Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The Methodist Church in Britain; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Development opportunities

On-site facilities

Day nurseries

Bus travel discount

Park & Ride access

Staff parking

On-site food options

Flexible working

Job summary

Addenbrooke's Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, invites a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the Adult Acute SLT team. The post focuses on adult dysphagia and acquired communication disorders, delivering specialist input to a defined caseload within a major teaching hospital.

You will work autonomously and with the multidisciplinary team, contribute to teaching, student supervision and audit, and help develop services while maintaining high

Qualifications

• Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent.
• Post-graduate dysphagia accreditation or equivalent.
• Evidence of specialist short courses in communication and swallowing disorders in neurology.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist SLT input to a defined caseload in the Adult Acute Service, prioritising clinical need and managing workload independently.
• Work autonomously within professional and local standards, applying specialist knowledge and evidence-based practice.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to take a coordinated, holistic approach to patient care.
• Contribute proactively to service development.
• Provide cover for colleagues as required.
• Support service coordination.
• Represent SLT at ward rounds, clinics and multidisciplinary meetings.
• Contribute to student supervision and teaching.
• Contribute to audit and clinical governance.

Skills

Specialist knowledge in dysphagia and-

Autonomous working

Team collaboration

Teaching / supervision

Audit / governance

Clinical reasoning

Education

Speech and Language Therapy degree

Post-graduate dysphagia accreditation

Short courses in communication and swallowing disorders (neurology)

Job description

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist post in the Adult Acute Speech and Language Therapy team at Addenbrooke's Hospital, part of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The role provides specialist SLT input to a defined caseload in the Adult Acute Service, working autonomously and alongside the multidisciplinary team, with teaching, student supervision and audit included. It centres on adult dysphagia and acquired communication disorders within a major teaching hospital covering a broad range of acute specialties. HCPC registration is required, and visa sponsorship is not available.

What the job involves

• Provide specialist SLT input to a defined caseload in the Adult Acute Service, prioritising clinical need and managing workload independently
• Work autonomously within professional and local standards, applying specialist knowledge and evidence-based practice
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to take a coordinated, holistic approach to patient care
• Contribute proactively to service development
• Provide cover for colleagues as required
• Support service coordination
• Represent SLT at ward rounds, clinics and multidisciplinary meetings
• Contribute to student supervision and teaching
• Contribute to audit and clinical governance

Qualifications

• Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent
• Post-graduate dysphagia accreditation or equivalent
• Evidence of specialist short courses in communication and swallowing disorders in neurology

Registration & licences

• HCPC registration
• RCSLT membership

Experience

• Relevant pre-qualification experience at undergraduate or post-graduate level
• Post-graduate experience in dysphagia and communication, including independent assessment, treatment and management of a neurological caseload
• Undertaking video fluoroscopic examinations
• Developing and delivering training to other professionals
• Supervising students and involvement in multidisciplinary working

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of assessment tools and therapeutic interventions in communication and dysphagia, plus RCSLT guidelines and national policy
• Knowledge of clinical governance, audit, outcome measures, other professionals' roles and record-keeping standards
• Strong interpersonal skills, including observation, listening and empathy, and effective teamworking
• Auditory perceptual skills for voice and speech analysis, including phonetic transcription, and ability to analyse video fluoroscopy
• Verbal and written presentation, negotiation, problem solving, reflection, prioritisation, leading service projects and computer skills

Other

• Behaving at all times towards patients, visitors and colleagues in line with the Trust values of kind, safe and excellent

Nice to have

• Member of relevant RCSLT CEN(s)
• Experience managing patients with tracheostomies
• NHS experience
• Counselling skills

What’s offered

• Development opportunities
• On-site leisure facilities and shopping concourse
• Day nurseries
• Reduced-cost Stagecoach bus travel to the site
• Free Park and Ride and train-station bus routes
• Subsidised on-site parking for eligible staff
• Reduced-cost hot food available 24/7 and a colleague break space with free tea and coffee
• Flexible working arrangements, including part-time, job-share, term-time and flexible start and finish times