Speech and Language Therapist
The closing date is 19 March 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, flexible Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join the acute SLT team at University Hospitals of Liverpool Group (UHLG) based at the Royal Hospital site.
If you have a strong interest in working with adults with complex conditions in a fast‐paced environment, then join our talented team! You will have the opportunity to work with complex general medical conditions, supported by expert practitioner SLTs across a range of clinical specialities including Frailty, A&E, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Respiratory and Critical Care.
We are a dynamic, supportive, and friendly team who are forward thinking and passionate about evidence‐based practice and service improvement. We lead a well‐established videofluoroscopy clinic for inpatients and outpatients and offer a fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES) service to inpatients on the ward.
We offer excellent clinical and professional supervision with access to dysphagia training in line with the RCSLT competency framework where you will be supported with ongoing development in complex communication and dysphagia. You will be encouraged to support service development through participation in projects. This post is suitable for newly qualified practitioners and experienced Band 5s, with personal development plans adapted according to experience.
Main duties of the job
To provide a Speech and Language Therapy service to inpatients who have communication and swallowing impairments in general medicine with access to supervision as required.
You will work as part of a fully integrated Multi‐Disciplinary Team alongside medical staff, nursing staff, Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Dietitians and other professionals to provide an optimum quality service for patients and their families.
Band 5 SLTs support with training of Band 3 and 4 Assistant Practitioners as well as the wider multidisciplinary team/support staff.
There will be development and training opportunities including completion of dysphagia competency‐based training and external courses with access to regular peer and senior supervision.
Commitment to continuing professional development by supporting/leading monthly CPD team events, peer supervision, attendance and presentation at internal and national courses.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities – from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award‐winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single‐site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Job responsibilities
This post will be subject to an enhanced disclosure check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Please see attached job description. This job description is intended as a general guide to the duties and responsibilities of the post and not a rigid, inflexible specification. It may be subject to revision to meet the changing needs of the service, following consultation with the post holder.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* BSc
* Registration with HCPC
* Member of RCSLT
Experience
* Of adult acquired disorders during training
* Experience of group work
Knowledge
* Sound theoretical knowledge of communication disorders
Skills
* Basic IT skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills, including observation, listening and empathy skills
* Basic dysphagia skills
* Organisational skills from previous work experience
Other
* Demonstrates motivation and enthusiasm
* Committed to personal development
* Awareness of own limitations and training needs
* Demonstrates empathy with patients, carers and relatives
* Can modify own behaviour / communicative style to suit the person and situation
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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