Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist inPoole/Bournemouth inPoole/Bournemouth PUBLISHED 13 DEC 2023

Band 7: £26,245 to £30,033 a year p.a.  PERMANENT 
This is a part time post of 22.5 hours working within the Older Person's Mental Health wards at Alderney Hospital.

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare is working in partnership with The Princes Trust to support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we are offering an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support please do contact

We are looking for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our Adult Community Speech and Language Therapist Team! We welcome applications from experienced therapists with the opportunity to develop from a Band 6 to Band 7.

As a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist you will hold a caseload of complex cases, undertake independent assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations, where appropriate making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes. You will contribute to strategic and clinical development.

This is a part time post of 22.5 hours working within the Older Person's Mental Health wards at Alderney Hospital. Our service embraces flexible working as long as the service needs are met. You will sit within the Adult Community Speech and Language Team and be based on two older person mental health wards at Alderney Hospital.

If you have any queries or would like to meet the service and/or ward teams, please or call


Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

Manage leadership aspects providing supervision and education to the MDT and SLTs within the Adult Community SLT service.

Responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality person-centred services with a focus on integrated care which always considers people's safety, privacy and dignity.

Day-to-day leadership within a clinical team and / or specialist practitioners and other staff in the multi-disciplinary team.

To act as a champion for clinical standards and for continuous improvement in the service user experience.

To ensure the delivery of up-to-date evidence-based practice.

Contribute to the planning and design of services in line with Trust, locality, and government objectives to meet the needs of local people.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare is working in partnership with The Princes Trust to support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we are offering an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support please do contact

We are looking for a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our Adult Community Speech and Language Therapist Team! We welcome applications from experienced therapists with the opportunity to develop from a Band 6 to Band 7.

As a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist you will hold a caseload of complex cases, undertake independent assessment and management of service users to incorporate pharmacological considerations, where appropriate making complex clinical decisions regarding service user management and clinical outcomes. You will contribute to strategic and clinical development.

This is a part time post of 22.5 hours working within the Older Person's Mental Health wards at Alderney Hospital. Our service embraces flexible working as long as the service needs are met. You will sit within the Adult Community Speech and Language Team and be based on two older person mental health wards at Alderney Hospital.

If you have any queries or would like to meet the service and/or ward teams, please or call


Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

Manage leadership aspects providing supervision and education to the MDT and SLTs within the Adult Community SLT service.

Responsible for ensuring the delivery of high-quality person-centred services with a focus on integrated care which always considers people's safety, privacy and dignity.

Day-to-day leadership within a clinical team and / or specialist practitioners and other staff in the multi-disciplinary team.

To act as a champion for clinical standards and for continuous improvement in the service user experience.

To ensure the delivery of up-to-date evidence-based practice.

Contribute to the planning and design of services in line with Trust, locality, and government objectives to meet the needs of local people.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.



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