Experienced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary
Join our established Early Supported Stroke Discharge (ESSD) Team alongside our fantastic adult community Speech and Language Therapy Team.

South Derbyshire - ESSD - 0.4 wte
Amber Valley and Erewash - Adult Community SLT - 0.6 wte

About the role
We are looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join our established Early Supported Stroke Discharge (ESSD) team, delivering care across South Derbyshire, and also in the adult community SLT team across Amber Valley and Erewash.

This is a rare opportunity to be part of both our well established community SLT team alongside our established and highly regarded ESSD team across South Derbyshire. You will play a key role in enabling people to leave hospital earlier and recover safely and effectively in their own homes, delivering high-quality, evidence-based stroke rehabilitation.

What you'll be part of

• A supportive, friendly and progressive ESSD service and Adult Community SLT team
• The wider Stroke and Neurology Service and Speech and Language Therapy Service within DCHS
• A multidisciplinary team with a strong commitment to patient-centred, evidence-based care
• A service that places training, development and staff wellbeing at its heart

We welcome applications for the whole post as well as each part separately.

Main duties of the job
We are looking for an HCPC and RCSLT registered Speech and Language Therapist, with developed skills, working with communication impairments and dysphagia after stroke, as well as experience working with a community caseload including people with dementia and acquired neurological conditions. You will be able to demonstrate leadership skills in developing service provision and clinical pathways relating to these specialisms. You will have a commitment to providing a high standard of patient focussed care and be a strong team player, with the ability to lead and influence others.

You will be employed by Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS FT as part of their SLT service and as such have access to a team of colleagues with a range of skills and commitment to providing high standards of evidence based approaches, you will be supported by a SLT team leader.

We are a large and dynamic Speech and Language Therapy service of over 100 staff, working across all service areas in Derbyshire.

About us
Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

Details

• Date posted: 26 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pa, pro rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 842-SCS-7935-26
• Closing date: 09 November 2026

Essential experience

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification
• Relevant experience post registration, including dysphagia, stroke and long term conditions
• Registered member of HCPC
• Ability to move between community locations during the working day

Desirable experience

• Membership of relevant Clinical Education Networks
• Experience of supervising students and assistants. Feeding back to training establishments on performance

Essential skills

• Ability to understand and apply capacity/demand issues in service area to prioritise caseload according to levels of need and explain rationale for decision making to others
• Post graduate dysphagia experience
• Demonstrates ability to be a good team member providing mentorship, clinical supervision and second opinions

Desirable skills

• Experience in delivering training

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT
Address: Babington Health Centre, Derby Rd, Belper, DE56 1WH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: http://www.dchs.nhs.uk/

Contact for questions about the job
Adult Community SLT Team Leader, Helen Witts, helen.witts@nhs.net, 07786125467

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