Job summary
- Main area
- Speech & Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 200-NN-712816-AHP-MK
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Queen Mary's Hospital
- Town
- Roehampton
- Salary
- including annual leave
- Closing
- 08/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Speech and Language Therapy Assistant
Band 3
Job overview
SLT Assistant Band 3
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to join the inpatient neurorehabilitation service at St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust based at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton.
Main duties of the job
- To assist the Speech and Language Therapy team in carrying out delegated rehabilitation duties under supervision.
- To treat own designated workload of patients and maintain associated patient records utilising knowledge and skills gained through experience and/or relevant qualifications
- To assist the Speech and Language Therapy team in the administration, clerical and domestic duties of the service.
- To assist in maintaining services and contribute to the development of services.
- This role may be required to participate in the weekend working roster.
Working for our organisation
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
*****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*****
Person specification
Other
Essential criteria
- Professional demeanour
- DBS clearance
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Basic awareness of disability/social issues and impact on functional ability
- Demonstrates a knowledge of health care delivery
- Demonstrates a basic knowledge of the role of the Multidisciplinary Team
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good written and spoken English
- Effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Good personal organisation skills/ time management
- Commitment to lifelong learning
- Demonstrates the ability to manage own time and work flexibly
- Ability to follow instructions and problem solve
- Make routine decisions within closely defined guidelines and procedures
- Recognise boundaries of own scope of practice and duty of care, seek assistance as appropriate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous therapy experience (Band 2 therapy experience) or experience of working in the NHS or similar
- Experience of working in a team
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Heather Jowitt
- Job title
- Principal Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8487 6145
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
07553088512
- Telephone
- 07553088512
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