Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 May 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £49,387 - £56,515 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 June 2026 |
| Location: | Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 8000206/214-CSTO-7858580-A |
Summary
Join our dedicated team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist and lead our Speech and Language Therapy Stroke service with passion and expertise! This role will provide strategic and clinical leadership across our acute and rehabilitation Stroke Units and Integrated Community Stroke Service.
Why Join Us?
• Diverse Clinical Experience: Oversee speech and language therapy stroke services across hyper acute, acute, rehabilitation stroke unit beds and Integrated Community Stroke Service.
• Lead and develop clinical stroke delivery, contributing to strategic leadership and innovation across acute and community services and regionally as part of the East Midlands Integrated Stroke Delivery Network and in line with national guidance.
• Innovative Research: Be part of the Pharyngeal Electrical Stimulation for Acute Stroke Dysphagia Trial (PhEAST) and regional stroke research network.
• Advanced Diagnostic Tools: Access to a weekly videofluoroscopy service and contribute to our emerging FEES service.
• Supportive Environment: Work in a team that prioritises exceptional patient care and staff well-being
If you are an experienced, motivated, and passionate Speech and Language Therapist looking to take the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you! Apply now to become a vital part of our team at Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for visa sponsorship. To find out which roles are eligible, please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
Skilled Worker visa: eligible healthcare and education jobs - GOV.UK
Home Office guidance has changed as of 9th April. Anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Monday 25 May 2026
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