Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Evasion-design.com; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, managing complex caseloads and supervising junior staff. This full-time role offers a competitive salary and the chance to contribute to important community healthcare services in Birmingham. Apply now to be part of an essential team in delivering integrated care.

Qualifications

• Essential qualifications include a degree in Speech and Language Therapy.
• Candidates must have a HCPC license and registration with the Royal College.
• Experience as a qualified therapist in a specialist area is crucial.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex cases of communication and dysphagia independently.
• Provide clinical advice and support to junior therapists.
• Supervise work of trainees and contribute to local service audits.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Negotiation

IT Skills

Clinical Leadership

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

HCPC license to practice

Registered with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Dysphagia Post Graduate Qualification

Job description

Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

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Job Summary

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Job Summary

***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 Language Therapists.

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

Contributes to local service audit and research.

Main duties of the job

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

About Us

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
  
  

Details

Date posted

19 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

820-7224585-LD

Job locations

Jaffray Resource Centre

7 Jaffray Crescent

Birmingham

B24 8BG

Job Description

Job responsibilities

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

Job Description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Essential

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
  
  

Desirable

• Masters post-graduate qualification relevant to SLT
  
  

Experience

Essential

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

Skills/knowledge

Essential

• 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.
• Competent in IT skills.
  
  

Essential

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.
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• 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.
  
  

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Jaffray Resource Centre

7 Jaffray Crescent

Birmingham

B24 8BG

Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

Address

Jaffray Resource Centre

7 Jaffray Crescent

Birmingham

B24 8BG

Employer's website

https://www.bhamcommunity.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists

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