Speech and Language Therapist - Adult

NHS; Manchester; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in Manchester is seeking an enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to join their team. The role involves assessing and treating adult inpatients with swallowing difficulties, providing clinical services, and participating in professional development. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and a passion for patient care.

Qualifications

• Experience with adult caseload.
• Understanding MDT roles.
• Keen to learn and develop.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical service to adults with swallowing and communication problems.
• Participate in CPD opportunities to maintain and expand clinical knowledge.
• Contribute to teaching, research, and service development.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Patient Assessment

Patient Therapy

Dysphagia Understanding

Communication Skills

Education

HCPC

Further Relevant Study

RCSLT

Job description

Go back Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Speech and Language Therapist - Adult

The closing date is 02 June 2025

We are looking for a keen, enthusiastic SLT to join our team! You will predominantly carry out assessments and therapy with adult inpatients who have swallowing problems.We are a large, friendly team with great supervision structures - both 1:1 with senior SLTs and Band 5 peer supervision. We have regular inservice training and are committed to ongoing professional development.

We will support with NQPs and completion of dysphagia competencies.

Main duties of the job

To provide a clinical service to adults with acquired swallowing and/or communication problems.

To actively participate in CPD opportunities to maintain and expand clinical knowledge.To provide input to the teaching, research, audit and service development functions of the department.

About us

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Job responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [e-mail].

Were looking forward to hearing from you!

Person Specification

Qualifications

• HCPC
• Further relevant study
• RCSLT
• Acquired communication
• Acquired dysphagia
• Understanding MDT roles
• Outcome measures

Experience

• Patient assessment
• Patient therapy
• Experience with adult caseload

Personal

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Self insight
• Keen to learn/develop/receive feedback

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.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

£29,970 to £36,483 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata)