Speech and Language Therapist OCE | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 Pro Rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 February 2026 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 7HE |
| Company: | Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7702023/321-MRC-7702023-B6 |
Summary
Are you an enthusiastic and passionate Speech & language Therapist looking for a new development opportunity?
An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist (full-time or part-time) to join the neurorehabilitation team at the Oxford Centre for Enablement (OCE). The SLT will work collaboratively with our supportive multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality care to patients with complex brain injuries including prolonged disorders of consciousness and long-term neuro-disability. Dysphagia experience is essential.
The post holder will be a dysphagia-qualified Speech and Language Therapist working across neuro-rehabilitation / acquired brain injury and long-term neuro-disabilities. They will lead projects and developments in this area, and deliver specialist speech therapy assessment, planning and rehabilitation to patients with complex brain injury, covering both inpatients and outpatient services.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via theOUH YouTube channel.
· Be responsible for delivering specialist Speech and Language Therapy input to adults with complex acquired communication disorders and dysphagia as a consequence of traumatic brain injury and progressive neurological illnesses. They will identify, assess and diagnose communication / swallowing impairments and select the appropriate intervention approach for effective, evidence-based therapy.
· Work within the multi-disciplinary team and be involved in multi-disciplinary meetings, supporting planning of appropriate therapy and discharges from the unit.
· Make independent decisions about caseload management.
· Provide second opinions to less experienced colleagues.
· Gain extensive clinical experience and expertise to improve and further develop specialist skills through training, support and independent study.
· Independently receive students on placement for clinical teaching and supervision.
· Be responsible for the supervision of junior colleagues and assistants with support from senior staff as required.
· Provide necessary cover for the caseloads of other Speech and Language Therapists during periods of annual / sick leave.
This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Feb 2026
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