Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

City Health Care Partnership CIC

Job summary

You’ll support people with communication and swallowing needs, helping them live more independently. You’ll work as part of a skilled speech and language therapy team delivering care across a range of community settings. This includes multi-disciplinary stroke services, clinics, home visits and a specialist outpatient videofluoroscopy service. Your work will make a real difference to people recovering from illness or living with long-term conditions.

Main duties of the job

What you’ll do:

  • Provide adult speech and language therapy across community and clinic settings
  • Support people with dysphagia and communication needs
  • Work closely with multi-disciplinary teams, including stroke services
  • Deliver care through clinics, home visits and specialist outpatient services
  • Contribute to person-centred care plans and ongoing support

What we’re looking for:

  • A qualified Speech and Language Therapist, or working towards registration
  • Interest or experience in dysphagia and communication support
  • Willingness to learn across areas such as stroke, frailty and neurodegenerative conditions
  • Ability to work well in a team and across different settings
  • A commitment to ongoing learning, with support from senior clinicians

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Post Graduate Diploma in relevant specialist area or Professional qualification to Degree level supplemented by specialist accredited training and experience in specialist field(s) equivalent to post graduate diploma level
  • Postgraduate Dysphagia qualification and/or evidence of competence at the specialist level on the RCSLT Dysphagia competencies
  • Current HCPC professional registration
  • Current RCSLT membership

Desirable

  • Leadership qualification/equivalent experience

Knowledge

Essential

  • Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation and guidance relevant to clinical and service area
  • Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
  • Specialist understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area.
  • Evidence of undertaking audits/surveys
  • Basic IT skills

Desirable

  • Member of specialist interest group/network, locally or regionally
  • Develop to advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area

Experience

Essential

  • Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
  • Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at a specialist level of care
  • Experience of multi-agency/professional working
  • Experience of case load management within specialist service area
  • Evidence of promoting/supporting active patient/relative involvement/participation

Desirable

  • Experience of complex case load management within specialist service area
  • Presentation skills/training experience

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: 27 July 2026

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