Speech and Language Therapist - Neurological Rehabilitation Unit

Posting date:	18 June 2025
Salary:	£37,338.00 to £44,962.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£37338.00 - £44962.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	01 July 2025
Location:	Barnsley, S70 3RD
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	C9378-B2150

Summary

JOB SUMMARY This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments. To provide high quality clinical advice on the assessment, diagnosis and management of inpatients on the unit, who may have communication and/or swallowing difficulties. This could include those with complex needs To provide support, education, and advice to more junior SLTs, nursing and AHP colleagues specifically in relation to inpatients with communication and swallowing difficulties and to ensure adequate access to the service is maintained, for this client group. To follow and contribute to the development of departmental policies/guidelines and to participate in the development of innovations in service delivery taking account of Clinical Governance KEY RESULT AREAS: To provide clinical expertise and advice on the assessment, diagnosis, and therapy to adults with communication and/or swallowing difficulties. This may include those with tracheostomies. To participate in the planning and implementation of the day-to-day operation of the Speech and Language Therapy Service to adults with communication or swallowing difficulties, in the Barnsley area To participate in the management of the adult speech and language therapy service, relevant to the client group, and to prepare, implement and evaluate communication and swallowing programmes and advice for clients to ensure the delivery of designated standards of care consistent with service policies and RCSLT guidelines To demonstrate sound clinical judgment, including negotiation, differential diagnosis, reflection, evaluation, and the development of care plans. To demonstrate flexibility with clients, carers, and others around individual case management To provide advice regarding the needs of individual clients to the multi-agency team, demonstrating team-working skills To develop and deliver specialised training packages to a variety of recipients with respect to adults with communication or swallowing difficulties, including to other professional groups, with the support of more senior members of staff To share knowledge within a multidisciplinary team approach and to ensure the effective use of professional resources To provide advice and support to volunteers and assistants and to provide mentoring to newly qualified Speech and Language Therapists To provide student placements in line with RCSLT guidelines and to assist in the development of students from other professional groups To maintain accurate and timely clinical records in line with Departmental and Trust protocols, write appropriate reports, and to provide statistical information to facilitate future business planning in line with Trust objectives Trust Values: The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people e.g, service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respectat all time. The post holder must all time act in accordance with the Trusts Values: Honest, open, transparent Respectful Person first and in the centre Improve and be outstanding Relevant today, ready for tomorrow Families and carers matter Safeguarding: Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy. Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training. Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy: All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to: ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns; maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct; understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Trust Data Protection Policy; comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol. Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually; receive supervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed; understand their responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy; recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public. Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity; ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participatingin relevanttraining; comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework (i.e. CPD, Audit, Supervision); demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement; abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached; work flexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within a culture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors in People (IiP) Standards. adhere to the Trusts smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trust grounds; being socially responsible by complying with measures that support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact; Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses promptly; In addition to the Trusts own responsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, for your safety, ALL staff (and contractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres to this Code in the delivery of safe patient care. This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments. For full details of the role please see the supporting documents attached. We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We strongly discourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.