• Job Description

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  Job summary

  An exciting opportunity has arisen to for a bank Band 7, Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our dynamic community dysphagia team on a bank basis for up to 15 hours per week.

  The successful applicant will have a breadth of specialist knowledge and experience in the highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and intervention approaches for complex dysphagia presentation in children and babies.

  Please note that for this role you will need a full UK driving license and access to a car during working hours.

  Contact Details: Georgina Thompson, Family Service Manager, 07918992631

  Main duties of the job

  The post holder will be provide highly specialist leadership in dysphagia on behalf of the Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service;

  • Provide highly specialist assessment, diagnosis and intervention approaches for a complex caseload of children and young people with identified needs in dysphagia.
  • Be responsible for leading service improvement and quality assurance of practice in dysphagia, providing supervision and training to staff.
  • Participate as an active member of the Speech and Language Therapy Service extended leadership team, being responsible for service development and improvement in areas of dysphagia, based on the current evidence base, service plans and divisional/trust strategic priorities.
  • Demonstrating a high level of knowledge and understanding of the national and local strategic context and their relationship with Speech and Language Therapy service delivery.

  For more details please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

  About us

  We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible. About Us Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups. Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents. We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy. For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy). All jobs will require permission to work in the UK. For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started. Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

  Details

  Date posted

  02 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 7

  Salary

  £46,148 to £52,809 a year

  Contract

  Bank

  Working pattern

  Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  003663

  Job locations

  County Hall

  Penn Lloyd Building

  Leicester

  Leicestershire

  LE3 8TB

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

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  Job description

  Job responsibilities

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  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Please review the attached job description and person specification. This document outlines the full range of criteria that are required for the role. In your application, you can state how you meet the criteria in the job description and person specification.

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

  Address

  County Hall

  Penn Lloyd Building

  Leicester

  Leicestershire

  LE3 8TB

  
  

  Employer's website

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

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

  Address

  County Hall

  Penn Lloyd Building

  Leicester

  Leicestershire

  LE3 8TB

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (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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