Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Speech and Language Therapist
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Job Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a speech and language therapist to gain experience working with an adult caseload in the acute setting, both on the general wards and stroke rehabilitation ward at Wexham Park Hospital.
You will join a very friendly team of Speech and Language therapists over 3 hospital sites. This position is based at Wexham Park Hospital, Slough. Our core hours are Monday-Friday 08:00 to 16:00.
We offer comprehensive dysphagia training to enable you to achieve your competencies as well as senior staff on hand for support on a daily basis.
We are committed to supporting your CPD and as a department we have regular team meetings and clinical discussion forums as well as strong links with community teams. After a year of postgraduate practice you will have the opportunity to attend the relevant training and then support students from the University of Reading on clinical placement.
At Frimley Trust we provide a supportive transition to the workplace, through a 12-month Multi-professional Preceptorship program run by our clinical education directorate in collaboration with our Therapies department. This provides protected training, supervision, networking and education to enable our staff to reach their full potential and adjust well into their new working environment.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
The role will involve assessment, diagnosis and management of the communication and swallowing disorders of inpatients on the general wards as well as those on the stroke unit.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
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We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
See the attached job description and person specification for further details regarding duties, responsibilities and key relationships for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Relevant Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification
- HPC Registration (or applied for/pending if results not known)
- Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
Desirable criteria
- Completed Level B Dysphagia Competencies (Dysphagia training and competency framework – RCSLT) and make significant progress with Level C
Experience
Essential criteria
- Undergraduate experience of working as a speech and language therapist in the acute adult setting
- Experience working in a busy environment
- Awareness of the principles of clinical governance and audit
- Awareness of the standards of record keeping
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of specific interest in working with an adult neurological caseload
- Relevant post graduate experience
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to investigate acquired communication and swallowing disorders
- Good interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Developing analytical and clinical problem-solving skills
- Collaborative team approach to working
- Standard keyboard and IT skills
- Able to work in busy environment.
- Able to professionally manage patients who present with unpleasant symptoms such as excessive oral secretions (when delivering mouthcare to dysphagic patients)
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.
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Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.
We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.
We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.
Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.
Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.
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