Job summary This is an opportunity to use your adult acquired SaLT specialist skills with acute in-patients in a busy NHS hospital setting, as part of a supportive SaLT team based at Salisbury District Hospital. This full time and fixed term post is to cover a maternity leave until May 2026, although options to extend the contract may arise. This post can be tailored to either a current Band 6 Specialist SaLTs looking to extend skills and experience, or to an current Band 5 SaLT who has worked for more than a year and has already gained NQP and dysphagia competencies. Experience of working in an NHS adult setting is essential. Qualifications required include a degree in Speech & Language Therapy, and ideally postgraduate training (or qualification) in adult dysphagia. Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council is essential. Membership of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists is desirable. Postgraduate experience includes autonomous assessment, diagnosis and treatment of adults with swallowing and communication impairments from a wide range of acquired neurological conditions, in an in-patient NHS setting. The applicants must flexible, be able to use initiative well, have effective caseload management and good clinical decision-making skills. Main duties of the job Your focus would be clinical work across a range of 18 acute wards & units (general medical, surgical, & elderly). You will have responsibility to manage patient assessment & treatment decisions, and ensure excellent liaison with SaLT and MDT colleagues. The majority of your patients will have dysphagia and thus having completed postgraduate training for this is necessary. You may be required to contribute to the development of the SaLT team, including student supervision, NQP supervision, and in house CPD. You would be involved in wider hospital initiatives such as improving MDT working in specific areas (e.g. on the new elderly ward, in-patient PD or Stroke) as well as being involved in training hospital staff in communication and swallowing. The SaLT team embraces new ways of working and has worked hard to be at the forefront of helpful and emerging technology. Therefore your patients have access to a range of instrumental dysphagia investigations for swallow assessments and instrumental devices for treatment. For patients with communication disorders, we have a broad range of computer based therapy available, and quick access to AAC. We feel strongly that it is important to provide our SaLT team members with as much training and development as we can and as needed, and as a small team we meet often. We thrive on an ethos of sharing our learning, being supportive to each other, and being helpful and flexible at work when needed. About us Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff. We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff. We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme. Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk Date posted 11 December 2024 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 5 Salary Depending on experience per annum pro rata if part time Contract Fixed term Duration 15 months Working pattern Full-time Reference number 269-SFT8913 Job locations Salisbury District Hospital Odstock Road Salisbury SP2 8BJ Job description Job responsibilities Please find the attached job description and main responsibilities for your kind perusal. Also, please go through the job advert and the person specification for this job. The hours available are 37.5 hours per week. Applicants wanting less part time hours per week are welcome to apply, but priority will be given to ensure service provision. Please make contact with us if you are unsure whether to apply so we can help and guide you. Job description Job responsibilities Please find the attached job description and main responsibilities for your kind perusal. Also, please go through the job advert and the person specification for this job. The hours available are 37.5 hours per week. Applicants wanting less part time hours per week are welcome to apply, but priority will be given to ensure service provision. Please make contact with us if you are unsure whether to apply so we can help and guide you. Person Specification Clinical Experience Essential Several years working as qualified SaLT working independently with adult patients Competency in assessing and treating adult dysphagia (& instrumental experience) Experience of assessing and treating adults with acquired communication disorders Experience of working in an NHS adult setting Desirable Understanding demands of working in an acute setting Demonstrating EBP and effective treatment Experience of providing training to other SLTs and Health Care colleagues Qualifications Essential Degree in Speech & Language Therapy Postgraduate qualification, or completion of RCSLT competencies, in adult dysphagia Registration with HCPC High standard of spoken and written English language Desirable Member of RCSLT Postgraduate training in instrumental dysphagia assessments Clinical Decision Making Essential As qualified SaLT, making clinical decisions appropriate to patients in NHS hospital setting Person Specification Clinical Experience Essential Several years working as qualified SaLT working independently with adult patients Competency in assessing and treating adult dysphagia (& instrumental experience) Experience of assessing and treating adults with acquired communication disorders Experience of working in an NHS adult setting Desirable Understanding demands of working in an acute setting Demonstrating EBP and effective treatment Experience of providing training to other SLTs and Health Care colleagues Qualifications Essential Degree in Speech & Language Therapy Postgraduate qualification, or completion of RCSLT competencies, in adult dysphagia Registration with HCPC High standard of spoken and written English language Desirable Member of RCSLT Postgraduate training in instrumental dysphagia assessments Clinical Decision Making Essential As qualified SaLT, making clinical decisions appropriate to patients in NHS hospital setting 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 Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Address Salisbury District Hospital Odstock Road Salisbury SP2 8BJ Employer's website https://www.salisbury.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)