Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Ridge Hill

Job overview

Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist – Stroke (Ridge Hill)

We are looking for a dynamic, motivated Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join our established Stroke Therapy Team, providing high‑quality assessment and intervention across the acute stroke unit and bedded rehabilitation unit.

This is a new and exciting opportunity for a therapist with stroke experience Confident in clinical decision‑making around dysphagia and communication rehabilitation to deliver high quality care across our Stroke pathway including a new specialised Stroke Rehabilitation Unit based in a community setting.

What we offer;

• A supportive, friendly, and specialist Stroke Therapy Team.

• Regular 1:1 supervision, competency‑based development, and access to stroke training.

• Involvement in innovative service redesign

• A positive working environment where your ideas and development are valued.

If you are enthusiastic about stroke rehabilitation and ready to take the next step in your SLT career, we would love to hear from you

Main duties of the job

Main Duties of the job

To provide an effective and efficient speech and language therapy service to adults in bed based setting. You will manage a specialist adult caseload in this clinical area. Duties will include providing a specialist level of clinical expertise in the assessment, treatment and management of adults with swallowing and/or communication difficulties, planning therapy programmes and discharge of patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities that the post holder is required to undertake