• Job Description

  Req#: C9197-25-0442?language=en&page=870&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists

  We have a fabulous opportunity for a full-time B5 acute SLT post!!

  We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to join our acute SLT team at University Hospital Lewisham.

  This post offers a great opportunity to develop clinical skills and gain broad experience in all aspects of acute adult inpatient speech and language therapy.

  Main duties of the job

  Ideally you will have some experience in working with adults with acquired swallowing and communication disorders and a keen interest to further develop your skills in dysphagia and communication assessment and management .

  You will be supported to develop and expand your dysphagia competencies in our very successful in-house competency training programme and will have access to videofluoroscopy and FEES clinics for your patients requiring further assessment. This will also bring lots of learning opportunities!

  About us

  Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

  1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
  2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
  3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
  4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
  5. Making equalities mainstream

  Details

  Date posted

  08 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 5

  Salary

  £29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum plus HCAS

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  197-UT6741

  Job locations

  University Hospital Lewisham

  Lewisham High Street

  London

  SE13 6LH

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To provide a speech and language therapy service to adult inpatients with communication and swallowing problems.

  To work within the Acute Care teams and to be fully involved in the multi-disciplinary process.

  To provide training/supervision informally or formally for Junior Staff, volunteers, Speech & Language Therapy Assistant, students.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  To provide a speech and language therapy service to adult inpatients with communication and swallowing problems.

  To work within the Acute Care teams and to be fully involved in the multi-disciplinary process.

  To provide training/supervision informally or formally for Junior Staff, volunteers, Speech & Language Therapy Assistant, students.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications & Training

  Essential

  • Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
  • Fully registered member of the Royal College of speech and Language Therapists
  • Registration with HCPC or application in process

  Desirable

  • Successful completion of post-graduate dysphagia training

  Knowledge & Skills

  Essential

  • Evidence of knowledge of own clinical skills and initiative in continuing development
  • Knowledge of evidence base for effective treatment for adults with communication and swallowing disorders
  • Knowledge of particular needs of patients in acute settings

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of recent changes in NHS

  Experience

  Essential

  • Undergraduate experience of treatment of adults with acquired neurological disorders of communication and swallowing
  • Experience of group working with adults in therapeutic setting
  • Experience of working with adults with swallowing difficulties

  Desirable

  • Awareness and interest in alternative and augmentative communication

  Person Specification

  Qualifications & Training

  Essential

  • Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
  • Fully registered member of the Royal College of speech and Language Therapists
  • Registration with HCPC or application in process

  Desirable

  • Successful completion of post-graduate dysphagia training

  Knowledge & Skills

  Essential

  • Evidence of knowledge of own clinical skills and initiative in continuing development
  • Knowledge of evidence base for effective treatment for adults with communication and swallowing disorders
  • Knowledge of particular needs of patients in acute settings

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of recent changes in NHS

  Experience

  Essential

  • Undergraduate experience of treatment of adults with acquired neurological disorders of communication and swallowing
  • Experience of group working with adults in therapeutic setting
  • Experience of working with adults with swallowing difficulties

  Desirable

  • Awareness and interest in alternative and augmentative communication

  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

  Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

  Address

  University Hospital Lewisham

  Lewisham High Street

  London

  SE13 6LH

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

  Address

  University Hospital Lewisham

  Lewisham High Street

  London

  SE13 6LH

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.lewishamandgreenwich.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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