Bank Inpatient Therapies Speech and Language Therapist

Bank Inpatient Therapies Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 22 October 2025

An exciting opportunity to join our Band 6 SLT bank staff at Homerton Healthcare, working in the vibrant and diverse borough of City and Hackney. We have an opportunity for a motivated band 6 SLT with excellent prioritisation and organisational skills to gain experience in a fast-paced environment with support from our friendly yet innovative and proactive service. The SLT team sits within a busy acute therapy service team comprising physiotherapists, OT, dietitians and therapy assistants. The post-holder will provide SLT input for a wide range of patients in an acute NHS hospital, and you will be part of well-coordinated, specialist multi-professional teams working closely with nursing and medical colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Develop and provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and intervention to patients with acquired disorders of communication and/or swallowing.

Act as an expert resource in advocating for patients with complex communication impairment to enable them to understand, contribute and make informed consent to treatment options for all disciplines.

Assess and determine need for alternative and augmentative communication aids.

Provide detailed information for patients\’ carers and families regarding the risks associated with oral feeding and contribute to and inform discussions with the full team regarding non-oral feeding.

Promote and maintain a high standard of evidence based clinical practice and maintain own knowledge of current literature and developments relevant to the field.

Facilitate effective communication between the Speech & Language Therapy Department and all other members of the inter-disciplinary team.

About us

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of \”Outstanding\” from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard\’s Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.

Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.

Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s on this page.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Recognised SLT degree
• Member of HCPC
• Member of RCSLT

Experience

• Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
• Other relevant experience (e.g.: personal experience of children, previous experience of working with children and/or people with disabilities)
• Other relevant experience in child care or educational settings

Knowledge

• Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
• Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group)
• An understanding of principles of assessment and intervention for bilingual children
• Understanding of the principles of clinical governance / audit
• Understanding of the roles of other professionals (relevant to the client group)
• Understanding of standards of record keeping
• Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
• Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group)

Other

• Commitment and adherence to the Equality Act
• Understanding of the Trust values
• Ability and willingness to travel around the Borough and other boroughs where necessary

Skills / Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Negotiation and problem solving skills
• Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
• Ability to adapt to a range of different clinical areas
• Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills
• Good presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Good organisational and prioritisation skills
• Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
• Speaker of a relevant community language

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.

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