Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1000 reviews have an exciting opportunity available for an experienced NHS Speech and Language Therapist to join a well-established Speech & Language Therapy team based in Swindon.
Job Type & Hours: Locum ongoing contract
Pay Rate: £35 - £40 per hour (assignment rate)
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Main Duties:
- The post holder will provide high quality consultation, specialist assessment and intervention of speech, language, communication and swallowing needs, as part of a Multidisciplinary Team.
- They will develop effective clinical services, to meet the complex needs of people with a learning disability, autism or both who may at times communicate behaviour that challenges, particularly behaviour that presents risk to self or others.
- The post-holder will be responsible for the provision of full and comprehensive, highly specialist SLT services to culturally diverse in-patients with a learning disability, autism and co-occurring conditions. Service users will have complex needs, including mental health problems and may display distressed behaviours.
- Provision of highly specialist SLT assessment, diagnosis and management of patients with mental health problems, working collaboratively with the patient and their clinical team towards shared treatment goals
- Provision of highly specialist communication, eating and drinking assessment and advice management and person centred care. To include educating, training and sharing skills with the MDT as required.
- Provision of Speech and Language Therapy advice and consultation to others involved in patient care.
- As an autonomous practitioner, he/she will be responsible for their own work and interventions and for the interpretation of agreed guidelines and policies.
Requirements of the Speech and Language Therapist/SLT:
- Degree or equivalent within Speech and Language Therapy and HCPC registration
- Recent UK/NHS post qualifying experience working as a Speech and Language Therapist
Contact:
This Speech and Language Therapist/SLT job is advertised by George Casselton; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Speech and Language Therapist role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements, but please feel free to browse our open roles that may be more suitable for you.
Reasonable Adjustments:
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