Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Stroke

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of our stroke service offering support to patients /families in our acute and rehab stroke wards in beautiful South Devon, with easy access to wonderful beaches and moors.

As part of our dynamic and fast paced stroke service the post holder will manage a caseload of adults with complex acquired disorders of speech, language, and swallowing following stroke.

The post holder will function as a core member of the stroke multidisciplinary team including doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, social services personnel, dietitians and discharge co-ordinators.

We are an innovative and motivated team within a supportive and collaborative environment that offers:

• Access to instrumental swallowing assessment - in particular our well-developed Fees service.
• 1:1 regular management supervision.
• Access to clinical supervision 1:1 and in peer groups.
• Joint working and second opinions with our clinical specialists.
• Regular opportunities for CPD
• A car owner/driver and current driving licence is essential or full access to a car for work purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and 2005).

To independently manage a caseload of patients on the stroke wards with complex speech, language, communication and swallowing (dysphagia) difficulties with reference to theory, published research and evidence, and agreed best practice.

To prioritise and respond to referrals, allocating to less experienced colleagues and exercising professional judgement based on clinical experience

Why Work With Us

You will be joining a well-established and experienced team of dynamic and enthusiastic SLTs and Support Workers who are dedicated to supporting staff and encouraging career development.

We work as part of an integrated care organisation, the first in the UK, serving rural and urban communities in South devon. The demography has a high elderly population.

We have a supportive clinical supervision and appraisal structure and regular CPD opportunities

Your SLT and MDT stroke colleagues hold a range of specialist knowledge and expertise and are open to new ideas or perspectives.

We provide well-led acute, community and specialist services to people from the local area and were one of the first to run therapist
-led FEES clinics in the UK.

• Date posted: 14 September 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pa pro rata
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 12 months
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: -FC&I
• Job locations: Templer ward, Newton Abbot Community Hospital, Newton Abbot, TQ12 2TS
  , United Kingdom

• To independently manage a caseload of in-patients with complex speech, language, communication and swallowing (dysphagia) difficulties with reference to theory, published research and evidence, and agreed best practice.
• To be responsible for triaging referrals to the Speech and Language Therapy service alongside SLT colleagues.
• To be responsible for ensuring patients safety regarding eating and drinking by assessing, monitoring and updating, and communicating details of safe practice to the patient, medical and ward staff, and carers, ensuring that recommendations are clearly documented
• To provide appropriate specialist stroke intervention and evaluate outcomes
• To make judgements about when to refer patients for instrumental swallowexamination considering the risks and benefits of the procedure.
• To prioritise and decide on appropriate highly specialised treatment programme , matched to…