Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist

AFC Band 7 pro rota plus 5% High Cost Area Allowance

Weekly contracted hours:

22.5

Location:

Gravesham Community Hospital, Gravesend

Closing Date:

17/05/2026

Job Category:

HCRG - Allied Health Professionals

Service type:

HCRG - Community Services P1

Business Unit:

HCRG - North Kent

As a Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist, you'll be part of ourteam primarily based at Gravesham Community Hospital, Gravesend.

You will feel valued as a Speech and Language Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• AFC Band 7 Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions and a high cost area supplement of 5% of the basic salary
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing - from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our 'Outstanding' learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• Free tea, coffee, and milk at your base location
• An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care - backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding "good" or "outstanding" ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Are you a pro-active and innovative Speech and Language Therapist with leadership skills based in the North Kent area? Are you seeking part-time work 22.5 hours per week, looking to join an NHS Health and Social Care partner which is striving to make positive changes? Then apply now!

You will jointly lead our friendly and enthusiastic team based at Gravesham Community Hospital with another full-time Team Lead Speech and Language Therapist.

As a forward-thinking and innovative team, we are always striving to improve and develop our services and we enjoy supporting colleagues to put their ideas into practice. Over the past year we have worked hard to adapt the way we deliver our services during the pandemic, whilst continuing to provide evidence-based and person-centred care. A large proportion of our intervention is currently delivered via telehealth (phone and video consultations) and we have worked hard to find creative ways to ensure we are meeting patients' needs.

As a service we are supportive of a combination of hyrbid and face to face working, to help meet the needs of our patients and the service.

Gravesham Community Hospital is located a short distance from St Georges ShoppingCentre and is surrounded by well-known food establishments and local coffee shops making it an ideal base location.

You will work as Team Lead of the community Speech and Language Therapy team in North Kent.This includes planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Speech and Language Therapy Service on a day-to-day basis.

As a Speech and Language Therapist, you will provide assessment, diagnosis, therapy and advice for patients with acquired communication and swallowing disorders. You will support patients to reach their potential and live their lives to the full. You will be able to focus your clinical work in your area of interest and expertise. The team covers a wide-ranging patient caseload including neurological conditions, head and neck cancer, voice and dysfluency.

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification
• Registered member of Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
• Minimum of 3 years working with patients with communication and swallowing disorders caused by a range of aetiologies including use of a broad range of assessments and therapy interventions
• You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.