Specialist Speech and Language Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Job summary

Would you like to join a forward thinking, innovative and nurturing team?

Are you ready to develop your skills in acquired communication, voice and swallowing impairments and stammering?

Come and work in a new post in our Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy Service. Based in beautiful Oxfordshire, there is also the added benefit of some remote working.

In this role you will be supported to

Provide high quality, evidence-based intervention

Work on real life goals to make a difference to the lives of your patients

Develop your skills supervising students/apprentices or managing Band 5 SLTs

Lead clinical projects with support

We are a supportive team with two well-being champions and we make sure to celebrate our successes along with sharing things that are more challenging. We are assisted by an experienced admin team and innovation is encouraged, with every team member having a voice and being involved and consulted in decision making.

We have yearly team objectives that everyone contributes to and would encourage your involvement in projects and audits.

Some cross-site working may be required, and applicants must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a car or other suitable vehicle. If necessary, adjustments can be considered in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Main duties of the job

  • You will manage your own clinical caseload across a variety of settings including clinics, care homes and patients’ own homes. You will have the opportunity to work remotely and face to face, offering triage, assessment and therapy to adults who have acquired communication, voice or swallowing impairments, or who stammer.
  • You will benefit from a dedicated clinical, managerial and peer supervision programme. We are a flexible service and have been successfully using digital sessions for training and professional collaboration as well as clinical sessions; allowing members of the team to utilize the benefits of remote working.
  • As well as team CPD sessions, you will have access to specialist clinics, such as video-fluoroscopy and voice clinics, and receive regular supervision and training from a voice specialist.
  • You can develop supervisory and managerial skills through training modules provided by the Trust and by supervising students/apprentices or managing Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists.
  • Post graduate experience and confidence in dysphagia management is essential.

Please see the job description and person specification attached to this advert for more information about the job role.

Continued professional development is available through our comprehensive learning and development catalogue, currently including Masters modules through Oxford Brookes University and leadership development courses, as well as a £1000 individual budget for external courses.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

  • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
  • Post graduate dysphagia training (internal or external)

Experience

Essential

  • Well established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions
  • Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to client group

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Negotiation and problem solving skills
  • Ability to organise workload and prioritise
  • Ability to be a good team member

Question 1

Essential

  • Describe a time where you have demonstrated negotiation and problem solving skills

Question 2

Essential

  • How do you approach organising and prioritising your workload?

Question 3

Essential

  • Give examples of when you have demonstrated skills for team working?

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: 22 November 2026

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.