Person Specification

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with adult acquired communication disorders
• Experience of working in an adult acute inpatient setting
• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team.

Desirable

• Post-basic Dysphagia Experience

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Professional specific degree i.e., BSc speech sciences or Master’s in medical sciences
• Member of the Healthcare Professions Council
• Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.

Desirable

• Post-basic Dysphagia Training/Qualification

Personal Attributes & Skills

Essential

• Demonstrate evidence of ability to communicate complex conditions, and related information from assessments, to patients, carers, multidisciplinary team members, and other professionals
• Show evidence of excellence in written and verbal skills
• Demonstrate ability to coordinate, prioritise, and work co-operatively and harmoniously within a variety of teams.
• Show evidence of excellent timekeeping, caseload management, and patient flow
• Demonstrate self-awareness and reflection

Desirable

• Demonstrate well-developed concentration skills
• Demonstrate good presentation skills
• Demonstrate networking skills

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 01 May 2026