Speech & Language Therapist

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust in East London is offering a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist post based at the Royal London Hospital. You will work with adults with communication and swallowing impairments in acute inpatient settings, with opportunities to develop specialist skills and attend MDT meetings.

You will be supported to work through RCSLT NQP and dysphagia competencies, participate in ward rounds, and contribute to teaching and training for other professionals while delivering

Qualifications

• Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist role in NHS England.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients with communication and swallowing impairments in acute inpatient and stroke wards.
• Attend multi-disciplinary team meetings and ward rounds.
• Deliver teaching/training to other professionals.

Job description

The post-holder will be supported to work through the RCSLT NQP and dysphagia competencies frameworks as required. They will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with communication and swallowing impairments across acute inpatient and stroke wards with support. There will be opportunities to attend multi-disciplinary team meetings and ward rounds, and to participate in delivery of teaching/training to other professionals.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly and supportive SLT Team at the Royal London Hospital, a leading teaching hospital based in East London. If you want to develop your knowledge, skills and experience in acute hospital care then this post will offer excellent structured opportunities. You will join a supportive and dynamic team with great opportunities for developing specialist skills across the areas of, The post holder will be a Speech & Language Therapist for acute inpatient services at the Royal London Hospital.

The post holder will be part of a team providing specialist assessment and treatment to adults in the acute setting with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties. The post holder will be required to provide input along the various clinical pathways in the acute settings including neurosciences, health care of the elderly, general medicine, respiratory, trauma and Stroke Medicine. The post holder will work as part of the acute SLT team and wider MDT and will be supported and supervised by a Specialist SLT as well as the Clinical Lead SLT.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm‑free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.