Advanced Speech and Language Therapist acute services

Integrated Care System; Haywards Heath; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Haywards Heath is looking for an Advanced Speech and Language Therapist to lead the inpatient service. Responsibilities include managing dysphagia and communication disorders, overseeing junior staff, and participating in clinical governance. Essential qualifications include HCPC and RCSLT registration. The role offers a salary range of £47,810 to £54,710 annually.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing a general caseload and critical care patients.
• Knowledge of VFS and FEES services is essential.
• Evidence of championing diversity in previous roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead the inpatient team at Prince Royal Hospital.
• Assess and manage communication disorders and dysphagia.
• Manage junior staff and service design.

Skills

Advanced dysphagia management

Tracheostomy management

Communication disorder assessment

Staff line management

Education

HCPC registration

RCSLT registration

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

Advanced Speech and Language Therapist acute services

The closing date is 17 August 2025

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced speech and language therapist to lead our general inpatient and ITU service at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath.

Competencies in advanced dysphagia in a general caseload and tracheostomy management are essential but you will offer a full range of assessment, management and treatments for a variety of swallowing and communication disorders. PRH offers hospital services within care of the elderly, general medicine and surgery, respiratory medicine, oncology and critical care. We have well established videofluoroscopy and FEES services and you will be expected to take a lead role in these. We offer both for inpatients and outpatients as well as running a small neuro outpatient service based across PRH and the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.

Experience in line managing staff is crucial to this role as you will be required to supervise and manage junior clinicians and administrative staff within this small team.

The SLT service is committed to developing its staff and we strongly support continuing professional development with a variety of internal events and the capacity to support external learning.

Main duties of the job

Band 7 SaLT to lead the inpatient team at PRH. General inpatient clinical duties as well as a service to ITU to include patients on ventilators and with tracheostomies.

Other services include outpatients, VFS and FEES.

Service and team leadership

Clinical governance activities

About us

At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, & we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness & experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, & can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) & a Veteran Aware Trust.

We treat our patients & staff with the same compassion & empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above & beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our candidate information pack & wellbeing programme,for staff which is extensive & designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching & training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us & throughout your career we will help you to grow & develop.We hope that in choosing UHSx you are choosing a long & happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make & feel valued for all that you do.

We look forward to receiving your application & the start of your journey with UHSx.

Job responsibilities

• Advance Dysphagia management
• assessment and management of communication disorders in acute services
• VFS
• FEES
• management of neurology and neuro-oncology patients in outpatients
• Line management of junior staff
• Service management and design of Speech and language therapy provision at PRH
• Leadership of a variety of governance activities - education, audit, risk management and quality improvements.

Person Specification

• Qualification
• registration HCPC and RCSLT
• Experience
• knowledge and skills

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

• Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearPer annum pro rata