Speech & Language TherapistNHS

Job summary

The role of the Speech & Language Therapist will be to provide high quality rehabilitation care to our residents. The role will involve working at both sites; Lillington House and Helen Ley House. This will involve a range of neurological assessment and intervention skills, across different phases of treatment (restorative and compensatory rehabilitation, long term maintenance and palliation).

The role will be a minimum of 22.5hours per week, with consideration of full-time options.

Main duties of the job

To prioritise, assess and manage own patient caseload, demonstrating specialised skills, experience and ability to work without supervision.

To promote effective and evidence based treatments, identifying and utilising evidence based outcome measures appropriate for the residents at Castel Froma Neuro Care.

Job description

• Prioritising workload through demonstration of high level of understanding of clinical needs and risks to individuals to ensure residents psychological, social and physical needs are met.
• Ability to work clinically without direct supervision while being able to appropriately raise key safety and clinical risks or concerns
• Effectively communicate complex information to residents and family members regarding SALT interventions
• Manage and enable risk within your scope of practice in an unpredictable environment with complex neurological conditions
• To ensure all records are maintained and stored confidentially and in line with GDPR and HCPC requirements
• To work holistically as part of an integrated multidisciplinary team.
• To Follow Castel Froma Neuro Care's policies and procedures

About us

Castel Froma Neuro Care is a registered charity that cares for those with complex neurological conditions such as brain injury, MS, MND, Parkinson's disease and Huntingdon's disease. We have permanent residents across two sites (Lillington House and Helen Ley House), plus a number of respite guests who stay with us on a temporary basis.

Castel Froma Neuro Care can offer:

• Comprehensive healthcare package following successful completion of probation period;
• Contributory pension scheme;
• Staff uniform;
• Training, both in-house and external;
• Mentor support;
• 28 days holiday per annum, rising to 30 days after 2 complete years' service (based on full time)
• Free on-site parking