Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist - Complex Breathlessness
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join a supportive and innovative team at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital. The role involves leading the provision of specialist SLT input for patients with Inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO) and chronic cough within a complex breathlessness multidisciplinary service. You will conduct advanced assessments and treatments, working alongside an experienced MDT to provide comprehensive and holistic patient care. This position is ideal for someone looking to expand their skills in ENT, dysphagia, and laryngoscopy, with opportunities for training and development.
Essential criteria
- * Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent
- * Registered with Health Care Professions Council
- * Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
- * Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Desirable criteria
- * Postgraduate degree relevant to clinical area
- * Leadership training
- * Attendance at Clinical Educators Course
- * Post graduate experience in relevant clinical areas working with patients with a variety of acute and chronic conditions.
- * Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients within this speciality.
- * Demonstrates a specialist knowledge in speech and language therapy and specialist area, across the range of procedures and working practices with the appropriate theoretical and practical experience
- * Well-established knowledge of assessment tools and a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to clinical area.
- * Experience of involvement in objective upper airway and swallowing assessments (e.g. FEES, VFS, CLP/CLE)
- * Experience of training and supervision of SLT students
- * Experience of training staff groups at all levels
- * Experience of leading audit / quality initiatives on a regular basis
- * Attendance at post graduate courses relevant to the specialist area and speech and language therapy
- * CPD Portfolio sharing evidence of attendance at mandatory training and evidence of in-service training
- * Evidence of working effectively in partnership with others within multi disciplinary teams and across agencies.
- * Experience of staff management
- * Awareness of or participation in research relevant to clinical specialism
- * Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent
- * Registered with Health Care Professions Council
- * Evidence of CPD including recent post graduate training relevant to clinical speciality
- * Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- * Postgraduate degree relevant to clinical area
- * Leadership training
- * Attendance at Clinical Educators Course
- * Post graduate experience in relevant clinical areas working with patients with a variety of acute and chronic conditions.
- * Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the post holder to manage a caseload of patients within this speciality.
- * Demonstrates a specialist knowledge in speech and language therapy and specialist area, across the range of procedures and working practices with the appropriate theoretical and practical experience
- * Well-established knowledge of assessment tools and a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to clinical area.
- * Experience of involvement in objective upper airway and swallowing assessments (e.g. FEES, VFS, CLP/CLE)
- * Experience of training and supervision of SLT students
- * Experience of training staff groups at all levels
- * Experience of leading audit / quality initiatives on a regular basis
- * Attendance at post graduate courses relevant to the specialist area and speech and language therapy
- * CPD Portfolio sharing evidence of attendance at mandatory training and evidence of in-service training
- * Evidence of working effectively in partnership with others within multi disciplinary teams and across agencies.
- * Experience of staff management
- * Awareness of or participation in research relevant to clinical specialism
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist - Complex Breathlessness
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting new opportunity has arisen at University Hospitals Birmingham for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our supportive and innovative SLT team at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital leading on provision of Specialist Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) input to patients with Inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO) and or chronic cough within our complex breathlessness multidisciplinary service.
It is an opportunity to work within a supportive and highly experienced MDT in a service that is expanding and developing to address previous unmet need within the area. The post involves taking a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients with suspected or confirmed ILO to determine diagnosis and identify appropriate SLT treatment as clinically indicated. Patients within this service have highly complex presentations with concomitant factors such as breathing pattern disorder, EDAC or asthma. SLT is an integral part of this service. Alongside the MDT you will ensure patients receive a comprehensive and holistic assessment and treatment plan.
This post would ideally suit an individual wishing to expand and apply existing skills in ENT, dysphagia and laryngoscopy. You wil
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