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Job requirements
Essential
19 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Others
Evidence of responding flexibly to change
- Experience
Experience of working with adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties and managing a clinical caseload independently
- Experience
Experience of managing demand in a busy, ideally acute setting, demonstrating ability to appropriately prioritise and manage workload efficiently and facilitate patient flow
- Experience
Experience of working with colleagues in health and other agencies.
- Experience
Experience of working as a member of a multi- disciplinary team, and ability to identify ways to facilitate effective team working.
- Experience
Experience and understanding of issues involved with working in a diverse community and of practical ways to ensure SLT practice is culturally appropriate and accessible
- Skills and Aptitudes
Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly (verbal and written) and to overcome barriers to communication.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Ability to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Ability to negotiate and deal with conflict.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Knowledge and ability to use a range of specialist assessment tools and procedures to evaluate adult acquired communication and swallowing impairments within an acute stroke setting
- Skills and Aptitudes
Knowledge of the role of instrumental assessment of swallowing within this setting (Videofluoroscopy/FEES) and impact on longer term swallow management.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions relevant to adults with acquired communication and swallowing impairments and ability to demonstrate the evidence base for these approaches.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Ability to organise and prioritise own caseload and that of student and junior staff.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Understanding the role of and process of clinical supervision, both as a supervisee and supervisor.
- Royal Free World Class Values
Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
- Personal qualities and attributes
Commitment to lifelong learning
- Personal qualities and attributes
Team player
- Education & Professional Qualifications
Degree or MSc in Speech and Language Therapy
- Education & Professional Qualifications
Health Professions Council Registration to Practice
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Others
Engagement with special interest groups within Speech and Language
- Education & Professional Qualifications
Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Job overview
Are you an experienced Band 5 or developing band 6 looking for your next challenge? We are looking for a Band 6 therapist keen to further develop their clinical and leadership skills within our Acute Stroke Unit. You will ideally have experience of the inpatient setting and will have completed your dysphagia competencies and be able to manage an independent caseload.
You will be part of a supportive, friendly, established ASU MDT providing swallowing and communication assessment, management and therapy. You will work alongside and be supported by the Highly Specialist SLT based on ASU. The role also offers the opportunity to develop your competencies in VF with twice weekly Videofluoroscopy clinics. Your patients access to our FEEs service. You will benefit from supportive supervision and we encourage an active learning environment with the SLT team on ASU currently participating in an active clinical trial.
Main duties of the job
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description for more information about the role and responsibilities involved.
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 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Acute Stroke Unit with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist role. The advertised salary is £45953.00 to £54254.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 04 Nov 2026.
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