Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
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Role summary
Join a dynamic and supportive Adult acute inpatient team at Kettering [contact details removed] as a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist. This Band 6 role offers opportunities to broaden your skillset with a varied caseload including general medicine, neurology, and palliative care. You will be involved in the well-established Videofluoroscopy service and manage a caseload independently, assessing and treating communication and swallowing difficulties. The role encourages service improvement and professional development within a robust supervision framework.
Essential criteria
- oRecognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
- oHealthcare Professions Council (HCPC) Licence to Practice.
- oEvidence of successful completion of specialist short courses. e.g. Dysphagia
Desirable criteria
- oEvidence of successful completion of specialist short course related to progressive neurological diseases, respiratory conditions and elderly medicine.
- oMembership of relevant Special Interest Groups (national and local).
- Behaviours & Values
- oExcellent interpersonal skills: Able to listen well and counsel patients and carers.
- oAble to demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families and colleagues.
- oDemonstrates the ability to reflect on practice with peers/clinical supervisor.
- oExperience of mentoring/ supervising junior SLTs or SLTAs.
- Skill and Abilities
- oEvidence of clinical experience as qualified SLT in relevant field.
- oDemonstrates good analytical and reflection skills and Demonstrates well developed concentration skills.
- oCommencing independent management of more complex swallowing disorders.
- oRecognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
- oHealthcare Professions Council (HCPC) Licence to Practice.
- oEvidence of successful completion of specialist short courses. e.g. Dysphagia
- oEvidence of successful completion of specialist short course related to progressive neurological diseases, respiratory conditions and elderly medicine.
- oMembership of relevant Special Interest Groups (national and local).
- Behaviours & Values
- oExcellent interpersonal skills: Able to listen well and counsel patients and carers.
- oAble to demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families and colleagues.
- oDemonstrates the ability to reflect on practice with peers/clinical supervisor.
- oExperience of mentoring/ supervising junior SLTs or SLTAs.
- Skill and Abilities
- oEvidence of clinical experience as qualified SLT in relevant field.
- oDemonstrates good analytical and reflection skills and Demonstrates well developed concentration skills.
- oCommencing independent management of more complex swallowing disorders.
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
Band 6 job advert - KGH
Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Acute inpatient wards
Band 6 £39,959 to £48,117 pro rata
Would you like to be part of a dynamic, supportive and friendly team, who are forward thinking and passionate about evidence-based practice and service development?
We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to join our Adult acute inpatient team at Kettering [contact details removed].
This specialist Band 6 role provides a wide range of opportunities that are ideal for an SLT who wants to broaden their skillset. We work with a highly varied caseload which includes specialties such as general & elderly medicine, neurology, respiratory and palliative care.
Our department also delivers a well-established Videofluoroscopy service, and the role includes involvement within this instrumental pathway as part of our wider acute service.
Experience in dysphagia management is essential.
Main duties of the job
You will be an active member of the multidisciplinary team, contributing to service development, training and audit. You will also supervise and provide mentorship to junior colleagues, including Band 5 Speech and Language Therapists and SLT students.
You should be confident in managing a caseload independently, assessing and treating patients with a wide range of communication and swallowing difficulties. Service impr
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