Wye Valley NHS Trust

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

The closing date is 01 September 2025

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Speech & Language Therapist to join our friendly Adult Team based at the County Hospital, Hereford. We have a part-time vacancy for someone to work in our Outpatient and Domiciliary teams, so if you have experience of Adult caseloads (especially voice, progressive neurology and swallowing disorders) we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will spend time in one of our Outpatient clinic settings in Hereford and also visiting clients at home, running your own complex caseload including dysphagia. You will also contribute to our well-regarded training programmes & initiatives and may have the opportunity to support more junior staff.

  • Manage your own complex caseload involving a mix of voice, neurology, dysphagia and some frail elderly clients in clinic and domiciliary settings including care homes
  • Contribute to departmental training programmes
  • Offer & receive clinical supervision
  • Complete clinical noting
  • Liaise with other members of the MDT and the client & family/carers
  • Take part in audit & clinical research
  • Support junior or less-experienced staff

About us

About us

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire University NHS FT, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute NHS Hospitals Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,000 people work for the Trust they tell us its a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time.

Details

Date posted

15 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

229-IC-7389090

Job locations

Hereford County Hospital & Community

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view supporting documents linked to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience in neuro and voice
  • Postgraduate Dysphagia Qualification & experience
  • Participation in research

Desirable

  • membership of CENs

Professional knowledge

Essential

  • Proven experience of independent caseload management
  • Triage & prioritisation skills
  • Experience of leading clinical training

Desirable

  • training to care homes

Leadership & Development

Essential

  • Clinical leadership
  • Supervision of junior staff
  • CPD

Desirable

  • Journal club
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Proven experience in neuro and voice
  • Postgraduate Dysphagia Qualification & experience
  • Participation in research

Desirable

  • membership of CENs

Professional knowledge

Essential

  • Proven experience of independent caseload management
  • Triage & prioritisation skills
  • Experience of leading clinical training

Desirable

  • training to care homes

Leadership & Development

Essential

  • Clinical leadership
  • Supervision of junior staff
  • CPD

Desirable

  • Journal club

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Hereford County Hospital & Community

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Wye Valley NHS Trust

Address

Hereford County Hospital & Community

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Employer's website

https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Professional Lead for Adult S<

John Swan

john.swan@wvt.nhs.uk

07939353829

Details

Date posted

15 August 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata, per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

229-IC-7389090

Job locations

Hereford County Hospital & Community

Union Walk

Hereford

HR1 2ER


Supporting documents

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