Speech & Language Therapist - Community Stroke Services
The closing date is 30 April 2026
We are passionate about stroke and improving the quality of life for our stroke survivors. An opportunity has arisen to join our Community Stroke Team to provide 15hrs a week. We would tryto make your visits as logistically sensible as possible in supporting such abig county.
The job would be to work 15hrs over 2 days alongside your SLT colleagues, covering the Countywide Community Stroke Service within Worcestershire. We support flexible working, and the Trust is excellent in supporting well-being.
The ability to use your initiative, work proactively, demonstrate excellent communication and influencing skills, work within a team, manage and prioritise your own workload and respond flexibly to changing demands are essential requirements of the post.
As a trust we offer a robust induction period and continue to promote opportunities for development through 1:1 supervision sessions, peer working and in‑service training.
Main duties of the job
Day to day, with your SLT colleagues, you will be undertaking comprehensive assessments and treatment of stroke patients with speech, language, voice, fluency and/or swallowing disorders. This will be for the community setting. You will formulate individual programmes of rehabilitation using clinical reasoning and utilise a range of treatment skills, targeting realistic and measurable, patient‑led goals. It is also expected that you will offer support and education to carers/families and the wider team.
You will also need skills in advising, educating, motivating and counselling and providing patient‑centred care.
Benefits
* 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
* Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
* Flexible and agile working opportunities
* Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
* Wide range of supportive staff networks
* Health and wellbeing opportunities
Job responsibilities
Provide holistic assessment and evidence‑based rehabilitation to stroke patients to enable them to achieve their best potential.
Contribute to the development and evaluation of the SLT practice provided by the service.
To act as a source of expertise on stroke patient management.
To maintain accurate, comprehensive and contemporaneous documentation/patient records in line with legal requirements and Trust guidelines including personally generated clinical assessments/treatment requiring computer skills.
To demonstrate a high level of SLT stroke skills.
For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.
Person Specification
Experience
* Post graduate clinical experience of assessment, diagnosis and full case management of adults with communication disorders and dysphagia associated with stroke
* Fully independent in the management of dysphagia
* RCSLT Newly Qualified Practitioner Framework completed, resulting in full membership of the RCSLT
* Experience of delivering training to others
* Documented evidence of CPD
* Good range of clinical experience
* Experience of working within multidisciplinary teams
Qualifications
* Attainment of degree or equivalent giving eligibility to practice as a Speech & Language Therapist.
* Current HCPC registration
* Current full RCSLT membership
* I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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