Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

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Job summary

The Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to manage a diverse caseload within the Learning Disabilities Service. The role involves providing clinical support, supervising staff, and contributing to local service audit, offering a competitive salary and NHS benefits.

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays

Attractive relocation payment

Discounts for local and national retailers

Dedicated well-being services for all employees

Flexible working where possible

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy required.
• HCPC registration necessary.
• Experience as a qualified therapist in a specialist area.

Responsibilities

• Manages a complex and diverse caseload of communication and dysphagia.
• Provides clinical advice and support to less experienced therapists.
• Supervises staff and contributes to service audit and research.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Empathy

Negotiation

Risk management

Clinical leadership

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Dysphagia Post Graduate Qualification

HCPC license to practice

Registered with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Job description

Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Jaffray Resource Centre Town Birmingham Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 03/07/2025 23:59

Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Band 6

Job overview

*** This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***

Manages a complex and diverse caseload of communication and dysphagia independently within the Learning Disabilities Service.

· Provides clinical advice and support to less experienced Speech and LanguageTherapists.

Supervises the work of Speech and Language Therapists, Speech & Language Therapy Assistants, students andvolunteers.

· Contributes to local service audit andresearch.

Main duties of the job

Please see the job description and person specification: Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Working for our organisation

Be Part of Our Team...

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

IMPORTANT

• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
• Please ensure all sections of the application form are completed fully. Please particularly ensure that you provide full details of all referees including business email address, telephone contact details and postal address

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification: Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Person specification

Qualifications / training

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
• HCPC license to practice
• Registered with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
• Dysphagia Post Graduate Qualification

Experience

• Experience as a qualified therapist with significant relevant experience in specialist area.

Skills/knowledge

• Competent to use evidence base to inform clinical practice in a specialist area.
• Knowledge of the needs of a diverse population and the impact on communication and swallowing problems.
• Competent to develop specialist programmes of care.
• Competent in developing empathy, negotiation and influencing skills with emerging clinical leadership.
• Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills and overcomes barriers to communication.
• Competent in managing and balancing a range of risks to maximise patient care.
• Competent in writing clear reports and notes to a professional standard.
• Competent in using alternative means of communication appropriately for care group.

Other job requirements

• Is able and willing to move around the city.
• Must have a full driving license and access to a vehicle
• Is able to carry a variety of equipment between locations safely.

In accordance with UK Home Office requirements, Band 2 clinical and non-clinical roles and Band 3 Non-Clinical roles are not eligible for sponsorship.

Please note that the majority of non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Band 3 - 5) with the exception of those which appear on this list - link , will not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK.

All non-clinical roles (Agenda for Change Bands 6 - 9) that meet the prescribed salary threshold will be eligible for sponsorship.

The Trust will accept applications from candidates who can evidence their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes.

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.

Promoting Workforce Equality

In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

***This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested***