Experience

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist: working with adults

  • Sep 2005 - Present

  Over 13 years experience carrying out assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders; working on acute and neuro-rehabilitation wards in a large general hospital and functional rehabilitation ina local community hospital.Participation in assessment and treatment of cognitve disorders and contributing to diagnostic conversations in a community memory clinic.Experience as a clinical tutor and examiner within the speech and language therapy department at the University of Reading and extensive experience as a placement educator.Recipient of an NHS Education and Trainer Award for clinical teaching.Recipient of a Dignity in Care Award for a project developing social dining in the acute hospital setting for patients with dementiaMember of Clinical Excellence Networks for Neurology and for Dementia/Brain InjuryMember of British Aphasia SocietySpecial interest in assessment of mental capacity in people with language and communication difficultiesFacilitator for CST (Cognitive Stimulation Therapy) and UDC (Understanding Dementia for Carers) courses for both older people and younger people with a diagnosis of dementia