Job summary
- Main area
- SALT
- Grade
- 6
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - Various
- Job ref
- 824-BANK-LIT1438
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Edgware Community Hospital
- Town
- Edgware
- Salary
- £21.88 Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 10/07/2025 11:00
Employer heading
Bank B6 SALT ONW
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Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 14 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, Kingston - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other, in line with the NHS People Plan and Our NHS People Promise and our own strategic Equality values and objectives.
Job overview
Monday to Friday 8.30-4.30
The role will be within the adult community Speech & Language Therapy service in Brent. The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner providing specialist speech and language therapy services to a wide variety of clients with complex needs. A significant proportion of these clients will have English as an additional language (EAL). They will be expected to manage their own caseload but will work in a multidisciplinary environment and receive regular supervision. To support with the management of patients with dysphagia they will have access to VFS/FEES as required.
This post has responsibility for providing domiciliary and outpatient care to patients in the Borough of Brent. The role covers a variety of settings including clients’ homes, out-patient clinics, residential and community facilities. They will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary team working collaboratively to ensure specialist therapy programmes and care plans are in place for the clients under their care. Furthermore, they will be expected to build and maintain key working relationships with those referring into the service and have effective communication working with patients / clients, parents / carers and with colleagues in Health, the Voluntary Sector and Social Services.
Main duties of the job
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· To prioritise and manage a mainly neurological caseload independently, making differential diagnosis & clinical management decisions on the basis of evidence from assessment frequently weighing up complex clinical management decisions in the context of conflicting clinical indicators, with clinical supervision from the Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist.
· To analyse auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of client’s communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness in the home, at work and other relevant settings
· To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by developing and implementing Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Treatment evidence based practice programmes providing thorough evaluation of clinical outcomes.
· To use clinical judgement and specialist skills to evaluate deterioration in client’s health status communicating effectively the appropriate professionals in a timely manner
· To demonstrate skills in motivating clients and /or carers to engage in the therapeutic process.
· To develop clear unidisciplinary / multidisciplinary clinical protocols based on best practice.
To actively participate in
Working for our organisation
Professional Standards
All staff must comply with the Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust Staff Code of Conduct and demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours. Senior Managers must also comply with the NHS Code of Conduct for Managers, based on the Nolan principles of public accountability. All staff employed in recognised professions are required to ensure they work to the professional standards and/or Codes of Practice set out for their professional group. In addition, staff are required to demonstrate the Customer Care Standards of the organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To provide regular clinical and professional advice, support, and supervision to Assistants, newly qualified and Band 5 Speech & Language Therapists within the Adult Speech & Language Therapy Community Team, as appropriate.
· To participate in recruitment, selection and induction of staff for the Adult Speech Language Therapy Team as appropriate
· To participate in Individual Performance Appraisals for supervisees on an annual basis and to facilitate staff in achieving their objectives.
· To participate in induction of staff for the Adult Speech Language Therapy Community Team
· To assume delegated representation of the Speech and Language Therapy Service at meetings
· To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager, including participation in working groups and policy development groups within area of clinical expertise.
· To take delegated lead on the implementation of projects in liaison with peers
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent
- Registration with HCPC
- Registration with relevant professional body
- Dysphagia competent
Desirable criteria
- Registration with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Evidence of further study e.g. postgraduate degree, short courses relating to community setting
Experience
Essential criteria
- Management of neurological and long term conditions
- Assessment & treatment of complex clients with speech, language, communication needs and dysphagia
- Working with carers & MDT
- Applying the principals of research methodology through clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in acute and community settings as well as in nursing homes.
- Experience of supervising junior members of staff
- Member of a relevant CEN
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of assessment tools relating the neurological/community client group with speech, language, communication and dysphagia needs.
- Ability to work in a less predictable environment and able to prioritise own workload with well-developed concentration skills.
- Able to work as part of a team and remain calm under pressure
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shanelle Green
- Job title
- Bank recruitment business partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02039378322
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