Highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local health service provider is seeking a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in Nottingham. Your role will involve providing high-quality therapy to adults with neurological conditions, working within a dynamic multi-disciplinary team. You'll have opportunities for professional development and collaboration with peers. This full-time position values diversity and encourages applicants from various backgrounds. You must have a Speech & Language Therapy Degree and experience in this specialty.

Benefits

Continuous professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Diverse workplace

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree is essential.
• Registered with HCPC and RCSLT required.
• Evidence of appropriate CPD post-qualification.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality Speech and Language Therapy services.
• Manage a complex caseload independently.
• Work collaboratively with MDT for service development.

Skills

Advanced clinical reasoning

Critical thinking

Excellent interpersonal skills

Leadership ability

Negotiation skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree

Postgraduate training up to master's degree equivalent

Health and Care Professions Council License to Practice

Registered member of the RCSLT

Job description

Highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 13 January 2026

We have a great opportunity for a Highly Specialist SLT in the NUH Neuro Rehabilitation Outpatient Team. Neuro Out-Patients offer specialist multi-disciplinary assessment and interventions for adults with a range of neurological conditions. We require an SLT with highly developed clinical skills and a passion for working with this client group. You will be joining a close knit well-established MDT. The service is predominantly based at the City Hospital but where clinically indicated patients are seen in their own home.

The post is made up of 0.6wte sessions within the Neuro Rehab Outpatient Team, with 0.4wte sessions in the inpatient Stroke team currently, with a possibility of these sessions being in the team that cover Neurosurgery (not yet confirmed).

You will be part of a large dynamic SLT service where you will have peer supervision and the opportunity to collaborate with other SLTs at NUH who also deliver inpatient and outpatient SLT. There are opportunities for training and development of your clinical and leadership skills.

This is a full time post but we would consider part time requests. There may be an additional requirement to work on the weekend and bank holidays as part of a rota.

If you're unsure whether you meet all the requirements, please do get in touch to discuss. We are keen to recruit the right person and are happy to explore how your skills and experience might fit within our team.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide a specialist clinical service and provide high quality Speech and Language Therapy services to a range of outpatients with acquired neurological conditions. We are looking for someone with advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking and reflection skills. There is close working with clinical MDT for co-ordinated and integrated clinical care. The post-holder will also work with the MDT for service development, service evaluation and governance. There is also close working with the other outpatient SLTs within the service for mutual mentoring.

The post holder will provide a specialist clinical service to acute inpatients on the Stroke wards, providing in-depth assessment and intensive therapy. The post holder will have advanced skills in communication and dysphagia, ideally in instrumental assessments.

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. NUH have just opened the National Rehabilitation Centre.

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

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.

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.
• Fully driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential for this role.

Person Specification

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

Experience

• 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
• NHS experience
• Advanced post-graduate training in dysphagia
• FEES/VF competency
• Advanced post grad training for this client group
• Experience working in community, outpatient setting

Communication and relationship skills

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Demonstrates flexibility of working and appropriate understanding of roles within a team

Physical skills

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

Other requirements specific to the role

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

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.