Specialist Adult Speech & Language Therapist: Sutton Health & Care

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

The closing date is 08 April 2026

Adult Speech & Language therapist (SLT); Community, Sutton Health & Care, Band 6

Fixed Term contract ending on 31/03/2027, maternity leave cover

The SLT's work across Community Neuro & Adult SLT service, giving staff the opportunity to work as a Community MDT supporting each other & work towards our vision 'Investing in our patient community, empowering them to live well'.

To achieve this we work holistically, towards patient led goals, providing rehabilitation & intervention to maximise our patient's potential. This requires us to be patient centred & specialists within our field. Using evidence based practice & investing in our staff, so they have the knowledge, skills & training to provide this. We provide intervention based on clinical need, utilising each other's expertise & our rehabilitation assistants to maximise our intervention.

The team works with adult patients with acquired communication & swallowing difficulties, so being trained in dysphagia assessment & management is a vital aspect of this role, as is experience in rehabilitation. Visits take place in patients' homes, care homes & clinics, so staff need to be able to travel around the borough & work autonomously. Many of the team work flexibly; there is some degree of remote working. As a team we also feel it is important that we come together regularly for clinical support/supervision, development, communication etc.

This role is offered on a fixed term basis and does not include a contract renewal

The Sutton Community Neuro therapy & Adult Speech & Language therapy service is a Multi disciplinary team offering specialist, comprehensive assessment & intervention. We work with adults in the Sutton area of South West London who have Neurological conditions &/or those with acquired communication, speech, eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.

The service has various pathways which enable us to deliver intervention to meet our patients' needs. Community Neuro provides intervention to Stroke survivors (including an Stroke Supported Discharge response) and other complex Neuro conditions, such as PD, MS and MND.

The needs of our patients vary widely & our services offer rehabilitation, enablement & disability management interventions dependant on the patients' needs & goals.

We offer specialised multi-disciplinary therapy assessment & intervention to patients in order to promote quality of life & independence, by preventing inappropriate hospital stays, maximising rehabilitation, recovery, and self management.

Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy (ACSLT) provides adults with acquired communication, speech, eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties, assessment & intervention to educate, train, rehab, enable &/or manage their condition alongside their carers & other professionals.

Therapists are expected to work flexibility across the pathways.

Sutton Health and Care is an innovative partnership of providers working across Sutton (GP Federation; Local Authority; Mental Health Trust and Acute Trust) to provide integrated services for the local community. As partners we have the exciting opportunity to put the shared vision for how health and care can be delivered into reality through the implementation of a service model for the provision of community services (adult and children) that truly integrates health and care, physical and mental health and primary and acute care.

We are committed to working with each other and commissioners to co create a model which, when implemented, will transform the experience of the people who use services in Sutton and fit the vision of the Sutton Health and Care Plan and the national NHS Long Term Plan.

We firmly believe that the partnership will drive transformational change to the benefit of patients and the local health and care system, getting the system to deliver better person centred outcomes and financial sustainability.

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification.

The recruiting team reserve the right to close this advertisement early once applications reach maximum limit.

• To be able to travel around the borough effectively & efficiently
• Current Driving Licence
• Access to a car for work purposes

• Relevant degree or post graduate diploma in Speech Therapy
• Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered.
• Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Competent to independently manage and appropriately treat clients with complex dysphagia needs
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Training in the Lee Silverman Voice Therapy approach

• Demonstrate specialist post qualification experience with an adult caseload with dysphagia and communication needs
• Relevant experience (including with Adults) as a B5 SALT
• Experience in teaching/training and supporting other health professionals and colleagues
• Experience of working in a community setting
• Videofluoroscopy experience.

• Able to demonstrate evidence based clinical practice and use of outcome measures
• Effective written and spoken communication skills
• Ability to work independently
• Basic computer skills

• Flexibility and able to cope with change

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.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

£44,485 to £52,521 a year pro rata, per annum Incl. HCAS (Outer)