Job summary
- Main area
- Highly Specialist SLT in dementia
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 29.6 hours per week (Monday to Friday with weekends and bank holidays as required)
- Job ref
- 223-SST-665
- Employer
- The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Princess Royal Hospital
- Town
- Telford
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Highly Specialist Speech Therapist & Clinical Lead in Dementia
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
We have an opportunity to work as part of a small team providing a specialist service to people living with Dementia in a community setting within Telford and Wrekin.
Our service aims to provide support and advice to patients and their families on how to deal with communication and swallowing difficulties related to dementia. In addition, 25% of the role is dedicated to education of patients, families and staff.
There is also the support of an assistant practitioner.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work as part of a small specialist team based in Telford providing a service to people living with dementia, their families and carers.
You will provide assessment and management for a wide range of communication and swallowing disorders. One quarter of the post is dedicated to training both families and staff in a number of different settings.
Working for our organisation
The dementia team sit within the wider community SLT team which covers the county of Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin.
We are a small but well established team who cover a range of clinical areas including all four community hospitals providing both a ward based and outpatient service, in reach to the local IDT teams and domiciliary teams. We also cover the specialist orthopaedic hospital and specialist Spinal Cord Injury unit.
We provide a countywide voice service, which accepts referrals from numerous sources. We input into a joint ENT consultant clinic and carry out regular SLT led nasendoscopy clinics.
Our acute colleagues deliver a video fluoroscopy clinic at both sites and we are in the process of re establishing a FEES service.
We are strong advocates of regular clinical supervision, management supervision and actively seek to support the health and wellbeing of our colleagues. We have regular whole team meetings and CPD sessions.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full duties and responsibilities please refer to the attached document entitled Job Description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
- Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Evidence of specialist clinical training in relevant areas
Work experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of broad range of pre and post qualification experience
- Evidence of experience in relevant area of clinical practice – Dementia, neuro and dysphagia
- Evidence of teaching/ student experience
- Experience in audit and research
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of CPD (portfolio) detailing clinical experience relevant to the post.
- knowledge and understanding of Clinical Governance
- Knowledge of current Evidence Based Practice relevant to post.
- Evidence of Specialist level of clinical reasoning
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Evidence of leadership ability
- Organisation, planning, prioritisation and decision making skills
- Clinical supervision, teaching, mentorship and appraisal skills
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Harrison
- Job title
- Coordinator for community SLT in CCTH
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07873 700797
- Additional information
Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
Shrewsbury Business Park
1 Douglas Court
Anchorage Avenue
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6LG
- Telephone
- 01743 492402
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