Band 7 Bank Speech and Language Therapist - Salisbury
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Flexible working
- Posted
- 25/08/2026
- Closes
- 14/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an opportunity for a Bank Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist to join the Trust Wide SLT adult inpatient mental health service. The role involves providing specialist dysphagia and communication assessment and intervention on mental health wards, primarily at Fountain Way Hospital in Salisbury. You will work autonomously, train staff in screening and managing patient needs, and supervise junior staff. Experience in mental health or dementia is desirable, but transferable skills from other areas will be considered.
Essential criteria
- Recognised speech and language therapy qualification
- Registered with HCPC
- Registered member of the RCSLT
- Recognised post-graduate dysphagia qualification/accredited training
- Working at Proficient Level of the RCSLT Speech and Language Therapist Eating, Drinking and Swallowing Competency Framework (2025) or Level C of the RCSLT Dysphagia Training and Competency Framework (2014)
Desirable criteria
- Post-qualifying education/CPD in relevant areas (incl LD, forensic, autism etc)
- Membership of relevant CEN(s)
- Clear evidence of work-based learning to demonstrate specialist clinical skills.
- Significant post graduate experience of working in dysphagia with a range of client groups.
- Experience of speech and language assessment and treatment of service users across a range of specialist care settings, including Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Autism, Developmental Language Disorder, Acquired/Progressive Neurological Conditions, Forensic, and Dementia
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of compiling and using accessible information and appropriate range of IT skills to support this.
- Experience in conducting instrumental dysphagia assessment (e.g. videofluoroscopy, FEES)
- Knowledge of a range of assessment tools, therapeutic interventions/management strategies relevant to the service user group and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits of each.
- Specialist knowledge of dealing with complex cases in terms of multiple mental and physical health diagnoses, presentation and the effects of the environment.
- Knowledge of clinical evidence base and relevant literature.
- Experience in delivery of structured groups
- Experience of working with people with a range of mental health conditions and presentations including behaviour that challenges
- Knowledge of relevant legislation in relation to the service user group and mental health.
- Skills and Abilities
- Able to effectively communicate complex, highly technical and/or clinically sensitive information, orally and in writing, to service users, their families, carers and other professional colleagues both within and outside the NHS.
- Understanding of clinical risk management and the ability to manage this.
- Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups.
- Evidence of continuing professional development as recommended by the RCSLT.
- Ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to work with a high level of autonomy, within professional boundaries, seeking support from more senior clinicians where necessary.
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Good time management and prioritization skills
- Good presentation and teaching/training skills
- Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm, empathetic and professional manner.
- Experience of working within a multicultural framework of assessment, formulation and treatment/intervention
- Education and Qualification
- Recognised speech and language therapy qualification
- Registered with HCPC
- Registered member of the RCSLT
- Recognised post-graduate dysphagia qualification/accredited training
- Working at Proficient Level of the RCSLT Speech and Language Therapist Eating, Drinking and Swallowing Competency Framework (2025) or Level C of the RCSLT Dysphagia Training and Competency Framework (2014)
- Post-qualifying education/CPD in relevant areas (incl LD, forensic, autism etc)
- Membership of relevant CEN(s)
- Clear evidence of work-based learning to demonstrate specialist clinical skills.
- Significant post graduate experience of working in dysphagia with a range of client groups.
- Experience of speech and language assessment and treatment of service users across a range of specialist care settings, including Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Autism, Developmental Language Disorder, Acquired/Progressive Neurological Conditions, Forensic, and Dementia
- Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of compiling and using accessible information and appropriate range of IT skills to support this.
- Experience in conducting instrumental dysphagia assessment (e.g. videofluoroscopy, FEES)
- Knowledge of a range of assessment tools, therapeutic interventions/management strategies relevant to the service user group and an ability to compare and contrast relative
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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Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Band 7 Bank Speech and Language Therapist - Salisbury
The closing date is 14 September 2026
Job summary
We have an opportunity for a Bank Band 7 SLT to join the Trust Wide SLT adult inpatient mental health service on a Bank basis. Most clinical work will be based at Fountain Way Hospital in Salisbury.
You will work with a high degree of autonomy, providing specialist dysphagia and communication assessment and intervention on working age and older adult mental health wards, and training staff in screening and managing patients' swallowing and communication needs.
Experience in mental health or dementia is desirable. However, if you have a background in learning disability, autism, acquired/progressive neurological conditions and developmental SLCN, you will have highly relevant, transferable skills and will be considered if you demonstrate a passion or curiosity for further development in mental health. You will be involved in the supervision and training of newly appointed B4 SLT assistant practitioners and experience of supervision and support of junior staff would be important for potential candidates to demonstrate.
You will be part of the trust-wide SLT network, which organises regular CPD and professional support sessions.
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