Stroke Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role involves providing Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) services to the 14-bedded Willow Stroke Rehabilitation Unit at Bodmin Community Hospital. You will work as part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, contributing to high-quality stroke rehabilitation. The position also includes some community-based work with patients in North and East Cornwall. Key duties include assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment for adult stroke patients with communication and swallowing difficulties. You will work autonomously and collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team and external agencies.
Essential criteria
- Current professional registration - HCPC
- Professional qualification - SLT qualification at degree level or equivalent
- Dysphagia qualification or equivalent certified practice
Desirable criteria
- Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- Member of CEN related to clinical work
- Post qualification experience including management of stroke including independent dysphagia management
- Experience of working with and implementing AAC therapies
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of training others, including Speech and Language Therapy students
- Experience of working with voluntary agencies, charities and non-NHS bodies
- Education / Qualifications
- Current professional registration - HCPC
- Professional qualification - SLT qualification at degree level or equivalent
- Dysphagia qualification or equivalent certified practice
- Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
- Member of CEN related to clinical work
- Post qualification experience including management of stroke including independent dysphagia management
- Experience of working with and implementing AAC therapies
- Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience of training others, including Speech and Language Therapy students
- Experience of working with voluntary agencies, charities and non-NHS bodies
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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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Stroke Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a Stroke Specialist Speech and Language Therapist. You will provide Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) services to the 14-bedded Willow Stroke Rehabilitation Unit, currently based Bodmin Community Hospital You will work as part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, contributing to high-quality stroke rehabilitation. In addition, the role includes some community-based work with patients living in the North and East Cornwall locality.
Main duties of the job
- Delivering comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment for adult stroke patients experiencing communication and/or swallowing difficulties.
- Working as an autonomous practitioner, managing patients with both acute and chronic presentations.
- Collaborating effectively with the multi-disciplinary team and liaising with relevant care professionals and external agencies to ensure seamless patient care.
- Supporting the ongoing training and development of the MDT and partner agencies to promote best practice in stroke rehabilitation.
About us
We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and ment
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