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The closing date is 22 September 2025

We have an opportunity to work as part of a small team providing a specialist service to people living with Dementia in a community setting within Telford and Wrekin.

Our service aims to provide support and advice to patients and their families on how to deal with communication and swallowing difficulties related to dementia. In addition, 25% of the role is dedicated to education of patients, families and staff.

There is also the support of an assistant practitioner.

The successful candidate will work as part of a small specialist team based in Telford providing a service to people living with dementia, their families and carers.

You will provide assessment and management for a wide range of communication and swallowing disorders. One quarter of the post is dedicated to training both families and staff in a number of different settings.

The dementia team sit within the wider community SLT team which covers the county of Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin.

We are a small but well established team who cover a range of clinical areas including all four community hospitals providing both a ward based and outpatient service, in reach to the local IDT teams and domiciliary teams. We also cover the specialist orthopaedic hospital and specialist Spinal Cord Injury unit.

We provide a countywide voice service, which accepts referrals from numerous sources. We input into a joint ENT consultant clinic and carry out regular SLT led nasendoscopy clinics.

Our acute colleagues deliver a video fluoroscopy clinic at both sites and we are in the process of re establishing a FEES service.

We are strong advocates of regular clinical supervision, management supervision and actively seek to support the health and wellbeing of our colleagues. We have regular whole team meetings and CPD sessions.

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For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.

• Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
• Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Evidence of specialist clinical training in relevant areas
• Evidence of broad range of pre and post qualification experience
• Evidence of experience in relevant area of clinical practice - Dementia, neuro and dysphagia
• Evidence of teaching/ student experience
• Experience in audit and research

• Evidence of CPD (portfolio) detailing clinical experience relevant to the post.
• knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance
• Knowledge of current Evidence Based Practice relevant to post.
• Evidence of Specialist level of clinical reasoning

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Evidence of leadership ability
• Organisation, planning, prioritisation and decision making skills
• Clinical supervision, teaching, mentorship and appraisal skills

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.

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a yearper annum/pro rata