Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Community
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 13/08/2026
- Closes
- 13/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust. The role is split between the Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team (CNRT) and the Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy Service. The postholder will support adults with complex communication and swallowing needs in various community settings. You will work within an integrated multidisciplinary team, providing person-centred assessment and management to maximise independence and quality of life.
Key responsibilities
- Deliver speech and language therapy to adults with communication and swallowing difficulties, covering a wide range of diagnoses.
- Provide person-centred, goal-focussed assessment and management.
- Assist in service development, including quality improvement initiatives and audits.
- Support students on placement and deliver training programmes.
- Work across both the Community Neuro Rehabilitation Team (CNRT) and the Adult Community SLT Service.
Essential criteria
- Recognised degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent qualification
- Current registration with HCPC
- Post graduate certificate in dysphagia (or equivalent substantial experience and experiential training to demonstrate skills)
- To be eligible for Certified membership of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. ie.to have completed all NQP competencies
- Evidence of post graduate training/CPD in areas of acquired neurological communication and swallowing disorders
- Experience of carrying out specialist assessment and intervention within area of acquired neurological communication and swallowing disorders.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
- Experience of supervising and giving feedback to others e.g. students, qualified staff and rehabilitation assistants.
- Knowledge and experience of a wide range of approaches to neurological assessment and rehabilitation.
- Ability to prioritise, delegate and organise with excellent time management skills.
- Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Skilled in the use of IT, including Microsoft 365 and Apps/programmes used in the assessment, treatment and management of clients with communication difficulties.
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Job summary
Join us in transforming rehabilitation and community care.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivatedBand 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapistto join our services working across theShropshire, Telford and Wrekin Community and Hospitals NHS Group.
This splitroleprovidesthe opportunity to work across both theCommunity Neuro Rehabilitation Team (CNRT)and theAdult Community Speech and Language Therapy Service. The postholder will support adults with a wide range of complex communication and swallowing needs in community clinics, patients' homesand wider community settings.
The successful candidate will become part of an integrated multidisciplinary workforce, working alongsidea team of friendly, experiencedspeech and language therapists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, psychologists, assistant practitioners and administrators to deliver high-quality person-centred rehabilitation and care.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will bebased in Shrewsbury and willprovide servicesacross Shropshire,Telfordand Wrekin.The post includes three days within the CNRT and two days with the Adult Community SLT Service.
You willdeliverspeech and language therapy to adultswith communication and swallowing difficulties.Yourcaseload will cover a wide range of diagnoses including stroke
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