Job Description:To provide an independent, highly specialist level of swallow and communication assessment and rehabilitation to patients on the Respiratory Support Unit (RSU) and who transfer to wards (Renal, Respiratory, Cardiac, Vascular RRCV)) with complex swallowing and communication problems including patients requiring tracheostomy, Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) and High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC).Manage a caseload of patients mainly on the RSU with complex rehabilitation needs and take responsibility for seamless transition of patients transferring out of critical care and directly on the ward that have swallowing and communication needs.To provide highly specialized instrumental swallow assessments including FEES and VF, to patients on the RSU and support these instrumental assessments on local HDU, Critical Care units and wards patients as required.To liaise with the wider multidisciplinary team such as ENT, Trache MDT, Critical care MDT and critical care core group to support management of patients who have complex issues impacting on communication and swallow competence.To work with the critical care clinical lead SLT and SLT team, to ensure delivery of highly specialist care to all patients according to local, regional, and national policy and priorities.To work with the critical care clinical lead SLT and contribute to service planning, data collection, audit, research, policy, and guidelines.To support members of the SLT team working in the critical care and RRCV environment, developing line management skills.To assist with education and training to the SLT team, and wider MDT team, in Trache training, FEES and VF.