# Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Community Stroke Team

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wye Valley NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Wye Valley NHS Trust
- **Location:** Vaughan Building
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39959.00 to £48117.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-15T09:56:59.753Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8329926
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8329926?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Speech & Language Therapist to join our friendly Community Stroke Team. We provide community based assessment and rehabilitation across Herefordshire

You will be working as part of an skillful and supportive multi-disciplinary team alongside other Speech and Language Therapists, Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists and Therapy Support Workers/ Practitioners.

This is a countywide service therefore you will need to be able to fulfil the travel requirements of post.

### Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will assess, plan, implement and evaluate the delivery of speech and language therapy interventions withing the team's caseload. This will include communication and dysphagia. You will be part of the therapy service providing support following hospital discharge as well as longer term stroke rehabilitation.

We offer good support, supervision and opportunities for development, including the potential for externally funded courses. As a service we are innovative, forward thinking and encourage staff engagement. You will have the opportunity to be involved in service development/ quality improvement and develop leadership skills as well as supervising staff and engagement in student placement education.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view ‘supporting documents’ linked to this vacancy.

### Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Proven experience in neuro and voice
- Postgraduate Dysphagia Qualification & experience
- Participation in research

**Desirable**

- membership of CENs

### Professional knowledge

**Essential**

- Proven experience of independent caseload management
- Triage & prioritisation skills
- Experience of leading clinical training

**Desirable**

- training to care homes

### Leadership & Development

**Essential**

- Clinical leadership
- Supervision of junior staff
- CPD

**Desirable**

- Journal club

## Documents

- [wvt benefits (pdf, 621.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=1985)
- [job description (pdf, 120.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10696980)
- [slt band 6 css ps (pdf, 48.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10676475)

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