Job summary
Whether you are a dedicated Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist or a passionate and experienced Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist looking to progress, we have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and dynamic Speech and Language Therapy team in BaNES!
The Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy Service provides inpatient and outpatient services to adults living within Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES) and aims to maximise long term independence, choice, and quality of life, by allowing patients to leave hospital earlier, prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and reduce or minimise the need for on-going support after the period of intervention, improving quality of life.
The Speech and Language Therapy Service are a supportive and innovative team who like to keep on top of evidence-based practice and new techniques for intervention. We benefit from having a professional lead to ensure quality standards for our service are kept high, and we pride ourselves on keeping ahead of the game wherever possible. We embrace change, are highly supportive and actively seek opportunities to improve our skills and expertise in order to provide the best possible service for our clients.
As an organisation, we aim to support a healthy work life balance by offering hybrid working. Your main base location will be St Martins Hospital in Bath with some opportunity to work from home.
This is a fixed-term opportunity (12 months to cover maternity leave).
Main duties of the job
The role willinvolve:
- Independently managing a caseload and providing skilled and specialised evidence based Speech and Language Therapy to adultswith a wide range of communication and swallowing difficulties in a variety of settings
- Engaging with the services triage system, to ensure referrals are managed in a time effective way and service users are given the best advice, as quickly as possible
- Assessing and differentially diagnosing service users complex communication and swallowing difficulties, developing and implementing clear treatment plans, including comprehensive discharge plans from the service
- Providing evidence-based interventions, including intensive dysphagia and aphasia intervention
- Providing advice, training and education to others regarding the management and care of adults with communication and swallowing difficulties
- Demonstrating high levels of communication skills with service users, their families, carers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team
- Providing supervision as required
- Providing support to our Speech and Language Therapy Assistant
- Assisting with managing waiting lists
- Referring for videofluoroscopy examinations
Please refer to the attached job description for a full list of role responsibilities.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Details
Date posted
11 September 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£37,338 to £44,962 a year
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
HCRGCG/TP/40134/16895
Job locations
HCRG Care Group
Bath
Avon
BA2 5RP
Employer details
Employer name
HCRG Care Group
Address
HCRG Care Group
Bath
Avon
BA2 5RP
Employer's website
https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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