Specialist Speech and Language Therapist: Sponsorship Available

States of Guernsey

Job summary

About the Role:

The States of Guernsey are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join our Adult Speech and Language Therapy team in Guernsey. This is an exciting opportunity to provide specialist assessment, treatment and management for adults with speech, language, communication and swallowing (dysphagia) difficulties across acute, rehabilitation, continuing care, community and adult disability settings.

Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will manage a varied caseload, deliver evidence-based interventions, contribute to service development, and provide clinical leadership and support to junior colleagues and students. You will play a key role in promoting person-centred care, advocating for service users, and supporting high standards of clinical practice.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be supported to manage a clinical caseload and provide a

specialist service to adults with speech, language, communication and/or swallowing

difficulties in acute, rehabilitation, continuing care, and community settings (including Adult

Disability) across the Bailiwick of Guernsey.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Membership with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
  • Degree in Speech and Language Therapy with a Certificate to Practise
  • Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Registration with or suitability for States of Guernsey Public Health
  • Department as a Speech and Language Therapist
  • Evidence of post graduate dysphagia training qualification or evidence of competencies reached during undergraduate degree training equivalent to Level 5.2 on the Speech and Language Therapist eating, drinking and swallowing competency framework, 2025

Desirable

  • Membership with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
  • Degree in Speech and Language Therapy with a Certificate to Practise
  • Registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • Registration with or suitability for States of Guernsey Public Health Department as a Speech and Language Therapist
  • Evidence of post graduate dysphagia training qualification or evidence of competencies reached during undergraduate degree training equivalent to Level 5.2 on the Speech and Language Therapist eating, drinking and swallowing competency
  • framework, 2025

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 16 October 2026

To apply for this job please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk.