The Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) will possess and develop highly specialist knowledge in the area of Speech and Language Therapy specific to Critical Care. The SLT will have responsibility for the provision of a high quality, efficient and evidence based SLT service to adult inpatients referred from Critical Care areas with communication and swallowing disorders including patients with tracheostomies and/or ventilator dependency. He/she will oversee the development of the Critical Care SLT service.
The Clinical Specialist SLT will work closely with the Critical Care MDT...