Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

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Name: Victoria Watson

Position: Clinical Speech & Language Therapy Manager

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Phone number: 0113 3920620

Job Summary

Are you interest in developing your skills within the acute setting? We are excited to share an opportunity to join our team at Leeds Children’s Hospitals as a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist. We are seeking a dynamic individual with the relevant skills to support infants and children under a range of specialities within Leeds Children’s Hospital. You will have the opportunity to develop and enhance your skills within a supportive and skilled team in the assessment and management of children with complex feeding and communication needs. If you enjoy working closely with the MDT and supporting patients and families on their journeys to reaching their potential, striving to provide the highest standards of care, then this post is for you.

Why you should join our Team

Our Paediatric Speech & Language Therapy team delivers specialist hospital based care for children with complex communication and swallowing needs linked to a wide range of acute and chronic conditions. Working across multiple medical specialties at both local and regional levels, you'll collaborate closely with SLT colleagues and wider MDT partners to support complex patients.

This post offers an excellent opportunity to develop your clinical skills as a core member of a well-established, highly respected MDT. You'll join a supportive, forward-thinking and innovative Speech and Language Therapy Service where everyone is encouraged to grow, contribute ideas and embrace continuous improvement. If you have a keen interest in research and evidence-based practice, you'll find a team that shares your enthusiasm and actively supports the integration of research into clinical care.

We offer comprehensive supervision, a well structured CPD programme and regular team meetings to help you thrive. Our department prides itself on a culture of respect, collaboration and genuine care for our patients and for each other. Together, we work to deliver exceptional standards of care and create an environment where people feel valued and proud of the work they do.

What you will bring to the role

In this role, you'll use your specialist skills to assess communication and swallowing needs in patients with a wide range of clinical presentations and needs. You'll provide clear, evidence-based diagnoses and deliver tailored treatment plans that support each patient to maximise their communication and swallowing potential at every stage of their care pathway.

You'll work independently and as a valued member of a dynamic MDT across a variety of clinical settings, bringing your clinical expertise, problem-solving skills and compassionate approach to each interaction.

We're looking for someone with excellent communication, strong organisational skills and a collaborative mindset. A commitment to ongoing professional development is essential, as you'll be responsible for maintaining and advancing your own clinical knowledge and skills.

If you're passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred cared, we'd love to hear from you.

About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

Our Trust values

The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.

We are.

Responsible

Open and Honest

One Team

Kind

Our Trust priorities

Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time

Our priorities

People

Improvement and Innovation

Partnerships

Outcomes

Sponsorship Eligibility

To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.