# Adult Speech and Language Therapist - Community

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Bodmin
- **Region:** South West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Pro Rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-23T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-09T08:51:15.902Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cornwall/TBC/Cornwall_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Adult_Speech_Language_Therapy/Adult_Speech_Language_Therapy-v8142785
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8142785?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.cornwallft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist passionate about community-based care for adults with swallowing and communication disorders, across Cornwall.  The post will be based in St Austell.  This post offers excellent opportunities for candidates to develop skills across a wide range of conditions such as stroke, progressive neurological diseases, voice, dysfluency, and dementia.  You will join a highly experienced and supportive team, well-regarded by service users and multi-disciplinary colleagues, and supported by a team of support workers and administrators. The team works flexibly to provide intervention across outpatient clinics, home, video, and telephone appointments. You will also have opportunities to work with colleagues in the acute trust and specialists from other disciplines, social care, and the voluntary sector, with regular access to video fluoroscopy clinics and a new FEES Service.  We are committed to personal, professional, and service development. We hold regular service improvement and governance meetings, with working parties involving all staff.  We have regular supervision and appraisals, encourage self-directed learning, CEN membership and learning from others, including colleagues in other professions. We have also secured training for the whole team from national experts in response to developing clinical need.

### Main duties of the job

- To provide a specialist Adult SLT service, specifically to St Austell and surrounding areas in conjunction with other ASLT colleagues. In times of fluctuating demand the post holder may be required to work elsewhere in the East team or within the service.
- To manage a caseload of patients, including those with complex needs, using evidence based practice.
- To provide specialist Adult SLT assessment, diagnosis and treatment to adults presenting with communication and swallowing difficulties in hospital and the community setting.
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions as an autonomous practitioner, using independence of judgement and evidence-based practice.
- To liaise with multi-disciplinary teams and relevant care professionals and
- To provide on-going training to the multi-disciplinary teams and other agencies

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Post qualification experience including management of stroke and other acquired disorders including independent dysphagia management.
- Experience of working with and implementing AAC therapies.
- Experience of working with multi and uni disciplinary teams within community and/or hospital settings

### Skills and Aptitude

**Essential**

- Specialist skills in undertaking differential diagnosis, therapy planning and implementation of treatment.
- Ability to work competently with a range of patients from different diagnostic groups and complexities, seeking clinical support as necessary.
- Ability to implement excellent caseload management including appropriate admission to therapy, signposting to other services and discharge procedures.

### Knowledge and Abilities

**Essential**

- Understanding of clinical research

### Education / Qualifications

**Essential**

- Current professional registration –HCPC, RCSLT
- Professional qualification, SLT qualification at degree level or equivalent.
- Dysphagia qualification or equivalent certified practice
- Ongoing CPD ie. short courses, reflective practice, self- directed study related to clinical work.
- Professional qualification undertaken in English language or IELTS qualification

**Desirable**

- Member of CEN related to clinical work

## Documents

- [autism support (pdf, 38.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=977)
- [dyslexia support (pdf, 76.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1833)
- [parental entitlement (pdf, 300.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1834)
- [functional requirements (pdf, 116.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10441688)
- [recruitment complaints policy (pdf, 113.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=976)
- [band 6 speech and language therapist (pdf, 568.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10441687)

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