Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Bank holiday cover)
- Job ref
- 156-7361115
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospital
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 Pa Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Acute Speech and Language Therapist
Band 5
Job overview
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to work at The Royal Cornwall Hospital Truro.
The successful candidate will be working as part of a SLT team in the acute hospital seeing a range of adult patients presenting with communication and swallowing difficulties.
The Job role offers potential opportunities for regular CPD development, NQP and dysphagia competencies, developing specialist skills in the areas of video-fluoroscopy, Tracheostomy care, gaining experience working with complex Acute patient presentations.
This post is open to those who are newly qualified or soon to be registered.
Main duties of the job
· The post holder will be responsible within scope for providing adult SLT service for patients on General Acute wards across the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust sites including RCHT Treliske and West Cornwall Hospital.
· To jointly manage a caseload of patients in conjunction with the Acute and General Ward SLT Teams, using evidence-based practice.
· To provide assessment, diagnosis and treatments to adult Acute admission patients presenting with swallowing difficulties and communication difficulties, within scope of own competence.
· To assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions, with support from senior staff as needed.
· To liaise with multi-disciplinary teams and relevant care professionals and agencies.
· The post holder will work under the supervision of the SLT Team Lead and Specialist SLTs.
· This post may become part of the developing Speech and Language Therapy rotation scheme. This will be a scheme, which spans across different SLT settings and different areas of practice across Cornwall.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
If you are interested in developing your career as an AHP in Cornwall, please check out the following link: https://youtu.be/AAw8fv32fP8
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Occupational Health clearance
- Satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check
- Right to work in the UK
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
We reserve the right to close this advert early.
We may be able to offer flexible working. Please discuss at interview.
We may be able to offer sponsorship but this is not guaranteed.
Person specification
PRACTICAL AND INTELLECTUAL SKILLS (INCLUDING ANY SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE)
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of a range of assessments and interventions.
- Ability to work in teams.
- Ability to recognise own wellbeing needs
- Computer literate.
- Well developed communication skills, such as empathy, negotiation and motivation, presenting of complex facts in an understandable way.
- Presentation skills.
- Reflective practitioner.
- Ability to time- Application Form Interview manage, with support from supervisor.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with adult patients during training or post qualification.
- Experience of working with adult patients with acquired conditions during training or post qualification
- Experience of working without independently during training
- Experience of working with a multi disciplinary team.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with AAC.
- Experience of working with dysphagic clients.
- Experience of working in the acute setting
- Experience of triaging / prioritisation
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent recognised by The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- Registered with HCPC.
- Professional qualification taken in English language or appropriate qualification from the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).]
Desirable criteria
- Member of RCSLT
- Dysphagia Qualification or evidence of RCSLT dysphagia competencies commenced
Training
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable commitment to CPD.
- Evidence of Self directed learning.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alexander Bond
- Job title
- Acute Speech & Language Therapist Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07826906354
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