Specialist Speech Therapist - RJAH

The Shrewsbury And Telford Hospital NHS Trust; Shrewsbury; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Shrewsbury is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist to provide specialist services for communication and dysphagia on medical wards. The successful candidate will manage complex patients and work with a multidisciplinary team. This role offers opportunities for supervision and professional development. Candidates should have experience in dysphagia and communication disorders, along with the ability to coordinate outpatient clinics. Training options for specialized patient care are available.

Qualifications

• Experience working with dysphagia and acquired communication disorders within an MDT setting.
• Ability to manage rehab needs for patients with medical, neuromuscular, and spinal disorders.
• Experience running outpatient clinics (general, voice, and neuro).

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist autonomous SLT assessment and management for complex patients.
• Develop and adapt individualized treatment plans.
• Run general outpatient clinics and a voice outpatient clinic.
• Provide SLT services for patients in medical wards and spinal injury units.
• Collaborate with the broader community SLT team.

Skills

Dysphagia management

Communication disorders expertise

MDT collaboration

Patient rehabilitation

Job description

Overview

Opportunity to join a small specialist team at the Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital and the Midland Centre for Spinal Injuries. This brand‑new post works alongside the SLT clinical lead for Spinal Cord Injuries and provides an SLT service for communication and dysphagia on general medical wards, HDU, the spinal injury unit, and outpatient clinics in voice/general and neuro. You will also input into the muscle team. Training can be provided for spinal cord injury patient management and tracheostomy care. An onsite FEES service is being established.

The post sits within the wider community SLT team in Shropshire. We are a small but hardworking and friendly team delivering services to community hospitals across the county, ICS teams, and outpatient clinics for general/neuro and voice & dysfluency caseloads. We have an established voice team with regular meetings and CPD opportunities and support. Within the wider SLT team we provide services in stroke/acute medical/oncology and offer an instrumental service in Video Fluoroscopy. Regular professional SLT & CPD meetings, management supervision and clinical supervision are in place.

If you wish to arrange a site visit, contact the team on 01743 261153 / 01691 404 605. The successful candidate will work as part of a Specialist Team in RJAH and the Midlands Centre for Spinal Injuries.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist autonomous SLT assessment and management for complex patients with diverse presentations
• Use specialist clinical reasoning to diagnose/interpret and develop, deliver, and adapt individualized treatment plans within a specialist clinical area
• Run general outpatient clinics and a voice outpatient clinic
• Provide SLT services for communication and dysphagia on general medical wards, HDU and spinal injury units
• Input into the muscle team and participate in MDT working
• Support training for spinal cord injury patients and tracheostomy management; contribute to establishing an onsite FEES service
• Collaborate with the wider community SLT team across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin

Qualifications

• Experience of working with dysphagia and acquired communication disorders within an MDT setting
• Ability to manage rehab needs for patients with medical, neuromuscular and spinal disorders
• Experience running outpatient clinics (general, voice, and neuro)

About Us

We are committed to offering equal opportunities and promoting inclusion, diversity and equality. We value a flexible, fair and respectful workplace and welcome applications from all sections of the community. We support regular clinical supervision, management supervision and CPD, and provide opportunities for professional development.

How to Apply

We welcome applications from all qualified individuals who meet the criteria for the role. If you have any questions about the role or wish to arrange a site visit, please contact the team at the numbers above. Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford NHS Trust.