Job summary
Are you a passionate and dynamic Speech and Language Therapist ready to take the next steps in your career? Join our supportive and forward thinking acute SLT team and play a vial role in delivering high quality care to patients at a critical time in their recovery.
Why join us?
This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your acute clinical expertise, working across a diverse caseload including neurology, frailty, critical care, respiratory and general medicine. You'll be part of a friendly and highly skilled MDT where your voice is valued and innovation encouraged.
Main duties of the job
As a Band 6 in Acute Services you will:
Deliver evidence based assessment and intervention for adults with communication and swallowing disorders.
Manage a varied and fast paced caseload
Work closely with consultants, nurses, AHP's and therapy colleagues
Support service development and quality improvement initiatives
Supervise and support students and junior staff
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Details
Date posted
12 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £40,823 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
Reference number
C
Job locations
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Duties:
Patient/client care:
To assess, develop and implement specialist Speech and Language Therapy treatment.
To write reports reflecting specialist knowledge.
To provide appropriate specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes.
To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of patients/clients with communication and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties.
To ensure that patients are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible.
To demonstrate negotiation skills.
To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures.
To adapt practice to meet individual patients circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences.
To demonstrate skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.
Policy/service development/implementation:
To contribute to interagency/multi-disciplinary team building.
To be aware of, adhere to and implement service and team plans and policies.
To use specialist knowledge to inform service/policy developments as appropriate.
Financial and physical resources:
To monitor stock levels in own service area and request new equipment as appropriate.
To be responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained including equipment loaned to clients.
Human resources
To supervise the work of assistants and volunteers
To participate in student placements as appropriate.
To provide mentoring and supervision to more junior Speech and Language Therapists.
To explain the role of Speech and Language Therapists to visitors, students and volunteers.
To assist in the support of students from other professional groups as appropriate.
To participate in specialist training in area of clinical expertise.
To assist with the identification of training needs within the team.
Information resources:
To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards and local trust policies.
To share information with others, observing data protection guidelines.
To gather activity data accurately and regularly, ensuring the provision of such information promptly within local Trust guidelines.
Research and development:
To participate in and develop innovations in areas of risk management, quality standards setting and clinical effectiveness.
To undertake Clinical Governance /audit projects within local service.
To participate in departmental research and clinical governance/audit projects.
To collect and provide research data as required.
Freedom to act:
To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate.
To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct.
To work independently accessing appraisal within an Individual Performance Framework at pre-determined intervals.
Knowledge and Skills:
Communication and relationship skills:
To contribute to clinical teams both multi disciplinary and uni disciplinary by discussing own and others input around clients needs ensuring a well co-ordinated care plan.
To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions.
To work closely with clients, carers and families, agreeing decision making relevant to the patient/client management.
To demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families and colleagues, ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist.
To develop skills in motivating clients and /or carers to engage in the therapeutic process.
To develop negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations.
To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
To form productive relationships with others who may be under stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties.
To employ excellent communication skills.
Training and Experience:
To demonstrate specialist knowledge in clinical specialism underpinned by current evidence based practice.
To manage caseload independently.
To identify personal/professional development evidenced by Personal Development Plan/ Professional Portfolio developed within an appraisal framework.
To participate in Individual Performance Review ensuring that the objectives set reflect the Service and Trust plans, including specific objectives relating the clinical specialism.
To attend relevant training and development in order to maintain and develop skills and knowledge required of a specialist therapist working in the field of stroke and maintain up to date HPCP and RCSLT registration
To attend Specialist Short Courses appropriate to clinical specialism.
To demonstrate knowledge of, and adhere to RCSLT Professional and Clinical and National and Local Clinical Guidelines.
To participate in the development of local clinical guidelines informed by evidence of clinical specialism.
To participate in the development and delivery of specialist training (formal and informal) to others in area of clinical expertise with and without support.
To keep up to date with new techniques and developments for the promotion and maintenance of good practice in stroke rehabilitation.
To provide advice to non-specialists and other specialists/ professionals within clinical field.
To attend relevant course, meetings and special interest groups.
To develop a working knowledge of relevant procedures including: Safeguarding Children, SEN procedures, Working Vulnerable Adults and other legal frameworks.
To develop a working knowledge of the principles of Clinical Governance and their application to professional practice.
Analytical and judgmental skills:
To develop the ability to reflect on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of clients communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.
To negotiate with cares, clients and others around individual case management.
To recognise potential breakdown and conflict when it occurs and seek advice and support to resolve.
To use specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements/decision making for case management.
To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment seeking advice as appropriate.
To develop clear care plans based on best practice.
To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers and mentors and identify own strengths and development needs.
To develop the ability to target training (formal and informal) appropriately to the needs of course participants.
To develop the ability to reflect on and evaluate training provided.
To adapt practice to meet individual patient/client circumstances.
Planning and organisational skills
To manage and prioritise own caseload independently.
To manage and prioritise own workload.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Duties:
Patient/client care:
To assess, develop and implement specialist Speech and Language Therapy treatment.
To write reports reflecting specialist knowledge.
To provide appropriate specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes.
To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of patients/clients with communication and/or feeding and swallowing difficulties.
To ensure that patients are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible.
To demonstrate negotiation skills.
To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures.
To adapt practice to meet individual patients circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences.
To demonstrate skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.
Policy/service development/implementation:
To contribute to interagency/multi-disciplinary team building.
To be aware of, adhere to and implement service and team plans and policies.
To use specialist knowledge to inform service/policy developments as appropriate.
Financial and physical resources:
To monitor stock levels in own service area and request new equipment as appropriate.
To be responsible for the security, care and maintenance of equipment ensuring standards of infection control and safety are maintained including equipment loaned to clients.
Human resources
To supervise the work of assistants and volunteers
To participate in student placements as appropriate.
To provide mentoring and supervision to more junior Speech and Language Therapists.
To explain the role of Speech and Language Therapists to visitors, students and volunteers.
To assist in the support of students from other professional groups as appropriate.
To participate in specialist training in area of clinical expertise.
To assist with the identification of training needs within the team.
Information resources:
To maintain up to date and accurate case notes in line with RCSLT professional standards and local trust policies.
To share information with others, observing data protection guidelines.
To gather activity data accurately and regularly, ensuring the provision of such information promptly within local Trust guidelines.
Research and development:
To participate in and develop innovations in areas of risk management, quality standards setting and clinical effectiveness.
To undertake Clinical Governance /audit projects within local service.
To participate in departmental research and clinical governance/audit projects.
To collect and provide research data as required.
Freedom to act:
To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate.
To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies and professional code of conduct.
To work independently accessing appraisal within an Individual Performance Framework at pre-determined intervals.
Knowledge and Skills:
Communication and relationship skills:
To contribute to clinical teams both multi disciplinary and uni disciplinary by discussing own and others input around clients needs ensuring a well co-ordinated care plan.
To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions.
To work closely with clients, carers and families, agreeing decision making relevant to the patient/client management.
To demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families and colleagues, ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist.
To develop skills in motivating clients and /or carers to engage in the therapeutic process.
To develop negotiation skills in the management of conflict across a range of situations.
To deal with initial complaints sensitively, avoiding escalation where possible.
To form productive relationships with others who may be under stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties.
To employ excellent communication skills.
Training and Experience:
To demonstrate specialist knowledge in clinical specialism underpinned by current evidence based practice.
To manage caseload independently.
To identify personal/professional development evidenced by Personal Development Plan/ Professional Portfolio developed within an appraisal framework.
To participate in Individual Performance Review ensuring that the objectives set reflect the Service and Trust plans, including specific objectives relating the clinical specialism.
To attend relevant training and development in order to maintain and develop skills and knowledge required of a specialist therapist working in the field of stroke and maintain up to date HPCP and RCSLT registration
To attend Specialist Short Courses appropriate to clinical specialism.
To demonstrate knowledge of, and adhere to RCSLT Professional and Clinical and National and Local Clinical Guidelines.
To participate in the development of local clinical guidelines informed by evidence of clinical specialism.
To participate in the development and delivery of specialist training (formal and informal) to others in area of clinical expertise with and without support.
To keep up to date with new techniques and developments for the promotion and maintenance of good practice in stroke rehabilitation.
To provide advice to non-specialists and other specialists/ professionals within clinical field.
To attend relevant course, meetings and special interest groups.
To develop a working knowledge of relevant procedures including: Safeguarding Children, SEN procedures, Working Vulnerable Adults and other legal frameworks.
To develop a working knowledge of the principles of Clinical Governance and their application to professional practice.
Analytical and judgmental skills:
To develop the ability to reflect on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of clients communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.
To negotiate with cares, clients and others around individual case management.
To recognise potential breakdown and conflict when it occurs and seek advice and support to resolve.
To use specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements/decision making for case management.
To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment seeking advice as appropriate.
To develop clear care plans based on best practice.
To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers and mentors and identify own strengths and development needs.
To develop the ability to target training (formal and informal) appropriately to the needs of course participants.
To develop the ability to reflect on and evaluate training provided.
To adapt practice to meet individual patient/client circumstances.
Planning and organisational skills
To manage and prioritise own caseload independently.
To manage and prioritise own workload.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working in relevant specialty fields.
* The acquisition of sound theoretical and practical specialist knowledge.
* successful experience of working and learning in multi-professional teams.
* Experience of working with complex conditions with an appropriate level of autonomy.
* Experience/training in managing relevant swallowing and communication disorders.
Desirable
* Experience of working in an acute hospital.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* Substantial theoretical knowledge of acquired communication and swallowing disorders.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Teaching, presentation and mentoring skills.
* Awareness of the appropriate use of counselling skills.
* Able to analyse complex and highly sensitive information regarding a patients diagnosis.
* To be able to communicate this information to patients, relatives and colleagues.
* Effective communication skills with people who have significant and complex communication difficulties i.e. to convey and receive accurate information with patients with aphasia and/or severe psychological distress.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and team-working skills.
* Excellent time management skills.
* Ability to absorb, interpret and summarise verbal information in a pressurised clinical environment.
* Ability to be systematic and organised.
* Ability to drive with access to a vehicle.
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent.
* Membership of RCSLT.
* Registration with HCPC.
* Relevant post-graduate courses/conferences.
* Membership of relevant CENs.
* Computer literate.
Desirable
* FEES training.
* Tracheostomy training.
* Videofluoroscopy training.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working in relevant specialty fields.
* The acquisition of sound theoretical and practical specialist knowledge.
* successful experience of working and learning in multi-professional teams.
* Experience of working with complex conditions with an appropriate level of autonomy.
* Experience/training in managing relevant swallowing and communication disorders.
Desirable
* Experience of working in an acute hospital.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
* Substantial theoretical knowledge of acquired communication and swallowing disorders.
* Excellent communication skills.
* Teaching, presentation and mentoring skills.
* Awareness of the appropriate use of counselling skills.
* Able to analyse complex and highly sensitive information regarding a patients diagnosis.
* To be able to communicate this information to patients, relatives and colleagues.
* Effective communication skills with people who have significant and complex communication difficulties i.e. to convey and receive accurate information with patients with aphasia and/or severe psychological distress.
* Excellent interpersonal skills and team-working skills.
* Excellent time management skills.
* Ability to absorb, interpret and summarise verbal information in a pressurised clinical environment.
* Ability to be systematic and organised.
* Ability to drive with access to a vehicle.
Qualifications
Essential
* Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent.
* Membership of RCSLT.
* Registration with HCPC.
* Relevant post-graduate courses/conferences.
* Membership of relevant CENs.
* Computer literate.
Desirable
* FEES training.
* Tracheostomy training.
* Videofluoroscopy training.
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).
Additional information
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
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Employer details
Employer name
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
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