Speech and Language Therapist
The closing date is 05 May 2026
Job summary
We are excited to be offering an opportunity to join our Speech and Language Therapy service in Ipswich and East Suffolk. Our integrated SLT service in East Suffolk delivers inpatient, outpatient and community services, and this role affords the opportunity to rotate through all service areas including acute inpatients, stroke (including ESD), ENT, community, and with adults with learning disability. It offers an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated clinician to join our innovative and friendly team based in Ipswich and East Suffolk. If you are due to qualify as a Speech & Language Therapist, or you are looking to move into a new role, this job could be for you.
We provide videofluoroscopy and FEES assessments to inpatients, outpatients and our community caseloads. Our department sits within the Integrated Therapies division and therefore have excellent links to our MDT colleagues, including shared CPD opportunities. All teams are supported by our SLT apprentices and assistants.
The service champions research, innovation and development. We are proud to support members of the team undertaking research fellowships and engage in quality improvement projects such as implementing EMST. The Trust is committed to developing leadership skills for staff at all levels.
Main duties of the job
- The purpose of this post is to provide a service to adults with communication and swallowing disorders arising from a range of conditions including stroke and degenerative disorders. This includes speech therapy assessment and interventions for patients in inpatient, outpatient and community settings, including direct 1:1 support, groups, devising therapy plans for assistants, and training/ education to staff and family.
- This is a rotational post, and the post holder will be based in either Ipswich hospital or Allington clinic, with expectation to travel whilst working in community rotations, necessitating lone working and travel between places of work across East Suffolk.
- The successful applicant will be well supported to develop their skills across a range of communication and swallowing disorders. We have an established preceptorship scheme and support newly qualified therapists to develop their dysphagia competencies and achieve their newly qualified competencies. We hold monthly communication therapy support sessions, and monthly CPD meetings to share learning.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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Details
Date posted
17 April 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
432-HR99-26
Job locations
Ipswich Hospital
Ipswich
IP4 5PD
Employer details
Employer name
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Ipswich Hospital
Ipswich
IP4 5PD
Employer's website
https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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