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The post holder will provide an evidence-based service that anticipates and responds to the needs of children with speech, language, communication and swallowing difficulties. They will work in partnership with children and their families’ and with other professions and agencies to reduce the impact of these difficulties on children’s social and emotional development, their learning and their ability to participate in daily life.
- To be responsible for the management of a caseload of children a range of speech language and communication difficulties
- To provide support to children with a range of speech, language and communication needs under supervision from more specialist and senior team members.
- To assess, diagnose, treat and manage a caseload a caseload of children a range of speech language and communication difficulties
- To provide support and training to families and education / nursery staff as needed to enable SLT programmes to be implemented as part of children’s therapy package.
- To be involved in the development of the SLT service including a range of pathways to support therapy delivery from preschool into primary aged placements.
- To be accountable for own professional action and recognize own professional boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate.
- To work across agreed clinical populations; to manage the implementation of a service that is targeted to need; to improve health and life chance outcomes for children, by giving every child the opportunity to develop their potential.
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To demonstrate a well developed knowledge of paediatric therapy for both eating and drinking and communication skills, underpinned by current evidence based practice.
- To manage a specialist and highly complex clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
- To use and demonstrate highly specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements / decision making for complex case management and advise others on the same, often in the absence of robust evidence base.
- To make appropriate differential diagnoses and highly specialist clinical decisions based on assessment findings.
- To contribute to and when appropriate coordinate applications for AAC devices including funding requests.
- To work in partnership with the education SLTs to research and implement the use of AAC devices within school.
- To develop clear care plans and pathways based on best practice and to update these according to departmental standards.
There’s never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.
Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.
We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.
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