Speech language therapy assistant

This is a full time SLT Assistant post within the Adult Speech Language Therapy Service covering the Acute and ENT/Voice services based at Ealing Hospital. The post offers opportunities to work with inpatients on the wards at Ealing Hospital by providing communication assessments and swallowing rehabilitation under the supervision of a Speech Language Therapist. This would include involvement in acute clinics e.g. Videofluoroscopy (X-Ray swallowing clinic) and the Trust’s specialist voice clinics. You would also be required to provide full administrative (including typing) support to the ENT/Voice and Acute SLT teams with clinical support as required. The post holder will be based at Ealing Hospital and generally the split will be equal across both services. There will be a requirement to work at Northwick Park Hospital on voice clinic days. The number of days per month may vary between one and four. Kindly Note: Interview Dates: 6/12/2023 and 8/12/2023 The post holder will provide support and administration to the Acute Service, SLT team and to the ENT/Voice service. He/she will also be expected to work directly with clients under the supervision of a qualified SLT including recording in patient records. A significant proportion of these clients may have English as an additional language (EAL). S/he will liaise with other Trust and Directorate admin/secretarial staff, Portering, Transport, Interpreting, IT, Estates etc. S/he will liaise with clients by telephone, letter and other means to arrange appointments. The post holder will offer support in the Trust’s specialist voice clinics. This will involve liaison with SLTs, the ENT Consultant, nurses and other medical staff. S/he will liaise with clients to collate relevant assessment information before and after the clinics. The post holder will also participate in team meetings, taking minutes and contributing to departmental / team audit and research projects. They will assist in the preparation and delivery of training within the hospital / other settings, to other profession and patients / carers on all aspects of swallowing, speech, language and communication, again, under the direction of a qualified SLT. We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public. To find out more about our Trust, why not view our videowe are London North West University Healthcare LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation; we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you. To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.