# Speech & Language Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Colchester General Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32073.00 to £39043.00
- **Contract type:** 5 months (Fixed term until 31st March 2027)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-26T12:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-16T14:55:07.228Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8367891
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8367891?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.esneft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Community SALT team to join our amazing team.

This role is suitable for both newly qualified therapists and for those who are looking to gain experience working in a community setting working with a wide variety of different clinical presentations.

We have lots of collective experience between us and have excellent liaison with the acute SALT team and Essex university and 3rd sector organisations.

Provisional interview date - 30th October 2026

### Main duties of the job

You will be working in a range of settings including patient's own homes, nursing and residential homes and with inpatients at our Community Hospitals.

You will be very well supported with regular peer and personal supervision and there will be an expectation for you to complete your dysphagia and NQP competencies if this is needed.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Please do make contact if you wish to ask any questuons about the role in advance of your application.

It is anticipated that this post will also become permanent once we have approved recurrent funding.

### 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

### Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to use Word, PowerPoint, e-mail, Excel and Access (or similar spreadsheet or database packages

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge of approaches to assessment and interventions for people with LTC and prog neuro
- Knowledge of evidence based practice in relation to the client group.
- Knowledge of normal and abnormal swallowing
- Knowledge of environmental impact on communication and behaviours
- Assessment/knowledge of alternative/ augmentative communication systems

**Desirable**

- Awareness of change in NHS and current legislation

### Experience

**Essential**

- Experience of working in various clinical settings.
- Portfolio of CPD evidence relevant to post.
- Assessment of communication impairments by various means, including a range of standardised assessments
- Differential diagnosis of patients with multiple aetiologies
- Liaising with other agencies/other staff groups
- Experience working as a member of a multidisciplinary team
- Recognition of requirement for and means of accessing guidance/support

**Desirable**

- Bedside assessment of dysphagia
- Involvement in audit/clinical governance within SLT

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
- Eligible for registered membership of RCSLT
- Ability to travel to different places of work/driving licence.
- HCPC membership

**Desirable**

- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (R.C.S.L.T.)

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 152.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10695174)
- [staff networks (pdf, 252.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2724)
- [dbs information (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1262)
- [esneft values and behaviours (pdf, 74.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2146)
- [value of joining nhs pension (pdf, 125.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2404)

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