This is a fantastic opportunity to join our Band 5 adult Speech and Language Therapy rotation programme. Developed through partnership working between the Adult Speech and Language Therapy services across the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care System (ICS) NHS organisations, these rotations offer our Band 5 SLTs a wide range of experiences and opportunities to develop skills in various settings and with different adult client groups. Joining the rotation programme will help to develop a strong understanding of the patient pathway, a unique and versatile skill set and encourage partnership working and clinical interests.
Each successful candidate will be employed by one of the four core services. You will be working with each service for a 9 month period before moving to your next rotational placement. All roles are permanent and at the end of your rotation you will return to your original place of employment. The four services offering the rotational posts are:
Acute adult acquired disorders inpatient setting (Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Community Intellectual Disabilities Team (Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
Adult Acquired disorders community team (Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
Rampton High Secure Hospital (Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
The main duties of the role vary depending on where you are in your rotation. Your will be focusing on an adult population in acute inpatient, high secure forensic services, and community acquired and ASD/ intellectual disability settings. Although the contexts differ, common duties are:
Assessment and formulation of the individual’s speech, language, communication, and dysphagia needs.
Developing advice & recommendations to enable others to care effectively for the individual.
Producing written advice and recommendation for a variety of audiences and develop inclusive communication documents relevant to your caseload.
Being involved in intervention relevant to your case load and deliver training for others to implement inclusive communication environments and safe and healthy mealtimes.
Working with families and carers in an inclusive manner.
Working collaboratively with your Speech & Language Therapy and multidisciplinary colleagues on supporting the individual.
Represent your clients and your profession in multidisciplinary meetings and be involved in the formulation of the person’s needs.
Supporting your team to facilitate student placement where appropriate.

TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire’s biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Allied Health Professionals within Nottinghamshire Health care are at the forefront of a range of multi-disciplinary, specialist services for people with complex needs, using their expertise around promoting recovery, enablement and positive risk taking, to add life to years, prevent relapse and reduce risks.
As a speech and language therapist you will provide preventative information and guidance, work to empower parents, carers, other professionals and agencies to support speech, language and communication skills as well as eating and drinking.
You will provide individual assessment, individual and/or group therapy and management, training, advice and liaison through a consultative and coaching approaches, as appropriate.
You will work as part of the wider multi- disciplinary team providing a high quality, effective, accessible, person and family- centred services through tailored packages of care, training and mentoring in the most appropriate setting, including the client’s home.
You must hold a relevant degree in Speech and Language Therapy and be registered with RCSLT and HCPC or be in your final year of training with the view to graduate by the end of the academic year.
You will be well supported by senior colleagues across these settings, with many opportunities for peer support. The role involves close work with colleagues from a range of disciplines and the post is supported by an assistant SLT. You will enjoy close links with our team and our SLT colleagues within the East Midlands, and benefit from excellent levels of support, supervision, IT and CPD opportunities.
You will be working towards your competencies and gaining your fully qualified status with HCPC and RCSLT at the usual time frames. The rotational posts are new to our services. You will be involved in shaping the scheme so it is a great opportunity for candidates who are interested service development. The posts are an excellent opportunity for individuals who are keen on developing core and specialist skills across a range of settings and client groups.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE POST, PLEASE CONTACT:

Sara Dibben: Sara.Dibben@nottshc.nhs.uk
Sally Wood: Sally.Wood3@nottshc.nhs.uk
Emma Dawkins: emma.dawkins@nhs.net
Heidi Keeling: heidi.keeling@nottshc.nhs.uk
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