Job Description:Purpose:To act as an autonomous SLT practitioner seeing patients with communication and swallowing difficulties.Main Duties and Responsibilities of the role:To deliver specialist clinical work for patients with varying needs in a variety of settings.To act as a member of the multi-disciplinary team with support from senior colleagues and to contribute to the coordination of Speech & Language Therapy input in this area.To assess and treat own caseload of patients maintaining own records as an autonomous practitioner in working with adults who are parents/cares the needs of their children are assessed to ensure that appropriate services are delivered to these children and families.To communicate effectively with patients, carers, and other healthcare professionals.To contribute to clinical teams both multi-disciplinary and uni-disciplinary by discussing own and others input around clients needs ensuring a well-coordinated care plan.To communicate complex condition-related information from assessment to clients, carers, families, and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions.To work closely with clients, carers, and families, facilitating decision making relevant to the patient/client management.To motivate and reassure clients or carers to engage in the therapeutic process.To employ negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations.To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.To form productive relationships with others who may be under stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties and/or who have other psychological / social / developmental barriers to developing relationships.To independently provide education and training to small groups and to assist in the delivery of training to larger groups conveying specialist information.To provide the Speech and Language Therapy input to patient related meetings.To form and maintain excellent working relationships with personnel from partnership organizations and agencies.To resolve day to day organizational issues with partners.To employ alternative and augmentative models of communication as appropriate, e.g. signing, symbols, communication aids.To provide an advocacy role in helping patients and carers express their needs.