Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

NHS; Kingston upon Hull; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join the team at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. This role focuses on supporting patients with acquired swallowing and communication difficulties in acute settings, allowing for skill enhancement in collaboration with the Acute Medicine, Stroke, or Head and Neck Teams, within a well-supported and innovative environment.

Qualifications

• Significant and detailed experience of working in adult acquired communication and swallowing disorders.
• Experience in critical care settings is crucial.
• Proven experience of multi-disciplinary working and managing staff.

Responsibilities

• Work clinically across acute wards, stroke or head and neck, leading and supporting a small team.
• Involvement in SLT-led Videofluoroscopy clinics and supporting the FEES service.

Skills

Able to deal with challenging situations

Highly motivated

Reliable

Able to work as part of a team

Education

Degree in Speech & Language Therapy (or equivalent)

Registered with HCPC

Qualification in Videofluoroscopy and/or tracheostomy

Member of RCSLT

Job description

Go back Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

The closing date is 18 June 2025

Maternity cover - highly specialist role

Do you have significant experience in working with adults with acquired swallowing and communication difficulties within acute settings including critical care?

If so we have an exciting opportunity to enhance your skills with the Acute Medicine, Stroke or Head and Neck Teams at Hull University Teaching Hospital.

Main duties of the job

You will work clinically across acute wards, stroke or head and neck, leading and supporting a small team. Tracheostomy competencies are desirable but not essential for this role.

You may be involved in regular SLT-led Videofluoroscopy clinics, following the MBSImP protocol, and/or support our FEES service. We are a forward thinking team in a large tertiary NHS Trust with close links to university partners and a passion for innovation.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Please note that this advertised vacancy does not meet the UKVI eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa and therefore HUTH would not be able to issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for this role.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

Person Specification

Qualification

• oDegree in Speech & Language Therapy (or equivalent)
• oRegistered with HCPC
• oQualification in Videofluoroscopy and/or tracheostomy
• oMember of RCSLT

Experience

• oSignificant and detailed experience of working in adult acquired communication and swallowing disorders, particularly those relating to critical care
• oExperience of Videofluoroscopy
• oExperience of working in critical care settings
• oProven experience of multi-disciplinary working
• oMember of communication and/or dysphagia CEN
• oExperience of managing staff

Skills

• Able to deal with challenging situations
• Highly motivated
• Reliable
• Able to work as part of a team
• Able to deal effectively with challenging situations

Other Requirements

• Ability to travel between hospital sites and/or in the community as required

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.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust