Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

Ready for your next challenge?

Join our welcoming and forward-thinking Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy team in Gloucestershire, where you'll have the opportunity to broaden your clinical expertise while maintaining a positive work-life balance.

We're looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to work with a diverse adult caseload, supporting individuals with acquired communication and swallowing needs in community settings. This is a fantastic opportunity to work across outpatient clinics, community hospitals, care homes, or patients' own homes.

This is an especially exciting time to join the service. We are evolving through a programme of transformation and redesign, giving you a genuine voice in shaping future services and improving care for our local population.

We welcome applications from established Band 6 clinicians, as well as experienced Band 5 therapists ready to develop their skills. Flexible and part-time working options are available, enabling you to balance your professional ambitions with your personal life.

Main duties of the job

In this role, you will:

• Independently manage a varied and rewarding caseload of adults with communication and swallowing disorders from a range of aetiologies
• Deliver person-centred assessment, diagnosis, and intervention across diverse community settings
• Work collaboratively within an innovative, supportive, and experienced speech and language therapy team
• Play an active role in service development and quality improvement initiatives

You'll be part of a wider Adult SLT service spanning both acute and community settings, offering excellent opportunities for shared learning and collaboration.

Why Join Us?

We are proud of our supportive team culture and strong commitment to your professional growth and wellbeing. When you join us, you can expect:

• Comprehensive CPD opportunities and access to a wide range of training
• Structured supervision, including regular peer support sessions
• Opportunities to develop advanced clinical skills in areas such as FEES, VFS, and tracheostomy
• A clear pathway for career progression, supported through regular personal development reviews

Whether you're experienced in community working or keen to transition into this rewarding area, you will be supported every step of the way to grow, develop, and thrive.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted

29 June 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

327-26-516

Job locations

Southgate Moorings

Southgate Street

Gloucester

GL1 2DB

United Kingdom

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