HCRG Care Group

Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 28 September 2025

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

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist in the Community service, youll be part of our valued team based at St Martin's Hospital in Bath.

You will feel valued as a Speech and Language Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

Salary of £37,338 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
Free tea and coffee at your base location
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist in the Community service, youll be part of our valued team based at St Martin's Hospital in Bath.

You will feel valued as a Speech and Language Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

Salary of £37,338 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
Free tea and coffee at your base location
Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Person Specification

General Requirements

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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.

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 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)