Job Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced speech and language therapist to lead our general inpatient and ITU service at Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath.
Competencies in advanced dysphagia in a general caseload and tracheostomy management are essential but you will offer a full range of assessment, management and treatments for a variety of swallowing and communication disorders. PRH offers hospital services within care of the elderly, general medicine and surgery, respiratory medicine, oncology and critical care. We have well established videofluoroscopy and FEES services and you will be expected to take a lead role in these. We offer both for inpatients and outpatients as well as running a small neuro outpatient service based across PRH and the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.
Experience in line managing staff is crucial to this role as you will be required to supervise and manage junior clinicians and administrative staff within this small team.
The SLT service is committed to developing its staff and we strongly support continuing professional development with a variety of internal events and the capacity to support external learning.
Main duties of the job
Band 7 SaLT to lead the inpatient team at PRH. General inpatient clinical duties as well as a service to ITU to include patients on ventilators and with tracheostomies.
Other services include outpatients, VFS and FEES.
Service and team leadership
Clinical governance activities
About Us
At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, & we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness & experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, & can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) & a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients & staff with the same compassion & empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above & beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our
candidate information pack & wellbeing programme,for staff which is extensive & designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching & training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us & throughout your career we will help you to grow & develop.We hope that in choosing UHSx you are choosing a long & happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make & feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application & the start of your journey with UHSx.
Candidate Information Pack: https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/resources/candidate-information-pack/
Details
Date posted
31 July 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year Per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
279-7366370-AUG25
Job locations
Princess Royal
Haywards Heath
RH16 4EX
Job Description
Job responsibilities
- Advance Dysphagia management
- Tracheostomy management
- assessment and management of communication disorders in acute services
- VFS
- FEES
- management of neurology and neuro-oncology patients in outpatients
- Line management of junior staff
- Service management and design of Speech and language therapy provision at PRH
- Leadership of a variety of governance activities - education, audit, risk management and quality improvements.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Advance Dysphagia management
- Tracheostomy management
- assessment and management of communication disorders in acute services
- VFS
- FEES
- management of neurology and neuro-oncology patients in outpatients
- Line management of junior staff
- Service management and design of Speech and language therapy provision at PRH
- Leadership of a variety of governance activities - education, audit, risk management and quality improvements.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Essential
- registration HCPC and RCSLT
Essential
Essential
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
Essential
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
Person Specification
Essential
- Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role)
- Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
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.
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.
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
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Address
Princess Royal
Haywards Heath
RH16 4EX
Employer's website
https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Address
Princess Royal
Haywards Heath
RH16 4EX
Employer's website
https://www.uhsussex.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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