Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Acute)
Fixed-Term Post
We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly and supportive Adult Acute Team. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to the development of a specialist service for patients admitted to our acute wards.
As a senior clinician within the team, you will provide specialist assessment, management and advice for adults presenting with communication and swallowing difficulties. You will play a key role in supporting patients, their families and carers, helping them to understand and manage communication and dysphagia challenges within the acute hospital environment.
This post is ideally suited to an established Band 6 therapist looking to further develop their specialist clinical skills and contribute to service development within a rewarding acute care setting.
Main Duties of the Role
You will manage a varied specialist caseload of adults with communication and swallowing difficulties, including patients living with dementia. Alongside direct clinical work, you will have dedicated opportunities to provide education, training and support to ward staff and families, helping to improve the care and experience of patients across the Trust.
The successful applicant will demonstrate:
Experience working within an adult acute setting.
Competence in the assessment and management of dysphagia.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
The ability to work effectively and flexibly within a busy environment.
A strong commitment to multidisciplinary team working.
Working alongside experienced SLT colleagues and the wider MDT, you will have access to specialist support, regular supervision and opportunities to further develop advanced clinical skills.
The role involves delivering a high-quality Speech and Language Therapy service to adults within acute care, including specialist assessment, treatment and management of communication and swallowing disorders, planning rehabilitation programmes, supporting discharge planning and providing expert advice to patients, families and healthcare professionals.
To provide an effective and efficient speech and language therapy service to adults in an Acute setting. You will manage a specialist adult caseload in this clinical area. Duties will include providing a specialist level of clinical expertise in the assessment, treatment and management of adults with swallowing and/or communication difficulties, planning therapy programmes and discharge of patients.
At the Dudley Group our patients and staff are at the heart of all that we do and that is to provide a world class service that aligns with our vision of “excellent health care, improved health for all”. We are seeking to recruit staff who share our vision and values of making Dudley Group an incredible workplace.
We are committed to becoming a diverse and an inclusive employer and where people feel sense of belonging. Seeking to expand diversity within our teams, we positively encourage applications from under-represented groups such as ethnically diverse, disabled and LGBTQ+ groups. We are also under-represented in-terms of gender within nursing roles and we would welcome applications from people from male and non-binary backgrounds.
Dudley Group offer many opportunities for our staff to develop and grow within their roles through our Learning & OD department. These include topics such as communication, wellbeing, team development, cultural competency, and values, plus much more. For those in a Management/Leadership role, there are additional programmes to support you to develop the skills you need. These include our Managers Essentials Programme and a Leadership Programme that all managers will attend as part of your Dudley Managers Induction. Our Learning Prospectus is a great way to discover the details behind what’s available for you here at The Dudley Group.
We are committed to home life balance through flexible working and making reasonable adjustments where possible
Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake.
