Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The successful applicant will be required to: Independently manage of a caseload of adults with dysphagia and communication difficulties with a diagnosis of Learning Disability, by planning, delivering and reviewing their individual packages of care. Guide service users, their support, colleagues and management by utilising skills, knowledge and practicalexperience to inform best practice care. Provide clinical supervision, second opinions and support to less experienced members of staff. Ensure outcome measures are embedded across the team . Use a quality improvement approach to evaluate and review performance and activity to contribute to service development. NELFT are currently undertaking its largest ever Quality Improvement project "New Ways of Working" . This process aims to deliver a new sustained model of working for our teams by ensuring you are able to provide your service in a way that best works for each team member and service user, therefore the successful post holder will be required to engage, review and feedback in this process to support the best possible outcomes for all. Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details on the vacancy.