Job overview

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist – Acute Stroke

Are you passionate about working with adults in acute stroke? Are you organised and looking to work within a multidisciplinary team?

We are looking for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our inpatient team.

You will be part of the team delivering communication and dysphagia services on the acute stroke ward at new Cross Hospital. The SLT  acute stroke team comprises of SLT staff from band 7 to band 3 and is embedded as part of the wider MDT. We also provide community and rehab inpatient services and are able to provide a smooth transition for patients across all areas of service. 

We have access to instrumental dysphagia assessment, a supportive admin team, embedded supervision and support structures for both professional development and wellbeing. As part of a large teaching organisation, CPD is very well supported and actively encouraged.

The Rehab and Community team sit within a wider adult service with access to a wealth of experience and support in the areas of critical care, acute stroke, acute inpatients, head and neck and voice, community strok and CNRT.

We also benefit from being part of a large SLT service which includes children’s services allowing opportunities for cross-service development projects. We have very strong AHP leadership within the Trust.

Main duties of the job

This is a senior post with clinical responsibility for adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties following stroke. 

The post holder will work in the in-patient team delivering SLT to acute patients but may be required to work in other settings on an occasional basis.

The post holder will be a member of the multidisciplinary stroke team.

The post holder will -

assess, diagnose and manage own specialist caseloads of complex patients as an autonomous clinician in accordance with Professional Code of Conduct and Health and Care Professions Council Regulations.

participate in the development and delivery of training to others.

provide support to Speech and Language Therapy team members regarding clients presenting with complex communication and swallowing disorders associated with stroke and acquired neurological conditions.

supervise Speech and Language Therapy Support Practitioners and volunteers.

provide student placements.

contribute to the induction, mentoring and support of other less experienced staff.

use the Trust values at all times as a framework for own behaviour and encourage others to do likewise, ensuring the values underpin all that is done

Working for our organisation

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve.  We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.