• Job Description

  Req#: C9279-25-1445?language=en&page=162&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced speech and language therapist to lead our general inpatient and ITU service at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath.

  Competencies in advanced dysphagia in a general caseload and tracheostomy management are essential but you will offer a full range of assessment, management and treatments for a variety of swallowing and communication disorders. PRH offers hospital services within care of the elderly, general medicine and surgery, respiratory medicine, oncology and critical care. We have well established videofluoroscopy and FEES services and you will be expected to take a lead role in these. We offer both for inpatients and outpatients as well as running a small neuro outpatient service based across PRH and the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.

  Experience in line managing staff is crucial to this role as you will be required to supervise and manage junior clinicians and administrative staff within this small team.

  The SLT service is committed to developing its staff and we strongly support continuing professional development with a variety of internal events and the capacity to support external learning.

  Main duties of the job

  Band 7 SaLT to lead the inpatient team at PRH. General inpatient clinical duties as well as a service to ITU to include patients on ventilators and with tracheostomies.

  Other services include outpatients, VFS and FEES.

  Service and team leadership

  Clinical governance activities

  About us

  At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, & we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness & experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, & can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) & a Veteran Aware Trust.

  We treat our patients & staff with the same compassion & empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above & beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our candidate information pack & wellbeing programme,for staff which is extensive & designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

  As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching & training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us & throughout your career we will help you to grow & develop.We hope that in choosing UHSx you are choosing a long & happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make & feel valued for all that you do.

  We look forward to receiving your application & the start of your journey with UHSx.

  Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/

  Details

  Date posted

  31 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum pro rata

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time

  Reference number

  279-7366370-AUG25

  Job locations

  Princess Royal

  Haywards Heath

  RH16 4EX

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  1. Advance Dysphagia management
  2. Tracheostomy management
  3. assessment and management of communication disorders in acute services
  4. VFS
  5. FEES
  6. management of neurology and neuro-oncology patients in outpatients
  7. Line management of junior staff
  8. Service management and design of Speech and language therapy provision at PRH
  9. Leadership of a variety of governance activities - education, audit, risk management and quality improvements.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  1. Advance Dysphagia management
  2. Tracheostomy management
  3. assessment and management of communication disorders in acute services
  4. VFS
  5. FEES
  6. management of neurology and neuro-oncology patients in outpatients
  7. Line management of junior staff
  8. Service management and design of Speech and language therapy provision at PRH
  9. Leadership of a variety of governance activities - education, audit, risk management and quality improvements.

  Person Specification

  essential

  Essential

  • Qualification

  essential

  Essential

  • registration HCPC and RCSLT

  essential

  Essential

  • Experience

  essential

  Essential

  • knowledge and skills

  Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

  Essential

  • Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
  • Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.

  Person Specification

  essential

  Essential

  • Qualification

  essential

  Essential

  • registration HCPC and RCSLT

  essential

  Essential

  • Experience

  essential

  Essential

  • knowledge and skills

  Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

  Essential

  • Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
  • Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.

  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.

  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.

  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

  University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

  Address

  Princess Royal

  Haywards Heath

  RH16 4EX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)

  Address

  Princess Royal

  Haywards Heath

  RH16 4EX

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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