Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist - Adult Community Team

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust

The closing date is 25 March 2026

Exciting opportunity for newly qualified or experienced Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join a supportive adult community speech and language therapy team based at Norwich Community Hospital. Gain experience working with people with a diverse range conditions and develop your skills in independently managing a communication and dysphagia caseload. Intensive support will be provided to the successful candidate to meet their dysphagia competencies with regular access to supervision and continuing professional development opportunities.

To provide Speech and Language Therapy assessment, differential diagnosis and treatment for adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders in a range of community setting including clinics, care homes and in patient's own homes.

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Please note, the selection processes at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right values and skills, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain watchful of candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn't accurately reflect their skills.

Apply now to join an organisation that has been awarded an Outstanding rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), the highest possible rating and the first stand-alone NHS community trust in the country to be awarded the title.

Please refer to the attached Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist - Adult Community Team job description and person specification for details of job description and main responsibilities.

• RCSLT recognised qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
• HCPC Registration
• RCSLT Registration

• Undergraduate clinical experience in adult acquired communication and swallowing disorders
• Clinical experience as a Speech & Language Therapist
• Caseload management

• Basic knowledge of assessment and therapeutic interventions for acquired communication and swallowing disorders.
• Good communication and presentation skills, both written and verbal
• Able to work within MDT
• Awareness of principles of clinical governance and audit
• Able to organise workload and manage time

• Able to identify with the Trust's commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults
• Able to empathise with patients who may have life changing, progressive and/or terminal medical conditions
• Willing to learn
• flexible and able to adapt quickly to demands of service

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.

Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust