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Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 27 November 2025

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Job summary

Are you ready to be part of a growing and dynamic field of Speech and Language Therapy in Mental Health? We're offering an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Specialist SLT to join our supportive Allied Health Professions (AHP) team within urgent care mental health services across the Black Country (Inpatient mental health wards in Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton).

This permanent, full-time post offers the chance to make a real impact with adults and older adults on mental health wards. We're open to part-time applications for the right candidate and offer flexible working arrangements (subject to service needs and policy).

Main duties of the job

  • Deliver a specialist SLT service for dysphagia and communication needs.
  • Work with clients presenting with complex and diverse mental health conditions, including behaviours that challenge.
  • Provide dysphagia assessment, advice, and intervention to reduce clinical risks and support safe oral intake.
  • Offer communication assessments and interventions tailored to individual needs.
  • Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to support holistic care.
  • Contribute to staff training and service development initiatives.

About us

About us

We are an energetic and hardworking team, working with adults with mental health needs. We regularly come together exploring ways we can ensure a quality service as well as enabling shared learning. We work alongside Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Nurses, Clinical Psychologists, Support Workers and other partners, both internal and external. As a Trust we are committed to increasing the quality and range of services we provide which are safe and supportive to services users, their carers and relatives. Having been reviewed by the CQC as 'Good' we are working towards further improving over time - Come and join us on this journey as we work to provide even better care for our staff and patients.

Details

Date posted

13 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

285-3097-MH

Job locations

Edward Street Hospital

Edward Street

West Bromwich

B70 8NL


Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Assess, diagnose and manage the communication and/or swallowing needs of patients referred to the service in inpatient settings.Responsible for autonomous initial patient diagnosis and assessment:
  • Collection of detailed case history information
  • Specialist informal assessment and observation
  • Uses formal standardised assessment procedures
  • Evaluates intervention plans using outcome measures and revises plans as necessary
  • Contributes to, reads and abides by risk assessments relating to patients of the service.
  • To carry out and support with mental capacity assessments.
  • Communicates assessment and therapeutic findings within the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Completes contemporaneous case notes and written clinical information completion according to Trust procedures.
  • Undertakes specialist clinical work with individuals and groups of patients with guidance for the most complex cases from senior SLT.
  • Makes decisions leading to SLT review or discharge of patients and/or referral to other services, as appropriate.
  • Is responsible for managing own clinical caseload.
  • To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of this post in order to provide a quality Speech and Language Therapy service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

  • Assess, diagnose and manage the communication and/or swallowing needs of patients referred to the service in inpatient settings.Responsible for autonomous initial patient diagnosis and assessment:
  • Collection of detailed case history information
  • Specialist informal assessment and observation
  • Uses formal standardised assessment procedures
  • Evaluates intervention plans using outcome measures and revises plans as necessary
  • Contributes to, reads and abides by risk assessments relating to patients of the service.
  • To carry out and support with mental capacity assessments.
  • Communicates assessment and therapeutic findings within the multi-disciplinary team.
  • Completes contemporaneous case notes and written clinical information completion according to Trust procedures.
  • Undertakes specialist clinical work with individuals and groups of patients with guidance for the most complex cases from senior SLT.
  • Makes decisions leading to SLT review or discharge of patients and/or referral to other services, as appropriate.
  • Is responsible for managing own clinical caseload.
  • To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of this post in order to provide a quality Speech and Language Therapy service.

Person Specification

Clinical skills and knowledge

Essential

  • Degree in Speech and Language Therapy (or relevant equivalent oversees qualification)
  • Post Graduate dysphagia qualification/ training and competencies achieved
  • Experience in a relevant clinical field
  • Completed newly qualified practitioner competencies

Desirable

  • Demonstration of specialist interest/knowledge of Adults in Mental Health or Autism
  • Experience in delivering training to groups of people
  • Attendance at Clinical Excellence Network related to clinical area
  • Relevant CPD training completed
Person Specification

Clinical skills and knowledge

Essential

  • Degree in Speech and Language Therapy (or relevant equivalent oversees qualification)
  • Post Graduate dysphagia qualification/ training and competencies achieved
  • Experience in a relevant clinical field
  • Completed newly qualified practitioner competencies

Desirable

  • Demonstration of specialist interest/knowledge of Adults in Mental Health or Autism
  • Experience in delivering training to groups of people
  • Attendance at Clinical Excellence Network related to clinical area
  • Relevant CPD training completed

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Street Hospital

Edward Street

West Bromwich

B70 8NL


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Edward Street Hospital

Edward Street

West Bromwich

B70 8NL


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Advanced Speech and Language Therapist

Rachel Cox

rachel.cox20@nhs.net

01216128247

Details

Date posted

13 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working

Reference number

285-3097-MH

Job locations

Edward Street Hospital

Edward Street

West Bromwich

B70 8NL


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