Speech and Language Therapist
Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust
Guildford, GU2 7XXView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£33,677 to £40,996
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
21 October 2026
2 days leftJob description
We have a fantastic opportunity for a band 5 SLT to join our clinically passionate, friendly inpatient speech and language therapy team at the Royal S...
- Using your skilled clinical reasoning, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients seeking advice from senior colleagues when necessary.
- Ensuring patients, carers and families are involved in the planning and prioritisation of their care plans wherever possible (including family meetings and keyworker role on the Stroke unit).
- Ensuring patients give informed consent prior to treatment, working within the legal framework with patients who lack the capacity to give valid consent.
- Formulating and delivering individual therapy programmes based on current evidence-based practice (EBP) and evaluation of outcomes.
- Lead on planning and running the weekly communication group on the Stroke unit.
- Ensuring a well-co-ordinated care plan/patient pathway through discussion of therapy findings and planned goals.
- Communicating complex condition-related information from assessment to patients, carers, families and members of Multi-Disciplinary team/other professions.
- Writing discharge reports reflecting specialist knowledge.
- Providing teaching and training (formal and informal) to Student Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT).
- Generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.
- Participation in Quality Improvement and research opportunities.
To provide a specialist service to in-patients including assessment, diagnosis, therapeutic intervention and evaluation of outcomes. To provide teaching and training (formal and informal) to Student Speech and Language Therapists (SLTs) and members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) including Basic Swallow Screen Testing (BSST) for nurses with support from the BSST lead SLT. To manage own caseload independently.
Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5,000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing programme alongside a strong commitment to developing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family ensures you feel valued from your initial interview and throughout your time with us.
We are clinically led and provide joined-up care by bridging hospital and community services, alongside delivering regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford, with community sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh, and services delivered in patients' homes across Guildford and Waverley.
We work in partnership with Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust through a collaborative Group Model, supporting joined-up services, workforce flexibility and development opportunities.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated us as Outstanding. We are proud of our achievements and continue to invest in our people and infrastructure.
To learn more about life at Royal Surrey, please watch our short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R96pMboIYdo
Adverts may close early, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
Qualifications
Essential: - Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree; - Health and Care Professional Council - Licence to Practice; - Registered Member of RCSLT
Desirable: - Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses; - Evidence of successful completion of post-graduate NQP and dysphagia competencies
Knowledge
Essential
- Research awareness
- Knowledge and use of patient-centred outcome measures
- Able to manage and prioritise own caseload and workload independently
- Knowledge and experience of other clinical specialities/professionals
- Understanding of the principles of Clinical Governance/audit
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping and Information Governance
- Knowledge of national and local policies / procedures relevant for the post
Desirable
- Recent experience in acute adult in-patient setting with high volume, high throughput caseload including dysphagia management
- Experience of videofluoroscopy / FEES attendance
How to apply
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Provenance
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First seen
7 October 2026
Last checked
8 October 2026
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