Specialist Adult Speech & Language Therapist

3316 - Highly Specialist Adult Speech & Language Therapist

We are excited to offer aone-year fixed term or secondment opportunity for a Band 7 Highly Specialist Team Lead to join our Adult Inpatient Speech and Language Therapy Service tocover maternity leave. This is an excellent opportunity for an established Band7, or an experienced Band 6 ready to take the next step, to develop leadership,clinical expertise and service development skills within a supportive and forward-thinking team.

You will provide clinical and professional leadership across adult inpatient areas including general medicine, surgery, stroke and critical care, supporting high-quality,evidence-based care. The role includes leading and developing staff, driving service improvement initiatives, and working with the wider multidisciplinary team to deliver outstanding patient care.

We offer robust supervision,opportunities for further training, and the chance to influence and shape SLTprovision within the hospital. Please get in touch if you would like any further information about this role.

• To be responsible for providing a highly specialist service to Barnsley Hospital foradults with a variety of communication and swallowing difficulties with dysphagia.
• Todevelop, provide and participate in the training and support of other professionals working with this client group.
• Tooversee the clinical provision of input to adults with dysphagia and communication difficulties and to provide assessment and advice to the client group, their carers and other professionals.
• Tohold responsibility for own caseload and undertake the measurement an devaluation of own clinical work and practice and that of the acute SLT team,through the use of evidence-based projects, practice development work, auditand outcome measures, working within clearly defined operational policies and procedures.

Wereserve the right to close positions early

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust, currently rated

Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progressin the delivery of our strategic objectives, including our ambition to be thebest Place to Work

We scored bestin the country in the most recent NHS Staff Survey for teamwork, compassionate leadership, and supporting work/life balance. In 2024's survey, the Trust also scored above average in every theme of the NHS People Promise the promise NHS colleagues make toeach other to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone

We are proud ofthe commitment of our colleagues to ensuring a strong and sustainable futureand our organisation is highly valued by our local communities

There has neverbeen a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a wecan do this attitude is evident right through the organisation

Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants

For individuals who may require sponsorship under the skilled worker or health& care visa route please use the link on the right hand side of the advertto check your eligibility, please note that band 2 and 3 entry roles are nolonger eligible for sponsorship

Thecost of the DBS (criminal records check) for Band 6 and above roles will onlybe met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction

Please refer to the attached

Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Supporting Documents

Please refer to thevalues-based recruitment guidance and associated documentation.

• Degree in Speech and Language Pathology and Therapy, or equivalent.
• RCSLT Certificate to Practice as a Speech and Language Therapist
• Current registration with the Health Professions Council
• Post Graduate Certificate, accreditation or equivalent in adult dysphagia in Dysphagia
• Advanced Post Graduate Certificate in Adult Dysphagia

• Highly developed Substantial specialist experience of a range of clinical protocols in adult dysphagia
• Proven clinical competence in the assessment, diagnosis and management of adults with…