Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary
A rare opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the team on Snowdon Neurological Rehabilitation Unit (SNRU) and Kite Unit. SNRU delivers level 2 neuro-rehabilitation to 14 inpatients. Kite unit delivers specialist neuropsychiatric rehabilitation to 10 inpatients.

As an autonomous practitioner, you will manage a varied caseload, providing high-quality specialist assessment and intervention for adults with communication and swallowing needs arising from complex acquired or traumatic brain injuries. In addition, you will provide patient/carer education, alongside supporting junior colleagues and contributing to service development on SNRU. You will be supported by the clinical lead inpatient SLT.

Working as part of a dynamic MDT, you will contribute to clinical decision-making, person centred goal setting and rehabilitation, ensuring safe and effective care throughout the patient journey.

This role offers the opportunity to consolidate and extend specialist skills in neuro rehabilitation while shaping high-quality SLT provision within a supportive and forward-thinking team.

Main duties of the job

• To work as an autonomous practitioner, providing specialist level of assessment, diagnosis, and provision of timely intervention and management of communication and/ or swallowing problems as a member of Snowdon Neurological Rehabilitation Unit (SNRU) and Kite Unit Therapy team.
• To collaborate and liaise with MDT colleagues to provide co-ordinated care to patients on SNRU/Kite Unit.
• To provide clinical supervision and/or line management, where appropriate to Band 5 SLT, band 3 and 4 Rehabilitation Assistants.
• Placement education role for SLT students.
• To contribute to client information, manage priorities, organise equipment/resources and liaise with other SLTs about continuing care following discharge.
• To contribute to the prioritisation of new admission and current caseload management to ensure that priority, high risk patients are seen urgently, following locally devised systems / timescales.
• To contribute, wherever possible, to the administrative processes that ensure the most efficient service delivery for clients.

About us
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.

Details
Date posted: 19 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year Based on Full Time hours
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 348-SSW-12923

Job description
Job responsibilities
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent.
• Registered member RCSLT.
• HCPC Licence to Practice.
• Post-graduate dysphagia qualification.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Western Community Hospital, Walnut Grove, Southampton, Hampshire, SO16 4XE, United Kingdom
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Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Hiring Manager, Emma Ladher, View email address on meeveem.com, View phone number on meeveem.com

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