NHS
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Overview
| Company Name | NHS |
| Job Role | Specialist Speech and Language Therapist |
| Qualifications | Not specified |
| Category | H |
| Job Type | Full Time |
| Location | Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom |
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and dynamic therapist to join our Speech and Language Therapy team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust on a permanent basis. The successful applicant will join the Stroke Team working both on the Acute Stroke Unit at King’s Mill Hospital and the Stroke Rehabilitation Ward based at Mansfield Community Hospital.
The stroke service covers weekends and therefore the successful applicant will need to work weekends is on a rota basis. This is a full time post.
You will be joining a forward thinking innovative team at an exciting time. The team has a focus on compassionate leadership, staff well-being and valuing every member of the team for their unique contributions.
Apply now to join our team!
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
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Details
Date posted
23 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
214-CSTO-8328500
Job locations
King’s Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification
- Health Professions Council – Licence to Practice
- Registered member of RCSLT
- Evidence of successful completion of short courses related to client group
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post-graduate experience in specialist area including experience with working with dysphagia and communication difficulties
- Experience of service planning.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of goal setting.
Desirable
- Experience with AAC
- Acute working
- Advanced Dysphagia Training
- Experience of delivering training
Knowledge
Essential
- Well established knowledge of assessment tools and treatment for specialist group
- Established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group)
- Specialist skills in dysphagia.
- Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Good presentation skills both written and verbal
- Demonstrates effective ability to prioritise a large caseload
- Demonstrates the ability to work well in a team and to see the benefits of teamwork
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group)
- Understanding of the principles of clinical governance/audit
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping
- Enthusiasm to become involved in new initiatives
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification
- Health Professions Council – Licence to Practice
- Registered member of RCSLT
- Evidence of successful completion of short courses related to client group
Experience
Essential
- Relevant post-graduate experience in specialist area including experience with working with dysphagia and communication difficulties
- Experience of service planning.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
- Experience of goal setting.
Desirable
- Experience with AAC
- Acute working
- Advanced Dysphagia Training
- Experience of delivering training
Knowledge
Essential
- Well established knowledge of assessment tools and treatment for specialist group
- Established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group)
- Specialist skills in dysphagia.
- Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Good presentation skills both written and verbal
- Demonstrates effective ability to prioritise a large caseload
- Demonstrates the ability to work well in a team and to see the benefits of teamwork
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group)
- Understanding of the principles of clinical governance/audit
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping
- Enthusiasm to become involved in new initiatives
Visa Sponsorship May be
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