Band 6​/Locum Adult Community Speech and Language Therapist

Band 6/7 Locum Adult Community Speech and Language Therapist - Birmingham

Birmingham

Job Title: Locum Adult Community Speech and Language Therapist
Banding: Band 6/7
Location: Birmingham
Working Hours: Full-time/Part-time
Duration: 3 months
Rate: £28-34 per hour

Opening Paragraph: We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Band 6/7 Locum Adult Community Speech and Language Therapist to join our team in Birmingham. This role offers an exciting opportunity to provide specialist speech and language therapy services to adult patients across various community settings. If you have a passion for helping patients with communication and swallowing difficulties and possess the necessary expertise in neurological conditions, we encourage you to apply.

This position is available immediately, with both full-time and part-time options for a duration of three months.

Responsibilities: As a Band 6/7 Locum Adult Community Speech and Language Therapist you will be responsible for providing specialist speech and language therapy services to adult patients in a range of community settings, utilizing highly developed specialist practices underpinned by theoretical knowledge and neurological qualifications. You will manage a complex and diverse caseload independently, addressing communication and eating and drinking needs.

This includes transferring individual patients’ ongoing care to other agencies as appropriate and ensuring that the service provided is conducted in a professional, efficient, and effective manner. You will serve as a specialist resource of information for health and social care staff, patients, families, carers, and external agencies, offering advice, support, and guidance in the management of a range of neurological conditions.

Qualifications and Experiences:

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy and registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
• Proven experience in providing speech and language therapy services to adults, particularly in community settings.
• Strong clinical skills in assessment, treatment planning, and intervention for communication and swallowing disorders.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and staying updated with the latest advancements in speech and language therapy.
• Specialist knowledge and experience in managing neurological conditions.

Reasonable Adjustments: If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.