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DCHS Foundation Trust; Repton CP; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust seeks two Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists for adult community services in Derby and South Derbyshire. Roles include assessments, therapy, and potential joint posts across community and acute teams.

HCPC/RCSLT registration (or imminent) is required with training in dysphagia offered during initial months. Applicants should be proactive, flexible, team-oriented and committed to evidence-based care for adults with acquired neurological

Qualifications

• HCPC and RCSLT registration or registration imminent.
• Experience with adults with acquired neurological conditions in community/hospital settings.
• Dysphagia skills and dysphagia management welcome.
• Commitment to high-quality, patient-focused care and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based speech and language therapy for adults.
• Carry out assessments and provide therapeutic interventions, including dysphagia management.
• Work across community and hospital environments within Derbyshire.
• Collaborate within a large SLT service and maintain professional standards.

Skills

Dysphagia management

Assessment & therapy

Evidence-based practice

Teamwork

Education

HCPC and RCSLT registration

Job description

Speech and Language Therapist | Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting opportunity for 2 Band 5 speech and language therapist posts in the adult community speech & language therapy team, based in Derby and South Derbyshire.

There are opportunities for 2 permanent posts, with the possibility of a joint post across community and acute teams in Derby.

We are looking for a proactive, flexible and enthusiastic SLT who demonstrates skill, knowledge and evidence-based management of adults with communication and swallowing disorders.

We can offer robust support and supervision to newly qualified SLTs and in-house dysphagia training which would be completed in the first few months of appointment.

Please note that as this is a community role, you are required to have a means of transport between community locations and patient homes during the working day.

We are looking for HCPC and RCSLT registered Speech and Language Therapists or a graduate with registration imminent or applied for with an interest in working with adults with acquired neurological and related conditions in community and hospital environments,

Applications from SLTs with skills in dysphagia management are particularly welcomed.

You will be confident in your abilities to deliver high-quality, evidence-based practice, with assessment and therapeutic experience and ideally some dysphagia management skills in this area.

You will have a commitment to providing a high standard of patient-focused care and be a strong team player.

As a clinical employee it will be your responsibility to ensure that your behaviour and values reflect those set out in the DCHS Way.

Please note that the interviews for these posts will be held on the 12th and 13th October 2026.

We are a large and dynamic Speech and Language Therapy service of more than 90 staff, working across all service areas in Derbyshire.

The Purpose and Activities of DCHS: Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.

This advert closes on Friday 25 Sep 2026