Senior Acute Paediatric Speech Therapist | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	03 Medi 2025
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£47,810 - £54,710 per annum (pro rata)
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	03 Hydref 2025
Lleoliad:	Manchester, M13 9WL
Cwmni:	Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7395051/V349-CSS-7395051-RL4

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Post:band 7 Senior Specialist Speech and Language Therapists-Paediatric Dysphagia

Hours: 37.5 hours/week

Location: Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital

Do you have advanced or are working towards advanced level skills in paediatric dysphagia? We are looking for an experienced children's acute Speech and Language Therapist . The successful candidate will join our experienced & supportive team of 8 SLT’s (6.86 wte) who provide the inpatient service for our neonatal, children and young people .

The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital is a Tertiary hospital which admits children from the North West of England. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team providing holistic care to patients across all wards.

This post provides an excellent opportunity to enhance your skills in the assessment and management of children with feeding & communication difficulties within the acute setting. This will include assessment & management of infants and children with tracheostomy, children with metabolic conditions, children with rare & congenital conditions.

You will have significant experience working in Paediatric dysphagia ideally in an acute setting supported by Post Basic Dysphagia Qualification or equivalent. You must also have experience working with infants and children with special needs including pre-school & school aged children.

Knowledge of tracheostomy assessment & management and Videofluroscopy are desirable.

There will be excellent in-house clinical support working alongside other experienced therapists.

This post is primarily a paediatric Dysphagia post but there may also be opportunities to work with paediatric complex and acquired communication disorders within the hospital setting.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team atresourcing@mft.nhs.uk.

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!


This advert closes on Wednesday 17 Sep 2025

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