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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Adult Therapies at the RUH for a permanent B8a SLT Dysphagia Lead to provide clinical and operational leadership for our Adult SLT team.

The successful candidate will have advanced dysphagia skills in specialist areas, such as tracheostomy care, and highly developed leadership skills.  

The SLT team provide care to inpatients across the acute hospital, and also provide outpatient services in Voice and Head and Neck Cancer.  The inpatient services include specialty areas such as Stroke, Neurology and ITU.

We have an established SLT-Led VFS service and use CRT for stroke patients as standard.  We have recently developed a new FEES service to complement both of these and give best possible patient care.  We are a small but friendly team who work closely together, as well as with our respective MDTs, to maintain CPD and drive innovation and quality.  

Main duties of the job

The B8a Speech and Language therapy (SLT) will provide a highly advanced clinical service predominantly to the inpatient areas at the Royal United Hospital, with responsibility as Dysphagia Lead for all the trust settings. 

They will provide clinical and operational leadership and expertise to the Speech and Language Therapy team at the RUH.  There is scope for this role to develop into an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP), depending on training opportunities and individual experience.  The post-holder will hold responsibility for the SLT Led Videofluoroscopy (VFS) Clinic and the Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) service, as well as leading on the development of skills and knowledge in dysphagia across the team. 

Working for our organisation

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be  in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country. 

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff well-being, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial well-being. We’ve even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.