Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Stroke

The successful candidate would be part of the acute stroke team serving a diverse clinical caseload at QEHB. You would work closely with the SLT Team Leaders, NQP Speech and Language Therapists and peer Specialist Speech and Language Therapy to provide an excellent level of care to our patient group.

The successful candidate will have a clear passion in assessing and managing dysphagia and communication difficulties relating to the stroke caseload. Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• assessing and managing patients with swallowing and communication disorders on the acute stroke ward



• service development and audit



• working closely with the MDT



• training of junior colleagues and students



• working towards utilising specialist assessments such e.g. FEES, tracheostomy



• working flexibly and thriving in a fast-paced environment


We have a large team who share a caseload of diverse patient cohorts so being a team player is essential. We would welcome a candidate who is has experience working with patients in the specialist areas but our supportive team will be willing to support your development.

We have an opportunity for a part-time Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our stroke team at QEHB. Our service supports a wide range of patient from hyper-acute stroke to stroke rehabilitation. Our unit is a designated Hyper-acute Stroke Research Centre (HSRC) and supports patients from across the region. The stroke SLT team benefits from a team leader, 3 Specialist SLTs, a Band 5 SLT and an SLT assistant. The team works closely with the wider SLT team across many specialist areas.

Our SLTs benefit from a robust supervision structure alongside innovation, participation in research and clinical/professional development being encouraged. You would be part of a well-established team which also benefits from SLT led Videofluoroscopy and FEES services so opportunities to access these instrumental assessments to help to shape your clinical practice would also be available.

QEHB benefits from one of the largest acute SLT teams in the country with more than 40 team members and our Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England serving a national and international population, treating over 2.8 million people every year., We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.