Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Voice and Acute Medicine

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Voice and Acute Medicine

Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SLT)

This is a fixed-term post to August 2027.

We are excited to advertise this Band 6 full-time, fixed-term post at the Royal Berkshire Foundation Trust (RBFT).

This post is split across two clinical areas; the post holder will be a key member of both the acute SLT and the voice SLT service, whilst also contributing to the wider SLT service at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

You will be joining a team of 22 people, comprising of SLTs, SLT assistants, an SLT apprentice and an administrator.

Consideration may be given to applicants requesting part-time positions - we would encourage you to contact our team to discuss this, prior to application.

This post is primarily based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and will include delivering outpatient appointments at other trust sites, including West Berkshire Community Hospital. You will be participating in:

• Contributing to the acute inpatient caseload, providing assessment, therapy and management plans to service users and their families.
• Managing an outpatient caseload and clinic for service users presenting with voice related disorders.
• Working as part of a team.
• Providing supervision and support to other members of the team, where appropriate.
• Contributing to training for other members of the MDT, in relevant areas.

We are one of the largest hospital foundation trusts in the country, and currently touch the lives of half a million patients in the west of Berkshire every year by providing high quality acute medical and surgical services for our local communities.

Our "CARE" values:

• Aspirational
• Resourceful

The town of Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Please refer to the attached Job description and Person Specification for further details of the role.

Please also contact our team if you require any further information.

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent licence to practice
• Registered member of RCSLT and HCPC
• Evidence of Dysphagia competencies at level C, such as RCSLT framework or attendance at relevant courses
• Competencies in videofluoroscopy or FEES

• Experience of MDT working
• Changing own practice in response to evidence

• Evidence of successful post-graduate study through CPD portfolio
• Experience of developing and delivering training packages to service users, families, carers and MDT

• Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools relevant to the specialist area
• Knowledge of standards of record keeping
• Awareness of other relevant policies including Vulnerable adult/other relevant legal frameworks.
• Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance/audit including RCSLT clinical guidelines

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.

Acute Team Lead Speech and Language Therapist

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum (pro-rata if part-time)