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Job overview

King’s are inviting applications for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist vacancy at our Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) and Orpington Hospital.   The post offers a fantastic opportunity to work in a supportive acute inpatient team.  King’s offers high quality Band 6 rotations: a) Acute Medicine, b) Stroke, c) ITU/Respiratory/Surgery, d) Frailty and e) Neuro rehabilitation (on the Orpington Site). This post will commence in the Frailty rotation. 

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will provide Speech and Language Therapy within each clinical speciality, remaining within each area for 9 months.  This will allow the opportunity to develop a wide knowledge base and range of skills, alongside specified learning objectives and ring-fenced learning time to achieve these.  In addition, each rotation offers the opportunity to develop broader specialist skills, such as supervision of Band 5 therapists, and tracheostomy and videofluoroscopy competencies.

The acute SLT team works closely with the wider multidisciplinary teams.  The SLT service offers a comprehensive supervision and CPD structure with a range of opportunities for learning and participation in both self and service development. There is a strong emphasis on the management of both communication and swallowing difficulties and the impact of SLT within the acute setting. This post requires a flexible approach to working and will require the post holder to work as part of a rota’d seven day working pattern. We provide a weekly videofluoroscopy clinic.

King’s employs 30.9 wte Speech and Language Therapists across our Denmark Hill, Princess Royal and Orpington sites.  The PRUH Speech and Language Therapy Team has 11.5 wte from Band 5 to Band 8a.  The Speech & Language Therapy team were winners of the at King’s Stars 2019 Exceptional Team of the Year Award, recognising their outstanding contribution to patient care.

Working for our organisation

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.