Job summary
Join our dedicated team at King's Mill Hospital 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 Stroke Unit 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 King's Mill Hospital.

Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us
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.

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Details
Date posted: 13 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 214-CSTO-8171188
Job locations: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification
Knowledge
Essential

• Highly specialist knowledge underpinned by current evidence based practice
• Well-established knowledge of a broad range of assessments relevant to specialist client group and extensive knowledge of a range of appropriate specialist therapeutic interventions
• Proven application of current theories and practices on rehabilitation
• Highly developed specialist skills related to dysphagia management
• Evidence of strong commitment to team and partnership working, and leadership skills
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary and multi-agency
• Demonstrates flexibility of working and appropriate understanding of roles within a team
• Well-established negotiation, problem solving and conflict resolution skills
• Knowledge of current Department of Health policies
• Well-established knowledge of national policies, guidelines and procedures related to client group
• Demonstrates an understanding of Speech and Language Therapy services in the context of the wider NHS structure
• Established organizational skills and experience of caseload management in rehabilitation.
• Proven effective communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills
• Excellent presentation skills both written and verbal.
• Enthusiasm to become involved in new initiatives.

Qualifications
Essential

• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification.
• Additional postgraduate training up to master's degree equivalent.
• Health and Care Professions Council - License to Practice
• Registered member of RCSLT
• Post-graduate experience in specialist area

Desirable

• Masters Degree

Experience
Essential

• Demonstrates experience of working with this specialist client group.
• Experience of service planning, project management.
• Experience of working in the acute setting

Desirable

• Advanced post-graduate training in dysphagia
• FEES/VF competency
• Tracheostomy competency

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: King's Mill Hospital, Mansfield Road, Sutton in Ashfield, NG17 4JL, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.sfh-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Speech and Language Therapy Service Lead, Emma Dawkins, emma.dawkins@nhs.net, 07501681353

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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.