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Specialist Speech & Language Therapist – Rotational
| Posting date: | 05 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,617.00 to £48,778.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £40617.00 - £48778.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 August 2025 |
| Location: | Guildford, GU2 7XX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9384-25-0638 |
Summary
To work with MDT colleagues to provide a holistic, timely, and proactive specialist service to patients including assessment, diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and evaluation of outcomes. To manage and prioritise own caseload including patients with acquired communication / swallowing difficulties or receiving end of life care, incorporating clinical assessment, therapeutic intervention and onward referral where required. To provide teaching and training (formal and informal) to junior colleagues and members of the Multi-Disciplinary team including Basic Swallow Screen Testing (BSST) for nurses with support from the BSST lead SLT. To provide second opinion, specialist clinical support and advice to less experienced colleagues including newly qualified Therapists. To provide induction, mentoring and clinical supervision (including appraisal) for band 5 SLT (in conjunction with other band 6 colleagues and supported by the Team Lead SLT). To contribute to a Surgical Voice Restoration service for patients with laryngectomy, dependent of level of competence. To assist in the co-ordination of onward referrals into the Macmillan Aftercare Rehabilitation Service (MARS) across the satellite centers. To provide specialist input to patients dependent on ventilators or tracheostomies, within scope of competence and seeking support where necessary. To attend multi-disciplinary team meetings and contribute SLT findings. To provide a FEES / Videofluoroscopy service dependent on experience and level of competence seeking support where necessary. To demonstrate defined clinical outcomes including patient satisfaction, admission avoidance and achievement of patient led goals. To represent the SLT team at relevant patient or Trust meetings. To monitor referral guidelines, patient pathways, outcome measures and evidence based practice to maximise the patient experience. To contribute to service development opportunities.