Specialist Speech & Language Therapist; Acute Stroke and Community

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist (Acute Stroke and Community)

The closing date is 27 January 2026

Are you ambitious and invested in developing your career as a specialist SLT?

A new opportunity has arisen for a Speech and Language Therapist to join our in-patient stroke and community team in Salford. We are a caring and supportive team and pride ourselves on the ethos of team working. This is a great opportunity for gaining experience working with patients across their journey from hospital to home.

Communication skills are vital, as are organisational skills and a flexible approach to everyday practice. The service is integrated with the acute SLT team  successful candidate will have strong links with the wider speech and language therapy service within Salford and have access to supervision, training and mentorship.

This post will require you to have specialist skills in managing adults with a broad range of acquired communication and swallowing difficulties and should be able to develop and deliver patient-centred treatment plans in order to support patients to achieve the best recovery that they can.

Within the community service, we offer domiciliary visits to patients who are in their own home, a care home or a clinic setting as determined by their need. We see a wide variety of patients including elderly care, patients with a range of acquired neurological disorders and dysfluency.

The role will also have dedicated time being part of the stroke team, based on the acute and rehab stroke wards. Salford Royal is the Greater Manchester Comprehensive Stroke Centre and is the busiest stroke centre in the UK, with approximately 5000 stroke pathway presentations per annum. The successful post holder will contribute to the weekend working rota and must be willing to adopt a flexible working pattern.

The role will include access to, and training in FEES and Videofluoroscopy.

There will Kako opportunities to be involved in and/or lead service development, quality improvement projects and/or research projects in these specialist[I] clinical areas. This can be supported by the NCA's dedicated Quality Improvement Team and Clinical Research Centre.

The NCA has a designated team delivering leadership development training and all clinicians are encouraged to incorporate this into their learning and development.

You should have a degree in Speech and Language Therapy and be registered with the HCPC.

We have a large team of speech and language therapists based at Salford based in hospital and community settings and have strong links with SLTs from across the NCA based within other care organisations.

Salford Royal is the largest of three hyperacute stroke centres across Greater Manchester and hosts the Greater Manchester Stroke Operational Delivery Network, which is a partnership of stroke care providers across the region, providing coordination of services, training'=>: , collaborative working and improvement of standards of care throughout the stroke care journey, from acute care through to rehabilitation and life after stroke.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers

• HCPC registration
• Degree in Speech & Language Therapy or recognised equivalent qualification
• Post basic training in dysphagia. Working at level C/Proficient in RCSLT competencies.
• Evidence of successful completion of relevant short courses
• Clinical Educator Training
• MRCSLT
• Training / Experience of videofluoroscopy
• Training / Experience of FEES

• Minimum 2 years post qualification experience of working with adults with acquired neurological conditions
• Experience of assessing and managing complex communication disorders, including AAC.
• Proven organisational skills including time management, effective delegation and prioritisation and the ability to complete a task.
• Ability to work boys with and motivate others within a team
• Ability to work autonomously within a clinical area with senior support.
• Flexible to meet the needs of the service
• Able to travel between sites.
• Teaching, Supervisory and Appraisal skills and experience
• Experience working in NHS
• Ability to speak another language relevant to the population of Greater Manchester/ Experience working with interpreters
• Participation in research
• Membership of relevant CENs/RCSLT hubs

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(priority) to check for any…