Job summary
- Main area
- SLT
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 327-26-816
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucester Royal Hospital / Cheltenham General Hospital
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/10/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Acute Team Lead Speech and Language Therapist (SLT)
Band 7
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Job overview
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
For further details on this vacancy please contact Hayley Sorensen, Operational Manager or Alex Harper Head of Profession 0300 422 8105.
This post requires the post holder to be able to undertake all statutory and mandatory training and post holders must be able to undertake physical interventions. Fitness for physical intervention will be assessed by Occupational Health.
Main duties of the job
Clinically the role is diverse with service delivery to a range of wards including neurology, oncology and respiratory. There will be the opportunity to work with patients with tracheostomies and to hold a specialist clinical caseload. Access to FEES and videofluoroscopy is available. You will be responsible for managing the day to day operations of our acute general medicine team. In addition, you will provide line management, supervision and service development for our inpatient services and hold responsibility for the ongoing development of the whole SLT team in dysphagia management.
Working for our organisation
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To lead the complex care inpatient Speech and Language Therapy team supporting service provision and embedding best practice in the acute setting.
• To independently manage a highly specialist and complex caseload; including screening, in depth assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment, monitoring and review of adults with acute, chronic and complex acquired disorders of swallowing, voice and communication.
• To work closely with the Operational Manager and Head of Profession for SLT in the ongoing development of the SLT service in the inpatient setting.
• To work closely with the inpatient team and the ward teams in promoting information and education sharing to enhance MDT working
• To evaluate and develop appropriate documentation associated with the general inpatient service, including, but not limited to care pathways, guidelines, policies and processes relating to the general in-patient service.
• To actively participate in the SLT team providing videofluoroscopy, Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallow (FEES) clinics and tracheostomy care in the acute setting. Or willingness to undertake training.
• To manage and prioritise own clinical workload as appropriate, working efficiently to manage professional time and delegate according to competency levels of other therapists.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Has a Speech and Language recognised degree or MSc
- Has significant experience
Desirable criteria
- Is qualified in FEES and VF
- Has experience in service development
- Holds a valid UK driving licence / able to travel between sites
Experience
Essential criteria
- Has worked in an Acute NHS service
- Has leadership experience including supervision/line management
Desirable criteria
- Has trained in FEES and or VF
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hayley Sorensen
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 8105
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