Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Speech and Language Therapy - Acute
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 259-7299959NUH
- Employer
- Barts Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Newham University Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £34,521 - £41,956 per annum inc (Pay Award Pending)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Speech & Language Therapist
Band 5
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
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Job overview
Barts Health NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our growing, friendly and supportive SLT team at Newham University Hospital, working in Acute Medicine and Stroke Services.
The post holder will develop knowledge, skills and experience in the assessment, management and rehabilitation of adult inpatients with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties arising from varied neurological and medical conditions. This includes patients across all acute wards including stroke, Acute Admissions Unit, care of the elderly, respiratory, and surgery.
The successful applicant will receive regular 1:1 supervision, joint clinical sessions, in-house training, peer supervision and other CPD opportunities within the UK’s largest NHS Trust.
This post provides a rare and exciting opportunity for a band 5 SLT to become a confident, highly- skilled independent practitioner working with swallowing and communication impairments in the acute setting.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be supported to work through the RCSLT NQP and dysphagia competencies frameworks as required.
They will be responsible for managing a caseload of patients with communication and swallowing impairments across acute inpatient and stroke wards with support.
They will represent SLT at multi-disciplinary team meetings and ward rounds, and participate in delivery of teaching/training to other professionals.
There will be opportunities to attend and participate in videofluoroscopy clinics, and there may be scope for introduction to the critical care setting once basic competencies are achieved.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- • Health Professions Council – Licence to Practice
Desirable criteria
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working with adults with acquired communication / swallowing disorders. This can be from placement however, examples of development of core skills in this area must be demonstrated
- • Experience working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with clients from multicultural/lingual backgrounds and working with interpreters
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Knowledge and demonstration of assessment tools and therapeutic interventions relevant to acquired communication/swallowing disorders in adults including aphasia, cognitive-communication disorder, apraxia, dysarthria, and dysphagia
- • Knowledge of national policies, procedures and current research relevant to adult neurology and acute medicine
- • Knowledge of cultural and linguistic issues in working with a multi-cultural caseload
Skills
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills
- • Ability to work independently and to take initiative Good organisational skills
- • Good organisational skills
- • Ability to acknowledge need for, and seek support
- • Ability to prioritise workload demands
- • Awareness of the principles of clinical governance /audit
- • Awareness of the roles of other professionals
- • Awareness of standards of record keeping
- • Basic computer literacy skills
- • A commitment to professional development with awareness of developmental needs
- • A willingness to update skills regularly
Other
Essential criteria
- • Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
- • Ability to contribute to student placements
- • Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills
- • Good presentation skills, both written and verbal
- • Good negotiation and problem solving skills
Desirable criteria
- • Experience working with SLT assistants
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
- Asif Patel
- Job title
- Interim Clinical Lead SLT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02070555758
- Additional information
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