Speech and Language Technical Instructor
Come and work for one of the longest-running charities and independent hospitals in the UK. Set in a beautiful Grade II listed Victorian building with big gardens, the RHN has specially adapted facilities such as gyms and kitchens for our residents, as well as music and art therapy spaces.
The Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability is more than a hospital – we are a community in which everyone comes together to help adults with neurological disability achieve the best possible quality of life.
Salary range: £25,714 – £28,926 depending on experience
Department: Specialist Services
Responsible for: Provision of prescribed speech and language therapy treatment programmes and providing admin support to the SLT team.
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Putney, Southwest London
Closing date: November 27th
Benefits:
- Free counselling and therapy sessions and other mental wellbeing support through our partner CIC Wellbeing
- Get involved in our free on-site wellbeing programs, including weekly yoga, and monthly pottery club (we are the UK’s only hospital with its own kiln)
- Financial support services such as low-interest loans and help with savings accounts through our partnership with London Capital Credit Union
- Join our wellbeing networks to connect with people in our hospital; we have a Pride network, Women’s network, and our Race Equality network. We also have heritage events to celebrate the diversity of our workforce – most recently we had a South East Asian celebration.
- Free on-site parking (rare in London)
- More benefits: Cycle2Work scheme, tech purchase support scheme, Blue Light Card discounts, and more.
About the role
We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapy Technical Instructor to join our team the RHN. This role involves working across a range of specialist units including the Brain Injury Service, Neuro-behavioural Rehabilitation Unit, Ventilator Unit, Specialist Nursing Home, Huntington’s Disease Unit and Adult Learning Disability unit. You will act as a support practitioner to the Speech and Language Therapy service as part of an interdisciplinary team. You will be required to prepare and administer therapeutic programmes for communication and swallowing difficulties under the direction of qualified Speech and Language Therapists. You will also provide support during the weekly Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) clinic.
Main Objectives of the role
1. Demonstrate an awareness of RHN’s objectives and contribute to achieving them appropriately.
2. Strive to improve efficiency in all areas of your work.
3. To provide a flexible speech and language therapy support service for both individual patients and groups within a multidisciplinary team environment.
4. To be responsible for organising and running therapeutic individual sessions and groups with a designated caseload of patients using specific technical knowledge/skill, modifying and adapting therapeutic programmes, according to patient need and agreed aims, with support and liaison from the prescribing SLT.
5. To communicate complex information related to treatment programmes and to provide timely feedback to the SLT.
6. To assist SLTs in organising and running training sessions and administration for courses.
7. To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers and supervisors, to maintain own knowledge base and to identify own areas for development.
8. To undertake administrative responsibilities appropriate to the needs of the service
Person specification: Essential
1. Formal Qualifications to degree level or equivalent
2. Basic understanding of speech and language therapy profession
3. Basic understanding of communication difficulties in brain injury and stroke and the impact upon the patient.
4. Experience of working with adults with a disability either in health, social or educational setting.
5. Excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
6. Evidence of ability to cope effectively in difficult situations
7. Ability to organise work and manage time effectively and independently.
8. Ability to build effective working relationships with patient, multi-disciplinary team and with other professionals.
9. Competent IT skills
Desirable
10. Attended any relevant training courses for adults with communication disability
11. ECDL qualification.
Candidates applying for a role at the Royal Hospital for Neuro Disability are strongly encouraged to be vaccinated against Covid-19 and Influenza.
RHN is a care provider for vulnerable patients at extreme risk. In consequence, safeguarding patients will always be our highest priority.
RHN is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer that respects and values the differences of our people to achieve their full potential. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to contact our Resourcing Team at [email protected]
1. Demonstrate an awareness of RHN’s objectives and contribute to achieving them
appropriately.
2. Strive to improve efficiency in all areas of your work.
3. To provide a flexible speech and language therapy support service for both individual
patients and groups within a multidisciplinary team environment.
4. To be responsible for organising and running therapeutic individual sessions and
groups with a designated caseload of patients using specific technical knowledge/skill,
modifying and adapting therapeutic programmes, according to patient need and
agreed aims, with support and liaison from the prescribing SLT.
5. To communicate complex information related to treatment programmes and to provide
timely feedback to the SLT.
6. To assist SLTs in organising and running training sessions and administration for
courses.
7. To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers and supervisors, to maintain
own knowledge base and to identify own areas for development.
8. To undertake administrative responsibilities appropriate to the needs of the service.
1. To use acquired speech and language therapy skills and techniques in management
of communication and swallowing impairments to provide effective intervention as
directed by a qualified SLT.
2. To carry out therapy programmes as prescribed by the treating SLT
3. To maintain appropriate, accurate and up to date patient records in line with policies
and standards in both written and electronic format.
4. To record in patient’s records, patient’s progress in accordance with the specific aims
and objectives outlined by the SLT.
5. To carry out specified informal assessments e.g. behaviour observation checklists
without supervision and to discuss findings with the SLT.
6. To set up and support SLTs during the weekly FEES clinic.
7. To monitor continually and evaluate changes in the client’s responses, and feedback
relevant information to the therapist as required.
8. To discuss progress of programmes with treating SLT according to outcomes of
sessions.
9. To adapt, modify and deliver Technical Instructor therapy programmes for patients in
conjunction with the designated SLTs according to agreed aims, with regular liaison
with an SLT.
10. To work collaboratively with SLTs in an effort to meet agreed clinical objectives and
patient goals.
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Candidates applying for a role at the Royal Hospital for Neuro-disability will be expected to have received their vaccination against the coronavirus strain (COVID-19) as part of our pre-employment process before commencing employment at the RHN. Please let us know if you have not managed to arrange to receive the vaccine via other channels yet, as we can arrange the administration of the vaccine within the hospital. Please note that if you have a medical reason as to why you are not able to have the vaccine or you have any questions on the vaccination, please feel free to contact [email protected].