goal setting

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
• Good understanding of rehabilitation with neurological patients.

Desirable

• Knowledge of alternative and augmentative communication systems
• Knowledge of the health needs of a culturally diverse community
• Research methodology
• Knowledge of Speech and Language Therapy computer packages

Other requirements
Essential

• Commitment and adherence to the Equality Act
• Understanding of the Trust values
• Able to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends
• Ability to travel independently within the local community

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).