Specialist Pharmacy Technician - Digital

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospital in King's Lynn is seeking a Specialist Pharmacy Technician with a focus on speech and language therapy for neurological conditions. The role involves providing specialist therapy, evaluating services, and working in collaboration with healthcare teams to ensure optimal patient outcomes. The ideal candidate will possess a degree in Speech and Language Therapy and have significant clinical experience in managing complex communication and swallowing disorders.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Free counselling service

Instant earned wage access via Wagestream

Support for staff affected by menopause

Free parking for all staff until March 2024

Qualifications

• Recognised degree in Speech and Language Therapy required.
• Current HCPC registration mandatory.
• Evidence of successful completion of postgraduate study in dysphagia.

Responsibilities

• Provide Speech and Language Therapy services to in-patients with neurological conditions.
• Contribute to instrumental evaluation of swallowing.
• Support Speech and Language Therapy team in delivering patient care.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Negotiation skills

Problem-solving

Empathy

Organisation

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

RCSLT membership

HCPC registration

Postgraduate study in dysphagia

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Client:

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

King's Lynn, United Kingdom

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Other

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06.08.2025

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Speech and Language Therapy Department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King’s Lynn.

As a result of a service restructure, we are looking for enthusiastic and dynamic Speech and Language Therapists with a Special interest in acquired neurology to support our service to grow.

As a friendly district general hospital, we are looking for individuals with a special interest in the following area:

• Acquired neurological conditions

Application forms for Band 7 specialist positions are available on the NHS jobs website, however if you are an experienced band 6 with an interest in any of these fields, please get in touch and we would be happy to discuss further with you.

Previous applicants need not apply

Main duties of the job

• To provide a Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service to acute hospital in-patients with a range of neurological conditions utilising highly developed specialist assessment and management skills of dysphagia and communication.
• To contribute to the provision of instrumental evaluation of swallowing including Videofluoroscopy
• To be competent in the assessment and management of tracheostomy
• To evaluate the Speech and Language Therapy service within specialist area, making recommendations for improvements and future design of services in line with best practice and current guidelines including local and national policies
• To work as part of the MDT to differentially diagnose, assess, treat and manage swallowing and communication disorders within the speciality
• To provide expertise to Speech and Language Therapy and MDT colleagues, patients and carers through specialist advice and education
• To support the Speech and Language Therapy team in the delivery of care across the Acute Medical service

Working for our organisation

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) King's Lynn is West Norfolk has a superb unspoilt coastline with pretty villages, all with their own individual charm. The medieval port of King's Lynn has some very interesting architecture.

We provide a comprehensive range of specialist and general acute services to around 331,000 people across West and North Norfolk, in addition to parts of Breckland, Cambridgeshire and South Lincolnshire. We have more than 4,000 staff and volunteers and approximately 500 beds on a single site. Some specialist services and clinics are provided in community facilities, such as the North Cambridgeshire hospital in Wisbech. We work in partnership with neighbouring hospitals for the provision of tertiary services.

In February 2022 the QEH the Care Quality Commission rated the Trust as 'Good' in all of the core services they inspected, and recommended the Trust moves out of the recovery support system (formerly special measures).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.

Person specification

Qualifications/Training & Professional Development

• Attainment of recognised degree in Speech and Language Therapy as recognised by RCSLT and HCPC
• RCSLT membership
• Current Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration
• Evidence of successful completion of post graduate study in dysphagia, and relevant highly specialist short courses
• Evidence of ongoing CPD to meet regulatory body professional standards
• Membership of any relevant clinical excellence networks (CENs)

Experience

• Significant relevant specialist clinical experience of working with patients with communication difficulties and dysphagia
• Experience in delivering education and training packages
• Experience in supervising undergraduate Speech & Language Therapists and more junior therapists
• Experience of multi-disciplinary team working and inter-agency working
• Competence in Videofluoroscopy to a level of independent practice in line with RCSLT competencies
• Relevant experience working in a community setting

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• Competent to a high level in the management of complex patients with communication and/or swallowing disorders within speciality
• Ability to be an excellent team member and assume leadership responsibilities when required by line manager
• Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Highly developed negotiation and problem-solving skills
• Excellent organisation and prioritisation skills

Applications are welcome from anyone who meets the criteria specified in the person specification regardless of age, gender, disability, race ,ethnicity, religion, belief, sexual orientation or other personal circumstances. Only those applicants who demonstrate in the application form how they meet the criteria in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who possess and can demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values (attached).

Please be aware that if applying via NHS Jobs, your application will be imported into Trac. All subsequent information will be generated from apps.trac.jobs. You will not be able to track the progress of your application or receive messages through NHS Jobs & we will not be able to respond to any e-mails sent via NHS Jobs. By applying for this post you are agreeing to the transfer of information in the application form to Trac jobs & if you are offered a job your personal information will be transferred into the NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system. Please check your email account regularly for communication regarding this vacancy.

We offer our staff a wide range of benefits and support including:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Free counselling service
• Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that provides instant earned wage access*
• Support and advice for staff affected by either Peri-Menopause or Menopause
• Free parking for all staff until March 2024

Opportunity to join our Staff Networks which include: Armed Forces, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Culture Heritage), Disability and LGBTQ+ networks.

We are committed to being a menopause friendly employer.

Please note due to high volume of applications for some posts, this post may close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role asap.

Admin & Clerical staff may be required to act as Loggists for a major incident.

Everyone within the Trust has or will shortly need to have a minimum level of skill for computer literacy for their day-to day- work as we become more digitally mature. Therefore all staff shoulld be computer literate.

Team QEH are one of the most research-active organisations for our size in the UK, recruiting 2,188 in 20/21 and ranked 10/16 in the Eastern Region. We have a wide-ranging and diverse portfolio of clinical studies and also recognised as one of the fastest trusts in the country from set up to recruitment.