JENNIFER QUINN
Summary
Highly experienced speech therapist with 17 years of expertise across acute care, outpatients, skilled nursing and long-term care. Proven track record in case management, intervention planning, and rehabilitation. Strong communication and problem-solving abilities. Committed to providing person centered care and improving the lives of individuals through comprehensive speech therapy services. Relocating from London to Mississippi in 2025.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Highly Specialist Head and Neck Speech and Language Therapist
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
08.2022 - Current
- Deliver holistic assessment, management, and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders related to head and neck cancer in both inpatient and outpatient settings
- Treatment includes but is not limited to tracheostomy weaning, intensive swallow rehab, EMST, voice therapy, and trismus intervention
- Lead joint clinics with dietetics for pre-treatment assessments for patients undergoing surgery and radiotherapy
- Attend weekly multidisciplinary meetings and ward rounds
- Participate in instrumental assessment clinics including FEES and videolaryngoendoscopy (VLE)
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust
07.2024 - 09.2024
- Delivered high-quality care to adult inpatients with communication and/or swallowing disorders on fast-paced acute medical and surgical wards
- Worked closely with the proactive MDT to enhance patient care and experience as well as facilitating efficient and safe discharge from hospital or transfer to other specialisms as appropriate
Highly Specialist Acute Care Speech and Language Therapist
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
05.2023 - 09.2023
- Provided highly specialist assessment and management of adult inpatients with communication and swallowing disorders working across critical care, oncology, hematology, AMU, and respiratory wards
- Actively participated in multidisciplinary tracheostomy wean ward rounds
- Rotated leading video fluoroscopy / modified barium swallow study (VFS/MBSS) clinics and completed FEES assessments
Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
08.2022 - 12.2022
- PRN cover at Charing Cross Hospital to support the team's needs
- Assessed and treated inpatients with communication and swallowing disorders working primarily across critical care, neurosurgery, and AMU
Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
North Bristol Trust
04.2019 - 06.2022
- Acted as the lead neuro-oncology SLT coordinating the awake craniotomy service, liaising with neurosurgeons and neuropsychology
- Provided specialist assessment and management of adult inpatients with communication and swallowing disorders, including tracheostomies and disorders of consciousness (PDOC), in a major trauma centre and neurosurgery tertiary hospital working across critical care and neurosurgery services
- Actively participated in weekly MDT tracheostomy ward rounds
- Completed a rotation in stroke, including a Hyper Acute Stroke Unit, stroke rehabilitation, and Early Supported Discharge (ESD) community
- Participated in instrumental assessment clinics including FEES, pre-thyroid vocal cord clinic, and VFS/MBSS
- Team Wellbeing and PPE Champion
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Somerset Partnership, Musgrove Park Hospital
06.2016 - 04.2019
- Independently managed the speech and language therapy needs of patients across the hospital including neurology, ICU, acute medical and surgical wards, oncology, ENT and stroke
- This required management of a large, demanding caseload and allowed me to hone skills for prioritization whilst anticipating how best to support the multidisciplinary team in their management of patients' complex dysphagia needs including tracheostomy and long-term feeding decisions
- Completed VFS/MBSS competencies and head and neck competencies
- Provided inpatient rehabilitation within a Level 2 Neurological Rehabilitation Center and ran an outpatient brain injury clinic
- Facilitated outpatient voice therapy groups
- Provided training on topics such as nursing led swallow screens on the stroke ward, IDDSI implementation, altered airways, and mouth care
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
02.2016 - 08.2016
- Maintained speech therapy services across three hospitals with domiciliary visits as needed
- Attended weekly multidisciplinary team meetings on the stroke ward
- Provided clinical supervision and support to junior SLTs and students
- Projects included dietary audits, redesign of aphasia pamphlets for a more accessible format, and implementation of a labeling system on intake forms regarding diet textures to improve communication and patient safety
Speech-Language Pathologist
Evergreen Rehabilitation
11.2014 - 11.2015
- Completed screening, evaluation, and individualized treatment for speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders
- Trained and educated patients, caregivers, and staff to extend continuity of care and maximize quality of life
Speech-Language Pathologist
Halcyon Rehabilitation
12.2014 - 04.2015
- Provided rehabilitative services for both short term stay recovery as well as ongoing supportive services for individuals requiring long-term care
- Evaluated and treated speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, and swallowing disorders
- Included a MDT approach utilizing doctors, nursing staff, relevant rehabilitation staff, caregivers, family, and social services to ensure a holistic approach to patient care with an emphasis on returning to prior level of function and/or safe discharge planning
Speech-Language Pathologist
Brookdale Senior Living
02.2009 - 05.2014
- Executed outpatient and home health therapy within assisted living, home environments, and memory care unit
- Provided assessment, diagnostics, treatment, and education for disorders related to speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, and swallowing
- Completed dementia staging utilizing standardized assessments
Speech-Language Pathologist
Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital
04.2008 - 05.2014
- Provided specialist assessment, diagnosis, management, advice and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders in an acute rehabilitation hospital setting for pediatrics - adults (9 years +)
- Facilitated rehab dining program for dysphagia patients
- Maintained FIMS certification
Speech-Language Pathologist
Tri-Star Hendersonville Medical Center
10.2011 - 04.2012
- Rotational on-call service for the stroke unit
- Evaluated, treated and counseled a wide variety of adult acquired communication and swallowing disorders in acute medical wards and intensive care unit
- Trained and completed modified barium swallow studies (MBSS)
Speech-Language Pathologist
Aegis Therapies
10.2007 - 02.2009
- Performed evaluations, planned and administered medically prescribed treatment programs for the rehabilitation of speech, language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders
- Facilitated continuation of treatment plans following discharge by designing patient specific maintenance programs; instructing patients, families and caregivers in follow-up maintenance programs
- Participated in interdisciplinary team meetings, patient care conferences, utilization review meetings, and discharge planning
Education
Master of Communication Disorders -
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Auburn, AL01-2006
Bachelor of Science - CommunicaOon Disorders and Sciences
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
Oxford, Mississippi01-2004
Skills
- VFS/MBSS competencies
- MBSiMP Certified
- FEES Level 2a competencies
- Critical care tracheostomy competencies
- Conversational Spanish
- BLS
Certification
- Mississippi State License
- ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence
- HCPC
- RCSLT
Relocation
Walnut, MS
Timeline
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Trust
07.2024 - 09.2024
Highly Specialist Acute Care Speech and Language Therapist
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
05.2023 - 09.2023
Highly Specialist Head and Neck Speech and Language Therapist
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
08.2022 - Current
Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
08.2022 - 12.2022
Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
North Bristol Trust
04.2019 - 06.2022
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Somerset Partnership, Musgrove Park Hospital
06.2016 - 04.2019
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
02.2016 - 08.2016
Speech-Language Pathologist
Halcyon Rehabilitation
12.2014 - 04.2015
Speech-Language Pathologist
Evergreen Rehabilitation
11.2014 - 11.2015
Speech-Language Pathologist
Tri-Star Hendersonville Medical Center
10.2011 - 04.2012
Speech-Language Pathologist
Brookdale Senior Living
02.2009 - 05.2014
Speech-Language Pathologist
Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital
04.2008 - 05.2014
Speech-Language Pathologist
Aegis Therapies
10.2007 - 02.2009
- Mississippi State License
- ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence
- HCPC
- RCSLT
Master of Communication Disorders -
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science - CommunicaOon Disorders and Sciences
THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI
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