Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

1 week ago


Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Are you a highly motivated Speech and Language Therapist looking for a new challenge in a supportive environment? We have a great opportunity for an enthusiastic speech and language therapist to join our team in Gloucestershire on a fixed term contract to cover maternity leaves in stroke and brain injury services.


The fixed term post is covering 0.5wte in the brain injury team based out of Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and 0.5wte in the stroke, HASU and ASU wards in Cheltenham General Hospital.

It is a great chance to further develop your skills in the acquired brain damage including stroke.


Our team provides input to a range of specialities (including respiratory, neurosciences, acute frailty, head and neck cancer, brain injury, stroke and critical care).

We are a friendly, dynamic team with a strong focus on quality service development.

Our Band 6s have regular supervision including peer supervision sessions, and opportunities to develop specialist skills including those in FEES, VFS, and tracheostomy.

If this sounds like an opportunity for you please see our 'about us pack' or get in touch, we would love to hear from you


The post is suitable for an experienced Band 5 therapist or an established Band 6 therapist with a passion to develop and use their competencies in communication and dysphagia in these areas.

We welcome applicants who wish to discuss full-time, part-time, flexible working patterns, and those wishing to return to Speech and Language Therapy practice.


In return we offer:


A friendly and supportive working environment with a strong emphasis on continuing professional development through access to external courses, specialist clinical support, sharing good practice and effective team working including team away days to promote dynamic and quality assured practice,.

Opportunities to take part in research and quality improvement projects with support from the Trust Quality Improvement programme.

We have strong links with Universities and a commitment to student education.

We have a vibrant Diversity Network and inclusion is high on our agenda and reflected in our approach.

We strongly encourage those from diverse backgrounds to apply; we want to make sure our staffing is reflective of our communities so please come and chat to us.

We have great access to IT with laptops and mobile phones provided.

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a divers e range of services.

We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.


The annual NHS S taff S urvey gi ves our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.

For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues g ave us their views (58.5%).

It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative


Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West.

However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.


Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy.

The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs.

Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people's skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care.

So we want to know What Matters to You and that you will share our values and join us on this very important journey.

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

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