Band 7 Speech and Language Therapy Team Leader- Medicine/ HCOP
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Birmingham, B15 2TH
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
3 September 2026
3 days left
Job description
We have a rare opportunity for a Speech & Language Therapy Team Leader to join our Medicine,Healthcare for Older People (HCOP) and Respiratory team at...
The successful candidate would provide highly specialist input and leadership to the Medicine, HCOP and Respiratory teams, alongside a Highly specialist SLT within the same team.
You would work closely with your peer Highly Specialist SLT, Specialist Speech and Language Therapists and NQP Speech and Language Therapists and assistants 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 acute medicine and HCOP caseload in a fast-paced environment.
Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:
- assessing and managing patients with swallowing and communication disorders on the acute medicine, respiratory, endocrinology and HCOP wards, including front-door services
- utilising or working towards advanced skills including tracheostomy and FEES
- service development and audit
- working closely with the MDT
- supervision and leadership
- training of junior colleagues and students
- 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 interested candidates to get in touch for an informal discussion. Please contact Molly Metcalf (Inpatient Clinical Lead) via Molly.metcalf@uhb.nhs.uk or 0121 371 3483.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Qualifications
Essential
- A good standard of secondary education including A-Level or equivalent.
- BSc or recognised MSc degree in Speech and Language Therapy.
- Membership of RCSLT.
- Registration with HCPC.
- Completed RCSLT Level C/Level 5 EDS dysphagia competencies (or above).
- Willingness and capability to achieve FEES interpretation and scoping competencies.
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working independently with adult dysphagia caseload at a specialist level
- Significant experience of working with acute, medicine or HCOP caseload
- Significant experience of working independently within an acute hospital setting
- Significant experience of working successfully as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Significant post-graduate training, through attendance at short courses and/or via personal study.
- Evidence of attendance at national conferences or similar.
- Demonstration of people management at either an individual or team level.
- Experience of training Speech and Language Therapy undergraduates and junior SLTs.
Desirable
- Membership of a relevant CEN.
- Post-graduate education or research.
- Knowledge acquired through attendance at postgraduate specialist courses at Masters level or equivalent.
- Knowledge of the strategic direction of the Trust.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Keen to embrace change consistent with delivery of service whilst keeping the patient as an individual at the centre of care.
- Punctual and reliable in service delivery.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to work flexibly.
- Organisational skills with the ability to organise own workload and work in a systematic way.
- Excellent time management.
- Excellent interpersonal and team working skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work weekends as part of a 7 day working pattern (when appropriate service delivery allows and commences).
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First seen
20 August 2026
Last checked
21 August 2026
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