Band 6 Children's Speech & Language Therapist

Clinical- Patient/Client Care 1. To develop and provide universal, targeted and specialist speech and language therapy services to patients with speech , language and communication needs 2. To make a differential diagnosis based on evidence from assessment, leading to decisions about intervention/treatment. 3. To communicate complex condition related information, from assessment to patients/clients, carers, families and members of the multi disciplinary team/other professions. 4. To maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of patients/clients and their carers, in particular when imparting potentially distressing information regarding the nature of he patient/clients difficulties and implications of the same. 5. To negotiate and work closely with patients/clients, carers, families, and other professionals, agreeing decision- making and prioritisation relevant to the patient/clients management, devising agreed care plans based on best practice, seeking advice from manager/supervisor for more complex cases. 6. To initiate and provide a variety of treatment options according to patients needs, including the use of interpreters as appropriate. 7. To use forms of alternative and augmentative communication e.g. signing, symbols, speech synthesisers as indicated from assessment to maximise the clients communication. 8. To demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families and colleagues, aiming to achieve effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist. 9. To adapt practice to meet individual patient/ client circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic and gender differences. 10. To form productive relationships with clients who may be under stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties.