Clinical Specialist - Speech & Language Therapist | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 28 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 27 February 2026 |
| Location: | Gillingham, ME7 5NY |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7768933/380-FR0611-A |
Summary
Band 6 Speech and Language therapist to work in the Community Brain Injury Team (CBIT).
The Community Brain Injury Team provides high-quality neuro-rehabilitation to address the physical, psychological and social consequences of brain injury.
The speech and language therapy postholder will work embedded within CBIT to provide specialist speech and language therapy assessment and intervention to optimise the communication of the service users. Colleagues will be an occupational therapist (team lead), physio, psychologist, rehab worker and admin support.
Applications are welcomed from staff currently employed by other NHS Trusts on a part-time basis. You may work across two Trusts, subject to the condition that your total aggregate working hours across both employers do not exceed the standard full-time working week of 37.5 hours. We will require you to work 15 hours with us though.
- To provide expert speech and language therapy assessment and
rehabilitation to service users of the Community Brain Injury Team (CBIT)
- To provide a consistently high standard of goal-orientated treatment
programmes for patients with complex neuro-rehabilitation needs.
-To ensure excellent communication and guidance to the clinical team,
patients, carers and families on the communication needs of the person to optimise their recovery and function.
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
This advert closes on Wednesday 11 Feb 2026
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