Band 8a Speech & Language therapist

Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Sheffield is seeking a Band 8a Speech & Language Therapist to lead the Adult Community SLT team. This role involves providing specialist care for adults with communication disorders and dysphagia in their homes and care settings. The trust values professional development and supports staff with flexible working, good benefits, and career opportunities. Ideal candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in community-based care and team leadership.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development opportunities

Health and wellbeing packages

Pension schemes

Discount opportunities with retailers

Qualifications

• Experience with adults with communication disorders and dysphagia.
• Passion for community-based healthcare.
• Ability to lead and support a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Adult Community SLT team to provide patient care.
• Manage communication disorders and dysphagia cases.
• Ensure efficient team operations in patient settings.

Skills

Leadership

Communication disorders management

Dysphagia assessment

Community-based care

Team collaboration

Education

Relevant professional qualifications in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Responsibilities

• To provide leadership and clinical speech and language therapy services within the Adult Community SLT team.
• To continue to provide highly specialist skills in the assessment and management of communication disorders and dysphagia.
• To ensure the adult community team is operating efficiently and effectively to deliver the best care for patients in their own home or care home setting.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

Working in the community setting is exciting, rewarding, and meaningful. In line with the national agenda to provide care closer to home.

The SLT service across both the acute and community teams in STH has approximately 66 members of staff (51.94 WTE).

The SLT teams are highly motivated to provide a quality service to their patients, they are research active and embrace innovation. The service has established processes for supervision and supports personal and professional development.

Please note that in order to comply with the UK Government’s rules on Skilled Worker sponsorship, any applicants who do not meet the eligibility requirements or concessions on salary thresholds under the Skilled Worker visa will not be eligible to receive sponsorship from the Trust. Please keep this in mind when submitting your application. Further details on these concessions, and who qualifies for them, can be found here.

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Looking for your next challenge?

Are you looking for your next challenge? Are you interested in furthering your leadership skills in a community setting? Are you looking for a supportive and dynamic team, with protected time for your development, to help you to reach your professional aspirations? Then look no further because we have the role for you.

Band 8a Speech & Language Therapist

We are looking for a Band 8a Speech & Language therapist who is passionate about community‑based care for adults with swallowing and communication disorders to lead our adult community team in Sheffield.

You will join and lead a highly experienced and supportive team to provide care for service users in their own homes and care/residential settings. You will have opportunities to work with colleagues in the acute trust and specialists from other disciplines, social care, and the voluntary sector, with regular access to videofluoroscopy and FEES clinics.

We are committed to personal, professional, and service development. We hold regular service improvement and governance meetings, with working parties involving all staff. We have regular supervision and appraisals and encourage self‑directed learning. We have regular CPD opportunities and have secured training for the whole team from national and international experts in response to developing clinical needs.

NHS AfC: Band 8a

Benefits

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so while you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.