Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Please see job descriptions and person specifications for full details To provide independent clinical management of acute inpatients requiring assessment and rehabilitation of complex communication and swallowing disorders, with the aim of restoring optimum function or offering compensatory strategies. This will include assessing the patients needs for alternative/augmentative communication where appropriate. 2. To regularly participate in videofluoroscopic examinations of swallow, analyse and report findings to the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) regarding implications for management and design specialised therapeutic programmes of care. 3. To be a Specialist Speech and Language Therapy resource for members of the MDT in the management of communication/swallowing disorders. 4. As a core member of the MDT, to participate in team meetings, ward rounds and family meetings. Where appropriate to propose and assist in the implementation of policy/service development. 5. To develop training programmes relevant to communication/swallowing disorders and deliver these aspects in the on-going training programme for the members of the MDT. 6. To train staff and carers to facilitate the communication and swallowing skills of the patient including the use of alternative and augmentative communication.