Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist Acute Adults (x2 part time posts)

Are you looking for a role where your clinical skills genuinely make a difference every day? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment with a supportive team around you? We have an exciting opportunity to join our compassionate and forward-thinking Adult Acute Speech & Language Therapy Team at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust. We are delighted to offer two Band 6 opportunities to join our compassionate and forward-thinking Adult Acute Speech & Language Therapy Team at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.

These posts are available as two part time posts, providing flexibility and a chance to work in a supportive team that values patient centre care, development and wellbeing.

This is a fantastic post for clinicians who enjoy variety, value teamwork, and want to continue developing specialist skills within a vibrant acute setting.

Working across the acute inpatient wards at Pinderfields and Dewsbury, you will deliver high-quality assessment and management for adults with communication and swallowing difficulties. Your caseload will be varied and clinically stimulating, including:

Elderly care & dementia

Respiratory

Gastroenterology

Neurological conditions

ICU step-downs

Plus opportunities to work with the regional spinal injury and regional burns units

You will be part of an experienced team who work collaboratively across wards, providing responsive, patient-centred care that makes a real difference.

Main duties of the job

The role will involve working on the acute wards across MYTT to provide a high-quality service for our patients who have swallow and communication difficulties. Therefore effective caseload management skills, experience and knowledge in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients with acquired neurological presentations are required.

The post holder will work flexibly as required to maintain a responsive, patient centred and evidence-based service for optimal patient outcomes.

You will support and work with the Service Lead, Team Lead and Clinical Leads for Adult Speech and Language Therapy to enable us to deliver a comprehensive service to adults with a range of disorders of communication and swallowing.

To liaise closely with colleagues in the acute and community settings to facilitate the smooth transfer of care, to contribute to schemes supporting early discharge from hospital and reducing unscheduled admissions to hospital.

To supervise, support and provide clinical education as required to less experienced Speech and Language Therapists, students, and assistants.

To lead relevant projects for the SLT service.

Excellent inter-personal, communication, motivational, emerging leadership and team working skills are important components of how we work, in addition to our clinical skills.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Employer details

Employer name

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Trust-wide

Wakefield

Wesy Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Employer's website

https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

The Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust

Address

Trust-wide

Wakefield

Wesy Yorkshire

WF1 4DG

Employer's website

https://www.midyorks.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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