Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Neurodisability • Chester Le Street County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nSpecialist Speech and Language Therapist - Neurodisability with County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust in Chester Le Street, County Durham\n\n We are pleased to be able to offer a permanent full time post for an enthusiastic, motivated and well-organised Speech and Language Therapist. The post holder will work within County Durham with children and young people with neurodisability. As a key member of the team you will be passionate about improving health outcomes for clients and will work closely with health colleagues, partner agencies, parents and carers. You will be a great communicator and enjoy working both independently and as part of a team in different settings. This post will provide you with the opportunity to: Focus clinical work on children & young people with complex and additional needs including learning disabilities, physical disabilities and swallowing difficulties Help develop an evidence-based pathways for the client group Work with other specialist and clinical lead speech and language therapists to deliver individual and group therapy approaches Work within a range of community settings including clinics, homes, mainstream and special school settings 1. Generate appropriate strategies to manage an individual specialist caseload including the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and discharge of a diverse range of clients with complex communication and/or swallowing difficulties with support and supervision from lead clinican 2.Develop and implement specialist care protocols and programmes of care and treatment, to meet the needs of clients in conjunction with their parents, carers, education staff and other members of the appropriate multi-disciplinary team (MDT) with support and supervision from a lead clinician. 3. Independently manage and negotiate the management of complex cases with others e.g. onward referral to highly specialist clinicians or other specialist support agencies e.g. consultants, Educational Psychologists. 4. Provide specialist education, training and supervision to speech and language therapy assistant practitioners and to speech and language therapists with less experience in the management of the client group, with appropriate supervision from the clinical lead. 5. Provide specialist advice and second opinions to less experienced colleagues. About us 1. Generate appropriate strategies to manage an individual specialist caseload including the assessment, diagnosis, treatment and discharge of a diverse range of clients with complex communication and/or swallowing difficulties with support and supervision from lead clinican 2.Develop and implement specialist care protocols and programmes of care and treatment, to meet the needs of clients in conjunction with their parents, carers, education staff and other members of the appropriate multi-disciplinary team (MDT) with support and supervision from a lead clinician. 3. Independently manage and negotiate the management of complex cases with others e.g. onward referral to highly specialist clinicians or other specialist support agencies e.g. consultants, Educational Psychologists. 4. Provide specialist education, training and supervision to speech and language therapy assistant practitioners and to speech and language therapists with less experience in the management of the client group, with appropriate supervision from the clinical lead. 5. Provide specialist advice and second opinions to less experienced colleagues. 6. Continually evaluate the effectiveness of care protocols and packages of care, audit and implement changes as appropriate in conjunction with lead clinician/line manager. 7. Evaluate the effects of the communication difficulty on the psychological health of the client. 8. Work with the lead clinician(s) to develop and coordinate service provision and policy development for the client group. "}