Bank B6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Community Neuro-Rehab


Company:	Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Salary:	£24.61 Bank Hourly Rate
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Epsom, KT18 7EG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Jul 2026
Closing date:	8 Aug 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Staff Bank are looking forBand6SpecialistSpeechandLanguageTherapist,CommunityNeuro-RehabTeam to work 22.50 hours per week, via bank

If you are interested and available please apply.

As a specialist SLT the post holder will be proactive in changing and developing services/policy within the service.S/hewillparticipateinresearch,auditanddevelopmentactivities within the departmentas required. Working collaboratively with colleagues, as well as health care and social service personnel s/he will regularly be involved in departmental service development.S/he will work independently within the framework of guidelines and policies.

The post holder will be an experienced and specialist SLT with relevant qualifications, competence and expertise in acquired swallowing and communication difficulties.This post will require specialist knowledge, skills and judgement across a broad range of disorders and client groups including stroke, dementia, traumatic brain injury and progressive neurological conditions.The post holder will have their own caseload and be responsible for providing a service to adults in the community including domiciliary visits, nursing homes, community hospitals and End of Life Care. The post holder may also provide input to our intensive Stroke Supported discharge Stroke service and to the community hospital neuro inpatient beds.He/she will work collaboratively with colleagues ensuring patient driven multi-disciplinary goal setting and evidence based intervention.S/he willneed to assess,plan andimplementindividual therapy programmes and advise adults presenting with a wide range of communication and swallowing problems. Educating carers, familymembers,otherprofessionals,supervisingstudentsandmentoringjuniorstaff,arealsoa requirement of the role.

Surrey Downs Health and Care (SDHC) deliver care closer to people’s own communities through our Primary Care Networks and our innovative partnership of local NHS organisations.

Surrey Downs Health and Care has a track record of providing person centric care that goes beyond organisational boundaries to do what is best for individual.

Working as a partnership means positive collaboration with all our partners and stakeholders.

Across Surrey Downs we work with a wide range of partners including health and care providers, local government colleagues, the voluntary, community and faith sector, patient representatives, service users and others. Everyone plays a part in helping us deliver care closer to people’s own communities, and improving the health of our communities.

· ProvidespecialistSLTservicesto adultsreferred to the communityservice.

· Provide specialist and multi disciplinary assessment of adults taking into account all necessary factors including premorbid skills and environmental factors.

· Provide differential diagnosis of the communication/swallowing impairment, clearly define strengths and needs, identify SMART goals andoffer an appropriate therapy programme, taking into account the level of understanding, motivation,insight, level of support and self-management potential.

· DevelopandprovideSLTtraining within the departmentand to otherprofessionals as wellas to families/carers and SLT students (to degree level), SLT assistants and support workers.

· Triageclientsreferredtotheservice,sothattherapyisgiventothoseidentifiedwiththe highest risk and need.

· Demonstrate skills in dealing with complex issues to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.

· Ensure that clients and relatives are involved with planning and implementation of their care plans wherever possible.

· Providespecificgoalsto be incorporated into a patient’sindividualrehabilitationprogramme.

· Designandimplementindividualspecialisttherapyprogrammesandevaluateoutcomes.

· DevelopeffectiverelationshipsforinformationsharingandservicedevelopmentwithGPs, social services and other members of the MDT at Poplars and in community hospitals.

· Demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice to measure progress and have informed discharge criteria.

· Undertakeresearchanddevelopmentactivities.

· Workaspartofthemulti-professionalteamprovidingintegratedservicesforadultswith acquired neurological disorders.

· Proposechangestoservices/policeswithinSLTdepartment.

· Maintain timely and accurate case notes and provide written reports reflecting specialistknowledge.

· Develop a working knowledge of relevant procedural and national/local drivers that impact on communitySLTincluding Vulnerable Adults,NSFforolderpeople,NationalStroke Strategyetc.

· Follow Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and Health Professional Council policies and professional codes of conduct.

· ConductPDRswithintheteamfor delegatedstaff,ifrequested.

· Supervisetheworkofassistantsandadviseandprovidefeedbackabout theirdevelopment.

· Maintainandberesponsibleforre-orderingstock/equipmentneededforthepost.

· Ensure that relevant data and information is entered onto the recording system and provide statistical information as required.

· Take responsibility for own CPD by attending in-service training, study daysand MDT meetings and by ensuring membership of appropriate local, national specialist interest groups.

This advert closes on Sunday 9 Aug 2026

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