Highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist

ZeroAge; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is looking for a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join their vibrant team. This exciting role involves providing expert assessment and treatment for patients with communication and swallowing difficulties at a leading hospital. You'll have the opportunity to work alongside a supportive team, enhance your leadership skills, and contribute to service development. With a focus on professional growth and a commitment to diversity, this position offers the chance to make a significant impact on patient care while enjoying a fulfilling career in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Provide highly specialist SLT assessment and treatment for communication and swallowing difficulties.
• Experience with a wide range of aetiologies and specialisms is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload and provide high-quality clinical supervision.
• Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver coordinated care.

Skills

Speech and Language Therapy

Dysphagia Management

Clinical Supervision

Interpersonal Skills

Evidence-Based Practice

Education

Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree

Postgraduate Training

Tools

IT Skills

Job description

Highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist

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Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our brilliant team covering a maternity leave post! The post holder will be joining the Specialist Medicine team. Providing a highly specialist service to patient at Nottingham University Hospital Trust. The team provide input to a wide range of specialties including Acute Medicine, Respiratory, Cancer services, Surgical specialties and 'front door' services. You will be joining a large and supportive team of therapists, including 2 Clinical Specialist SLTs, supported by assistant SLT's. There is a FEES and videofluoroscopy service and training to develop competencies in instrumental dysphagia assessment is available. The team provides a service across both NUH's campuses: City and QMC. The team has very close links with the MDT and there are opportunities for service development and to enhance your leadership skills.

Job Summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join our brilliant team covering a maternity leave post! The post holder will be joining the Specialist Medicine team. Providing a highly specialist service to patient at Nottingham University Hospital Trust. The team provide input to a wide range of specialties including Acute Medicine, Respiratory, Cancer services, Surgical specialties and 'front door' services. You will be joining a large and supportive team of therapists, including 2 Clinical Specialist SLTs, supported by assistant SLT's. There is a FEES and videofluoroscopy service and training to develop competencies in instrumental dysphagia assessment is available. The team provides a service across both NUH's campuses: City and QMC. The team has very close links with the MDT and there are opportunities for service development and to enhance your leadership skills.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work alongside other Band 7 SLTs in the team and the Clinical Specialist SLT with designated responsibilities for team leadership and clinical care.

The post holder is responsible for providing a highly specialist SLT assessment, management and treatment programme to people with communication and swallowing difficulties.

The post holder will provide highly specialist clinical expertise, with experience working with a wide range of aetiologies and specialisms.

The post holder will provide day to day management of the service and provide high quality clinical supervision.

The post holder may also lead on strategic developments within their specialism, in liaison with their colleagues and service leads.

This is a full time post but we would consider part time and is a fixed term post of 9 months.

About Us

With over 19,000 staff,we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH

Date posted

09 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£46,148 to £52,809 a year Per Annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

9 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

164-7089390-A

Job locations

Queen's Medical Centre

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH

Job Description

Job responsibilities

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Service delivery

To work autonomously to provide a coordinated and highly specialist service to designated specialism within a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency context and inform and advise the service leads as to training, resources, trends and development needs

To work collaboratively with a variety of different agencies/professionals ensuring management and treatment meets the holistic needs, providing a well co-ordinated care plan for specialism/setting

To represent the Speech and Language Therapy service at agreed forums

To represent speech, language and communication and/or dysphagia needs at agreed forums

To participate in multi- disciplinary projects as agreed.

Clinical Practice

To independently manage, triage and prioritise own complex caseload providing a highly specialist SLT assessment, formulation, diagnosis, intervention and advice based on evidence based practice

The post requires

Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree

HCPC and RCSLT registration

Evidence of appropriate CPD post qualifying.

Excellent IT skill

Job Description

Job responsibilities

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Service delivery

To work autonomously to provide a coordinated and highly specialist service to designated specialism within a multi-disciplinary/multi-agency context and inform and advise the service leads as to training, resources, trends and development needs

To work collaboratively with a variety of different agencies/professionals ensuring management and treatment meets the holistic needs, providing a well co-ordinated care plan for specialism/setting

To represent the Speech and Language Therapy service at agreed forums

To represent speech, language and communication and/or dysphagia needs at agreed forums

To participate in multi- disciplinary projects as agreed.

Clinical Practice

To independently manage, triage and prioritise own complex caseload providing a highly specialist SLT assessment, formulation, diagnosis, intervention and advice based on evidence based practice

The post requires

Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree

HCPC and RCSLT registration

Evidence of appropriate CPD post qualifying.

Excellent IT skill

Person Specification

Essential

Training and Qualifications

• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification.
• Additional postgraduate training up to master's degree equivalent
• Health and Care Professions Council License to Practice
• Registered member of RCSLT
• Post-graduate experience in specialist area
  
  

Desirable

• Master's degree
  
  

Experience

Essential

• Significant post graduate experience within this specialist client group, working with dysphagia and communication difficulties autonomously and without direct supervision
• Experience in evaluation of evidence based practice, audit, and benchmarking
• Experience of service development and service planning
• Experience of supporting and supervising less experienced staff
• Experience of working in the acute setting
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency
  
  

Desirable

• Advanced post-graduate training in dysphagia
• FEES/VF competency
• Tracheostomy competency
  
  

Communication and relationship skills

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships with the multidisciplinary team, patients and carers
• Excellent presentation skills both written and verbal.
• Well-established negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Demonstrate leadership ability
• Demonstrated NUH Trust values
  
  

Analytical and judgement skills

Essential

• To independently provide highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment, formulation, intervention and advice service for individuals, their families, and MDT professionals, using highly specialist knowledge underpinned by current evidence-based practice
• Ability to assess complex information, formulate a diagnosis and plan patient management using clinical reasoning skills and a range of treatment options, based on well-established knowledge of a broad range of assessments and a range of appropriate specialist therapeutic interventions
• Ability to solve problems within the team and make decisions where there are a range of options including clinical and strategic issues
• Assess and manage risk in own area including identifying clinical risks and carry out MDT Risk assessments as appropriate
• Provides and contributes to the analysis of information and data such as caseload statistics, outcomes, activities, contacts, referral patterns
  
  

Planning and organisation skills

Essential

• Plans, manages and prioritises own specialist caseload and those of others
• Well organised and able to prioritise a high turnover caseload
• Effective delegation and time management skills
• Plans, organises and delivers in service training and clinical education of students
• Ensures appropriate clinical and profession-specific supervision arrangements in place for staff within remit
  
  

Physical skills

Essential

• Able to undertake SLT inventions in a busy ward-based environment
• Able to use computer keyboard, relevant computer programmes including the inputting of data
  
  

Essential

Other requirements specific to the role

• Able to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust
• Car driver
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Able to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust
• Car driver
  
  

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

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Queen's Medical Centre

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts

Address

Queen's Medical Centre

Derby Road

Nottingham

NG7 2UH

Employer's website

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

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists

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