Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
23 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of a range of assessment tools, therapeutic interventions/management strategies relevant to the service user group and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits of each.
- Knowledge
Specialist knowledge of dealing with complex cases in terms of multiple mental and physical health diagnoses, presentation and the effects of the environment.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of clinical evidence base and relevant literature.
- Experience
Clear evidence of work-based learning to demonstrate specialist clinical skills.
- Experience
Significant post graduate experience of working in dysphagia with a range of client groups.
- Experience
Experience of speech and language assessment and treatment of service users across a range of specialist care settings, including Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Autism, Developmental Language Disorder, Acquired/Progressive Neurological Conditions, Forensic, and Dementia
- Experience
Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience
Experience of compiling and using accessible information and appropriate range of IT skills to support this.
- Other Requirements
Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm, empathetic and professional manner.
- Skills and Abilities
Able to effectively communicate complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information, orally and in writing, to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Skills and Abilities
Understanding of clinical risk management and the ability to manage this.
- Skills and Abilities
Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Skills and Abilities
Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the RCSLT.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to work with a high level of autonomy, within professional boundaries, seeking support from more senior clinicians where necessary.
- Skills and Abilities
Excellent interpersonal skills
- Skills and Abilities
Good time management and prioritization skills
- Skills and Abilities
Good presentation and teaching/training skills
- Education and Qualification
Recognised speech and language therapy qualification
- Education and Qualification
Registered with HCPC
- Education and Qualification
Registered member of the RCSLT
- Education and Qualification
Recognised post-graduate dysphagia qualification/accredited training
- Education and Qualification
Working at Proficient Level of the RCSLT Speech and Language Therapist Eating, Drinking and Swallowing Competency Framework (2025) or Level C of the RCSLT Dysphagia Training and Competency Framework (2014)
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Experience in delivery of structured groups
- Knowledge
Experience of working with people with a range of mental health conditions and presentations including behaviour that challenges
- Knowledge
Knowledge of relevant legislation in relation to the service user group and mental health.
- Experience
Experience in conducting instrumental dysphagia assessment (e.g. videofluoroscopy, FEES)
- Other Requirements
Experience of working within a multicultural framework of assessment, formulation and treatment/intervention
- Education and Qualification
Post-qualifying education/CPD in relevant areas (incl LD, forensic, autism etc)
- Education and Qualification
Membership of relevant CEN(s)
Job overview
We have an opportunity for a Bank Band 7 SLT to join the Trust Wide SLT adult inpatient mental health service on a Bank basis. Most clinical work will be based at Fountain Way Hospital in Salisbury.
You will work with a high degree of autonomy, providing specialist dysphagia and communication assessment and intervention on working age and older adult mental health wards, and training staff in screening and managing patients’ swallowing and communication needs.
Experience in mental health or dementia is desirable. However, if you have a background in learning disability, autism, acquired/progressive neurological conditions and developmental SLCN, you will have highly relevant, transferable skills and will be considered if you demonstrate a passion or curiosity for further development in mental health. You will be involved in the supervision and training of newly appointed B4 SLT assistant practitioners and experience of supervision and support of junior staff would be important for potential candidates to demonstrate.
You will be part of the trust-wide SLT network, which organises regular CPD and professional support sessions.
The Trust is required to carry out mandatory employment checks. Please bring the original ID documents requested below to your interview if selected.
Main duties of the job
To provide a specialist speech and language therapy (SLT) service to adult inpatients with disorders of communication and/or swallowing in Salisbury
Highly skilled assessment and treatment of communication difficulties and eating and drinking difficulties within a caseload of people with complex and enduring mental health disorders.
Providing written information regarding patients’ communication and dysphagia needs in the form of reports, care plans and easy read information.
Providing ongoing education to ward and catering staff in the recognition and management of dysphagia.
Providing ongoing education to ward staff in understanding communication difficulties and developing skills in how best to support people with communication needs.
Engaging in joint goal setting with the patient, family and wider MDT.
Advocating for the value of Speech & Language Therapy to the MDT in the diagnosis and management of complex communication and swallowing disorders in the inpatient mental health population.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will deliver high quality, specialist SLT services across Salisbury and the Wiltshire area.
Please contact the nominated person for more information.
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.
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This advert is for Band 7 Bank Speech and Language Therapist - Salisbury with Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust Partnership NHS Trust in Bath, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Bank. The application deadline is 14 Sep 2026.
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