Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Neurorehabilitation


Company:	Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£39,959 - £48,117 per annum/pro-rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Oxford, OX3 7HE
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	20 Oct 2026
Closing date:	19 Nov 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are excited to offer a part-time Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist post (0.6 WTE, 22.5 hours per week) within our specialist neurorehabilitation and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) teams at the Oxford Centre for Enablement (OCE).

This unique split post includes two days per week at the OCE, working across our inpatient and outpatient neurorehabilitation services, and one day per week in the community supporting the AAC services in Oxfordshire.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop your specialist skills in neurorehabilitation and AAC while working within a supportive multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality care to patients with complex brain injuries and long-term neuro-disability.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and innovative Speech and Language Therapist who enjoys working collaboratively and is keen to develop their specialist skills.

If you are interested in this opportunity, we would love to hear from you. Please feel free to get in touch to discuss further.

The post holder will be a Speech and Language Therapist working across neurorehabilitation, acquired brain injury, and long-term neurological conditions. They will provide specialist assessment, intervention, and rehabilitation for people with complex brain injuries across inpatient and outpatient settings, and lead service development in this area.

One day per week will be dedicated to the Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) service within the Specialist Disability Service (SDS), providing predominantly domiciliary-based assessment and intervention for adults with acquired communication difficulties across Oxfordshire. The remainder of the role will be based at the Oxford Centre for Enablement (OCE).

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk

The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.

• Utilize specialist clinical skills to assess, diagnose, and manage a specialist caseload of adults with complex acquired communication disorders and dysphagia as a result of acquired brain injury and progressive neurological illnesses.

• To provide specialist AAC assessment and intervention to adults with communication difficulties across Oxfordshire, including developing personalised high- and low tech communication aid systems.

• Select and deliver high-quality assessmentsand evidence-based interventions to ensure effective therapy.

• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team (MDT), actively participating inMDT meetingsto support therapy planning and patient discharges.

• Independently manage a clinical caseload, prioritizing workload and making autonomous decisions regarding patient care.

• Provide second opinionsto colleagues as needed.

• Contribute to audit, quality improvement, and service developmentinitiatives within the specialty and across the wider SLT Department as needed.

• Take responsibility for providing clinical teaching and supervision to other healthcare professionals as required and with support from the Clinical Lead SLT for Neurorehabilitation. This may include hostingstudents on practice placement, delivering ward-based teaching and training, and supervision of junior colleagues and assistants.

• Provide necessary cover for the caseloads of other Speech and Language Therapists during periods of annual / sick leave.

• Collaborate with the SLTs across the stroke pathway to ensure continuity of care. This includes SLT colleagues working in the Acute Stroke Team, Early Supported Discharge (ESD) and the Oxfordshire Stroke Rehabilitation Unit (OSRU).

• Engage in continued professional development to improve and further develop specialist skills through training, support and independent study.

• To demonstrate good problem-solving skills with IT equipment.

This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026

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