Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist (General Acute)

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced inpatient Speech and Language Therapist with knowledge and skills in general acute and a passion dysphagia. You will either be a proficient Band 6 and ready for the next step or already working in a Band 7 role. You will be joining an established inpatient team with the support of multiple specialised clinical areas. You will have clinical skills in supporting the communication/swallowing needs acutely admitted patients.

Our team has access to videofluoroscopy, and an established FEES service, providing responsive instrumental assessment to support dysphagia management and swallow rehabilitation.

Training and competencies in instrumental assessment can be provided and supported. The successful applicant will be expected to have a high level of clinical skill and be highly motivated to deliver excellent care to all patients.

We have a supportive admin team, embedded supervision, support structures for both professional development and wellbeing and CPD is very well supported and actively encouraged.

Our wider SLT staff work across a variety of inpatient and community settings. We also benefit from being part of a large SLT service which includes children’s services. We have very strong SLT and AHP leadership within the Trust and have multiple team members completing research and QI projects..

Main duties of the job

To undertake a comprehensive highly specialist assessment of patients including those with diverse or complex presentations/multi-pathologies; use advanced clinical reasoning skills, interpretation of available test results and assessment techniques to provide an accurate diagnosis of their condition.

To provide highly specialist advice on patient care to other health and social care professionals. This may involve challenging or requesting changes to treatment programmes /care plans set by other professionals.

To formulate and deliver a highly specialist individual SLT programme based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment, clinical reasoning skills and knowledge of treatment.

To hold responsibility for own caseload and be responsible for a defined area of the service or a particular patient type, as defined by the Head of Service, working without supervision. Access to advice and support is available from the Advanced Practitioner SLTs and Head of Service as required, clinical work is not routinely evaluated. To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner

To supervise more junior staff and students

To develop and deliver training of others as appropriate in the area of critical care

To undertake evidence-based audit and research projects to further own and team’s clinical practice.

Person Specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • oDiploma/degree or Masters level entry in Speech and Language Therapy
  • oAttendance at recent postgraduate specialist courses relevant to the clinical field(s) e.g. accredited courses, Masters level learning or equivalent
  • o Post-registration experience in specialty area plus additional experience in core areas, including experience of working within the NHS

Desirable

  • oHighly Specialist knowledge of acquired dysphagia
  • oCompetent in instrumental dysphagia assessment
  • oClinical supervision, teaching, mentorship and appraisal skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 22 July 2026

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