University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
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Job Opportunity at Queen's Hospital, Burton
We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our team in the Speech and Language Therapy department at Queen's Hospital, Burton. This is a cross-site role, as we provide a service to both the acute hospital in Burton on Trent and community hospitals sites in Lichfield and Tamworth, where patients undergo further rehabilitation before discharge.
Role Overview
In this role you will provide communication and swallowing assessments for adults with varying diagnoses, including stroke, dementia, frailty and respiratory conditions. You will work on the wards at Queen's Hospital, Burton and Samuel Johnson and Sir Robert Peel community hospitals.
You will be part of a supportive team with access to structured supervision and appraisal. The role includes working with the wider MDT in the different ward settings to support the best patient outcomes for hospital discharge. Patients transfer to the community hospitals from a number of acute sites locally, so liaison with teams from other Trusts will be key to provide continuity of care.
Responsibilities
- To independently manage a caseload of adults with acquired communication and/or swallowing disorders in acute and community hospital ward settings.
- To provide specialist assessment and treatment for patients, using specialist knowledge and skills, underpinned by current evidence-based practice.
- To work in collaboration with other members of the MDT to provide an integrated service for patients, MDT assessment, and family/carer support and education.
- To participate in quality improvement projects, including audit and training of staff within the MDT to support best practice in dysphagia management.
- To support the training and development of students on placement.
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Development Opportunities
As a valued member of the team, there will be opportunities for further developing your clinical skills and overall professional development, including involvement in service development, training, audit, and quality improvement projects.
Key Facts
- We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
- We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
- An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
- Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
- Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
- We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
- We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
- UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
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Application Details
Closing date of applications: 29 July 2026
Interview date: 12 August 2026
Our Values
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
What We Offer
- Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
- On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
- Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Mrs Alyson Cartwright
Job title: Head of Speech and Language Therapy
Email address: alyson.cartwright@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01283 7045237
Available: Tuesday to Thursday between 08:30 and 16:30.
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