Adult Speech & language Therapist - Band 6

www.healthjobsuk.com - jobboard; Carshalton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking NHS Trust dedicated to delivering exceptional care. As an Adult Speech & Language Therapist, you will play a vital role in empowering patients with communication and swallowing difficulties. This position offers the chance to work within a multidisciplinary team, providing specialized assessments and interventions in community settings. You'll be at the forefront of evidence-based practice, shaping therapy programs tailored to individual needs. With a commitment to professional development and a supportive work environment, this role is perfect for those passionate about making a difference in patients' lives. Seize the opportunity to advance your career while contributing to a compassionate healthcare system.

Benefits

London high cost area supplement

Dedicated training schemes

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Support for underrepresented groups

Qualifications

• Experience in providing specialist SLT services to adults.
• Knowledge of risk assessment for communication/swallowing impairments.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist Speech and Language therapy assessment and treatment.
• Manage a clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
• Develop and provide SLT training within the department.

Skills

Evidence-based assessment

Communication skills

Clinical decision making

Differential diagnosis

Education

Undergraduate/Postgraduate level experience

Registered with Health and Care Professions Council

Registered with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Job description

Employer Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Epsom & ST Helier Town Carshalton Salary £25.89 - £41.43 pro rata Salary period Hourly Closing 31/08/2025 23:59

Adult Speech & language Therapist - Band 6

NHS AfC: Band 6

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.

At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values

Job overview

Investing in our patient community, empowering them to live well ‘ is the team vision which we work collectively to achieve.The Sutton Community Neuro therapy & Adult Speech & Language therapy service is a Multi disciplinary team offering specialist, comprehensive assessment & intervention.We work with adults in the Sutton area of South West London who have Neurological conditions &/or those with acquired communication, speech, eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.

Main duties of the job

· To provide specialist Speech and Language therapy assessment, differential diagnosis and treatment for a caseload of adult patients with acquired communication and/or swallowing disorders within community settings.

· To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures in the areas of swallowing and communication disorders.

· To hold and manage a specialist caseload and be legally accountable for all clinical decisions and professional actions, seeking advice from senior colleagues as appropriate

· To identify SMART goals and offer an appropriate therapy programme, taking into account the level of understanding, motivation, insight, level of support and self-management potential.

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to create a health and care system built around the people and communities of Sutton and continues to evolve through system-wide collaboration and co-creation. Through this place-based Partnership, we will ensure that the needs of people will be expressed and met locally in the place where they live.

To ensure confidentiality at all times, only releasing confidential information obtained during the course of employment to those acting in an official capacity.

· To comply with the Trust’s policies on diversity, the consumption of alcohol and non-smoking.

· To report all clinical and non-clinical accidents or near misses promptly and, when required, to co-operate with any investigation undertaken.

Principal duties to include:

• Provide highly specialist SLT services to adults referred to the community service.
• Provide specialist and multi disciplinary assessment of adults taking into account all necessary factors including premorbid skills and environmental factors.
• Provide differential diagnosis of the communication/swallowing impairment, clearly define strengths and needs, identify SMART goals and offer an appropriate therapy programme, taking into account the level of understanding, motivation, insight, level of support and self-management potential.
• Develop and provide SLT training within the department and to other professionals as well as to families/carers and SLT students (to degree level), SLT assistants and support workers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To demonstrate a well developed knowledge of paediatric therapy, underpinned by current evidence based practice.

· To manage a clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner.

· To develop the ability to reflect on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of a client’s communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.

· To use knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements / decision making for case management.

· To make appropriate differential diagnoses based on assessment findings.

Person specification

Skills

• Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
• Knowledge/experience in the use of evidence-based assessment and treatment approaches and practices
• Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
• Registered with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Knowledge of risk assessment for this client group

Experience

Our mission: ‘to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day.’

There’s never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.

Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.

We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.

FURTHER INFORMATION

**PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POSITION MAY CLOSE EARLIER THAN THE STATED CLOSING DATE IF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED. IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR THIS POSITION, YOU ARE ADVISED TO SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE**

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For new entrants into the NHS, your pay under the Agenda for Change or Medical & Dental Pay Bands, will normally be set at the minimum of the pay band as advertised.

If you apply for this position and do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.

ESTH values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusionwill lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Internal applicants from underrepresented minority groups are encouraged to seek development support such as work shadowing and interview skills coaching. Please contact the recruitment team for more information.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.