Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an opportunity for a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to work with adult acquired SaLT skills in acute and stroke in-patients at Salisbury District Hospital. The role is a full-time fixed-term contract, suitable for current Band 6 SaLTs or experienced Band 5 SaLTs with NQP and dysphagia competencies. Essential qualifications include a degree in Speech & Language Therapy and HCPC registration. The position involves autonomous assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of adults with swallowing and communication impairments.
Essential criteria
- Several years working as qualified SaLT working independently with adult patients
- Competency in assessing and treating adult dysphagia (& instrumental experience)
- Experience of assessing and treating adults with acquired communication disorders
- Experience of working in an NHS adult setting
Desirable criteria
- Understanding demands of working in an acute setting
- Demonstrating EBP and effective treatment
- Experience of providing training to other SLTs and Health Care colleagues
- Degree in Speech & Language Therapy
- Postgraduate qualification, or completion of RCSLT competencies, in adult dysphagia
- Registration with HCPC
- High standard of spoken and written English language
- Member of RCSLT
- Postgraduate training in instrumental dysphagia assessments
- Clinical Decision Making
- As qualified SaLT, experience of making clinical decisions appropriate to patients in NHS hospital setting
- Clinical Experience
- Several years working as qualified SaLT working independently with adult patients
- Competency in assessing and treating adult dysphagia (& instrumental experience)
- Experience of assessing and treating adults with acquired communication disorders
- Experience of working in an NHS adult setting
- Understanding demands of working in an acute setting
- Demonstrating EBP and effective treatment
- Experience of providing training to other SLTs and Health Care colleagues
- Degree in Speech & Language Therapy
- Postgraduate qualification, or completion of RCSLT competencies, in adult dysphagia
- Registration with HCPC
- High standard of spoken and written English language
- Member of RCSLT
- Postgraduate training in instrumental dysphagia assessments
- Clinical Decision Making
- As qualified SaLT, experience of making clinical decisions appropriate to patients in NHS hospital setting
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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Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
This is an opportunity to develop your adult acquired SaLT skills with acute and stroke in-patients in a busy NHS hospital setting, as part of a supportive SaLT team based at Salisbury District Hospital. This is a full time fixed term contract post. This post can be tailored to either a current Band 6 Specialist SaLTs looking to extend skills and experience , or to an current Band 5 SaLT who has worked for more than a year as a qualified SaLT in an NHS hospital setting and has already gained NQP and dysphagia competencies. Experience of working in an NHS adult in-patient setting is essential for all candidates.
Qualifications required include a degree in Speech & Language Therapy, and ideally postgraduate training (or qualification) in adult dysphagia. Registration with the Health & Care Professions Council is essential. Membership of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists is desirable.
Postgraduate experience includes autonomous assessment, diagnosis and treatment of adults with swallowing and communication impairments from a wide range of acquired neurological conditions including Stroke, in an in-patient NHS setting. The applicants must flexible, be able to use initiative well, have effective caseload management and good clinical d
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