Speech and Language Therapist - Community Stroke Service
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
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Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust invites applications for a part-time Speech and Language Therapist Lead in the Community Stroke Service. The role is a shared post, 22.5 hours across three days, complementing the current lead’s days, with base sites at Pershore or Bromsgrove depending on address.
You will support SLT staff, lead service development, and provide supervision and education while managing a diverse caseload in the community setting.
Qualifications
- Recognised degree in Speech and Language Therapy and HCPC Licence to Practice.
- Registration with the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and relevant CPD.
- Active involvement in special interest groups and ongoing professional development.
Responsibilities
- Provide holistic assessment and evidence-based rehabilitation to stroke survivors.
- Contribute to development and evaluation of SLT practice within the service.
- Act as an expert on stroke patient management.
- Maintain accurate documentation in line with legal requirements and Trust guidelines.
- Demonstrate high-level SLT stroke skills and lead on service development.
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Education
Job description
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
The closing date is 11 November 2026
We are passionate about stroke and improving the quality of life for our stroke survivors. We are a creative, innovative and passionate team.
An opportunity has arisen to job share the current Band 7 SLT Lead role. The job would be to work 22.5hrs over 3 days to compliment 2 days worked by the current Lead. The post would be based either at Pershore or Bromsgrove dependent on the successful candidate's home address. We support flexible working, and the Trust is excellent in supporting well-being.
The ability to use your initiative, work proactively, demonstrate excellent communication and influencing skills, lead a team, manage and prioritise your own workload and respond flexibly to changing demands are essential requirements of the post.
As a trust we offer a robust induction period and continue to promote opportunities for development through 1:1 supervision session, peer working and in-service training.
Applicants must read the attached guidance notes before submitting your application for full understanding of Trust requirements.
Day to day, you will be supporting the SLT therapists to undertake comprehensive assessments and treatment of stroke patients with speech, language, voice, fluency and/or swallowing disorders. This will mostly be for stroke survivors within the community setting whilst the other Lead will be leading from our inpatient stroke rehabilitation unit. You will support with the more complex cases, supervise, coach and develop the speech and language therapists within the team. It is also expected that you will offer leadership, support and education to the wider team and lead on service development within this niche speciality.
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer;
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
- Wide range of supportive staff networks
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
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Provide holistic assessment and evidence-based rehabilitation to stroke survivors to enable them to achieve their best potential.
Contribute to the development and evaluation of the SLT practice provided by the service.
To act as a source of expertise on stroke patients management.
To maintain accurate comprehensive and contemporaneous documentation/patient records in line with legal requirements and Trust guidelines including personally generated clinical assessments/treatment requiring computer skills.
To demonstrate a high level of SLT stroke skills.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent
- Health Professions Council - Licence to Practice
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
- Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups
- Evidence of recent relevant CPD activities related specifically to the clinical area; to include evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses
- In‑depth post‑registration experience in the highly specialist area
- Extensive experience of designing and delivering training to a wide range of professionals in the relevant service area
- Expert in managing complex, diverse caseload independently and able to advise others
- Extensive experience of collaborative work with cross professional groups
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.
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Queen Elizabeth House/Princess of Wales Community Hospital
£49,387 to £56,515 a yearpro rata per annum
Permanent
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