Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Mental Health

Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

The closing date is 16 January 2025

Job summary

This is a super 12 month secondment opportunity for a band 5 or 6 SLT who is keen to explore assessment and intervention in the clinical specialism of Mental Health.

The post holder must have dysphagia experience and some knowledge of dementia, autism and mental health diagnosis. The post holder will be well support in a small team of 3 therapist based in Goodinge Health Centre.

They will work in a community setting and some visits will be on highgate mental health wards.

Main duties of the job

Some of the main duties include:

To demonstrate specialist clinical expertise in the assessment, treatment and management of language and communication problems in adults who have a mental health diagnosis particularly for adults with dementia, schizophrenia and depression.
To demonstrate specialist clinical expertise in the assessment, treatment and management of eating, drinking and swallowing problems providing appropriate intervention and evaluating outcomes
To demonstrate specialist knowledge in these clinical areas underpinned by current evidence based practice and outcome measures
To develop knowledge and skill in dysphagia, Autism, mental health, AAC and dementia consulting with clinical supervisor as appropriate.
To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of clients with communication and/or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties
To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions, demonstrating empathy and ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist

About us

The Whittington Hospital has a reputation as one of the safest hospitals in England. Asanintegrated care organisation, providing both hospital and community services, we offer a range of development opportunities along with attractive benefits to staff at all levels of our organisation. Our aim is to provide outstanding care. Care that is better coordinated, in the right place and designed around individual patient's needs. This means we can bring high quality services closer to home and speed up communication between community and hospital services, improving our patients' experience. We also have a highly regarded educational role, teaching more than 600 undergraduate medical students, nurses and therapists each year and providing a range of educational packages for postgraduate doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Date posted

16 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,806 to £53,134 a year pro rata per annum inclusive of HCAs

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

220-WHT-2808

Job locations

Goodinge Health Centre

20 Goodinge Road

London

N7 9EW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and job specification for more details about knowledge, skills and experience required for the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and job specification for more details about knowledge, skills and experience required for the role.

Person Specification

Knowlegde

Essential

Dysphagia assessment and intervention
Knowledge of some MH diagnosis e.g. dementia, schizophrenia

Skills

Essential

communciation assessment tools
Dysphagia assessment and intervention
good communication skills

Experience

Essential

MDT working
working in SLT services
dysphagia basics

Person Specification

Knowlegde

Essential

Dysphagia assessment and intervention
Knowledge of some MH diagnosis e.g. dementia, schizophrenia

Skills

Essential

communciation assessment tools
Dysphagia assessment and intervention
good communication skills

Experience

Essential

MDT working
working in SLT services
dysphagia basics

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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