Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist
LocationLiverpool, England, United Kingdom
Posted At3/7/2026
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Description
Speech and Language Therapist
Band 5
Main area
Speech and language therapy
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Job ref
287-RMED-89-26
Department name
LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)
Site
Royal Liverpool Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/03/2026 23:59
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, flexible Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join the acute SLT team at University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) based at the Royal Hospital site.
If you have a strong interest in working with adults with complex conditions in a fast-paced environment, then join our talented team! You will have the opportunity to work with complex general medical conditions, supported by expert practitioner SLTs across a range of clinical specialities including Frailty, A&E, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Respiratory and Critical Care.
We are a dynamic, supportive, and friendly team who are forward thinking and passionate about evidence-based practice and service improvement. We lead a well-established videofluoroscopy clinic for inpatients and outpatients and offer a fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing
Band 5
Main area
Speech and language therapy
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
Job ref
287-RMED-89-26
Department name
LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)
Site
Royal Liverpool Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/03/2026 23:59
Job Overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, flexible Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join the acute SLT team at University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) based at the Royal Hospital site.
If you have a strong interest in working with adults with complex conditions in a fast-paced environment, then join our talented team! You will have the opportunity to work with complex general medical conditions, supported by expert practitioner SLTs across a range of clinical specialities including Frailty, A&E, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Respiratory and Critical Care.
We are a dynamic, supportive, and friendly team who are forward thinking and passionate about evidence-based practice and service improvement. We lead a well-established videofluoroscopy clinic for inpatients and outpatients and offer a fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing
(FEES) service to inpatients on the ward.
We offer excellent clinical and professional supervision with access to dysphagia training in line with the RCSLT competency framework where you will be supported with ongoing development in complex communication and dysphagia. You will be encouraged to support service development through participation in projects. This post is suitable for newly qualified practitioners and experienced Band 5s, with personal development plans adapted according to experience.
Main duties of the job
To provide a Speech and Language Therapy service to inpatients who have communication and swallowing impairments in general medicine with access to supervision as required.
You will work as part of a fully integrated Multi-Disciplinary Team alongside medical staff, nursing staff, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Dietitians and other professionals to provide an optimum quality service for patients and their families.
Band 5 SLTs support with training of Band 3 and 4 Assistant Practitioners as well as the wider multidisciplinary team/ support staff.
There will be development and training opportunities including completion of dysphagia competency based training and external courses with access to regular peer and senior supervision.
Commitment to continuing professional development by supporting/leading monthly CPD team events, peer supervision, attendance and presentation at internal and national cour
We offer excellent clinical and professional supervision with access to dysphagia training in line with the RCSLT competency framework where you will be supported with ongoing development in complex communication and dysphagia. You will be encouraged to support service development through participation in projects. This post is suitable for newly qualified practitioners and experienced Band 5s, with personal development plans adapted according to experience.
Main duties of the job
To provide a Speech and Language Therapy service to inpatients who have communication and swallowing impairments in general medicine with access to supervision as required.
You will work as part of a fully integrated Multi-Disciplinary Team alongside medical staff, nursing staff, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Dietitians and other professionals to provide an optimum quality service for patients and their families.
Band 5 SLTs support with training of Band 3 and 4 Assistant Practitioners as well as the wider multidisciplinary team/ support staff.
There will be development and training opportunities including completion of dysphagia competency based training and external courses with access to regular peer and senior supervision.
Commitment to continuing professional development by supporting/leading monthly CPD team events, peer supervision, attendance and presentation at internal and national cour
ses
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Please see attached job description. This job description is intended as a general guide to the duties and responsibilities of the post and not a rigid, inflexible specification. It may be subject to revision to meet the changing needs of the service, following consultation with the post holder.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Essential criteria
Please see attached job description. This job description is intended as a general guide to the duties and responsibilities of the post and not a rigid, inflexible specification. It may be subject to revision to meet the changing needs of the service, following consultation with the post holder.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc
- Registration with HCPC
- Member of RCSLT
- Post graduate qualification
Essential criteria
- Of adult acquired disorders during training
- Experience of group work
- Team working
Essential criteria
- Sound theoretical knowledge of communication disorders
Essential criteria
- Basic IT skills
- Well developed communication skills
- Clinical decision making skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including observation, listening and empathy skills
Desirable criteria
Essential criteria
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
- Basic dysphagia skills
- Organisational skills from previous work experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates motivation and enthusiasm
- Committed to personal development
- Awareness of own limitations and training needs
- Flexible for working in different environments
- Demonstrates empathy with patients, carers and relatives
- Can modify own behaviour / communicative style to suit the person and situation
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian,
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian,
gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their
safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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