Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Adults

NHS; Hereford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Wye Valley NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Specialist Speech & Language Therapist (Band 6) to work with adults in Hereford. The role covers inpatient and outpatient settings with opportunities to lead clinical training and contribute to audits and research.

Post requires a postgraduate qualification in dysphagia management and HCPC/RCSLT registration, with a strong track record in adult SLT and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy (or equivalent).
• Membership of RCSLT.
• Registered with HCPC.
• 3 years clinical experience.

Responsibilities

• Work with adult clients on wards at Hereford County Hospital, including Wye Stroke Unit.
• Provide outpatient clinic services at County Hospital, Sarum House, or other locations.
• Lead and participate in staff training, clinical audits, and research projects.

Skills

Complex communication

Theory to practice

Organisational skills

Dysphagia experience

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

RCSLT membership

HCPC registration

3 years clinical experience

Job description

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Adults

Band 6

Main area Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Adults Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 229-IC-8404727

Site Hereford County Hospital Town Hereford Salary £39,959 - £48,117 pa pro rata - Salary is dependant on experience Salary period Yearly Closing 19/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

Avacancy has arisen for an experienced Speech & Language Therapist who is looking to progress to a Specialist role.

We are looking for a clinician who has good experience of working with adults with disorders of communication & swallowing in both acute inpatient and community/outpatient settings.

The successful candidate will need to have a post-graduate qualification and experience in the management of dysphagia.

Main duties of the job

This role will involve working with adult clients on the wards at the County Hospital, on both Wye Stroke Unit and other inpatient areas. This role will also include working in an outpatient clinic settings, either at the County Hospital, Sarum House, or other location(s) as required.

There will be opportunities to lead & participate in training of other professionals, staff and carers, as well as in clinical audit & research, and other projects as required.

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details please see the attached job description & person specification documents via the links in this advert.

Person specification

Education & Qualifications

• High Level of general education, leading to entry to professional training
• Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
• Membership of RCSLT
• Registered membership of HCPC
• 3 years clinical experience

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities

• Ability to communicate complex and delicate information in a timely and sensitive way where there are frequent barriers to understanding and/or acceptance
• Ability to relate theory to practice
• Excellent organisational skills
• 1 year clinical experience in dysphagia

Experience

• Experience of managing own large and complex caseload
• Experience in working in a multidisciplinary environment
• Experience of leading clinical training

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.

Name John Swan Job title Professional Lead for Speech & Language Therapy Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07939 353829