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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.
- Skills
Empathetic and psychologically minded
- Skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Skills
Well organized
- Skills
Good reasoning skills
- Skills
Motivated and a motivator
- Skills
Team builder and team member
- Skills
Ability to manage own well-being with access to supervision to sustain this
- Skills
Reflective practitioner
- Training
Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD
- Training
Post basic dysphagia training or completed competencies
- Knowledge
Knowledge of SLT delivery including the use of different approaches and multi-disciplinary working, across different contexts and environments.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group)
- Knowledge
Knowledge of different assessments and interventions to working with adults with an intellectual disability
- Experience
Working experience of assessing and managing caseloads within clinical area
- Experience
Experience of effective multi disciplinary/agency working
- Experience
Experience of enabling different staff groups to understand issues around communication
- Experience
Experience of supporting students and other staff
- Qualificationsl
Recognised SLT Degree/diploma
- Qualificationsl
HCPC Registered
- Qualificationsl
NQT competencies completed
- Values and Behaviours
All staff should be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation
- Values and Behaviours
All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- Contractual Requirements
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Training
Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD
- Training
Post basic dysphagia training or completed competencies
- Experience
Experience of delivering a variety of approaches to SLT service delivery
- Experience
Experience in developing evaluation / audit tools and resources as part of SLT team
- Experience
Experience of delivering Learning and development opportunities for others
Job overview
We are excited to offer an opportunity to join the SLT service within Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust. We work with adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disability in inpatient and community services. We are seeking a full time (permanent) Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our Adult Community Integrated Team with a mixed communication and Dysphagia caseload.
The SLT services support a variety of speech, language and communication and/or dysphagia needs, covering community and specialist settings across the city and county for adults with physical, mental health needs or developmental conditions/delay including Intellectual Disability and Developmental Language Disorder.
The SLT services also include preventative information and guidance, working to empower parents, carers, other professionals and agencies to support speech, language and communication skills as well as eating and drinking.
You will be well supported by senior colleagues, with opportunities for peer support, supervision, and CPD.
The role involves close work with colleagues from a range of disciplines and you will be contributing to a multi-disciplinary service supporting adults with intellectual disabilities in settings across Nottingham City and/or North Nottinghamshire.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to support the person to live well with their mental health, communication and eating/ drinking needs.
The post holder is responsible for providing specialist SLT assessment, formulation and diagnosis, requiring advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and interpretation and analysis, and subsequent therapy/management programmes within the designated specialism/setting/district.
The post holder may also support senior colleagues around strategic developments within their specialism/setting/district in liaison with their line manager. They will also support senior colleagues in the development and delivery of training and professional mentorship in their specialism/setting/district.
The post holder will provide specialist clinical expertise and within specialism/setting/district
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role requires a high level of clinical and professional expertise in order that those with speech, language and communication needs and/or dysphagia needs and their carers and families benefit from a well-coordinated pro-active, specialist, efficient and effective speech and language therapy service within the designated specialism/setting/district.
Specialist speech, language, and communication assessments focusing on functional communication and what reasonable adjustments (Accessible Information Standards) should be in place to support the persons needs.
Liaison, advice and recommendations that aim to prevent further communication breakdown and that aim to empower the person to express their thoughts and opinions to the extent they wishes. You will work in an interactive and a consultative way.
The role will also involve assessing and developing the management of eating and drinking difficulties for individuals, where issues arise due to a variety of physiological, cognitive and environmental reasons.
Co-working with your MDT colleagues, families, and carers to enable their inclusive communication practices in their relationships, care, and interactions with the individual.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
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 & Language Therapist with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Nottingham, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata for part time). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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