Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly and dynamic team in North Kent!

As a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist, you’ll be working as part of the NHS system in North Kent where we deliver community services to adults across Dartford, Gravesham, Swanley and Swale.

You will be based primarily in Gravesham Community Hospital where we have clinics available for outpatient appointments and also cover some community inpatient wards. Gravesham Community Hospital is located a short distance from St Georges Shopping Centre and is surrounded by well-known food establishments and local coffee shops making it an ideal location to be based from.

This is a full-time (37.5 hours per week) position and due to travel required for the role a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

Main Responsibility

As a Speech and Language Therapist, you will provide assessment, diagnosis, therapy and advice for patients with acquired communication and swallowing disorders. You will support patients to reach their potential and live their lives to the full. You will be able to experience working with patients with a wide range of diagnoses in order to develop your skills. There are opportunities to develop specialist skills in the areas where you are most passionate, for example working with patients with neurological conditions or head and neck cancer.

The Ideal Candidate

You will have a BSc Hons or recognised degree equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy and be a registered member of Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT).

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential.

You will also need to be confident using IT systems and be able to demonstrate working knowledge of Microsoft Office packages i.e. Outlook, Word, Excel.

Package Description

As a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist, you’ll be part of our valued team based at Gravesham Community Hospital in North Kent.

You will feel valued as a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• AFC Band 5 salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions, 5% High Cost Area Allowance
• Working for an organisation that has been shortlisted at the 2024 Nursing Times Awards in the Public Health Nursing category
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life’s emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing – from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our ‘Outstanding’ learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care – backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with most of our rated services holding “good” or “outstanding” ratings from the Care Quality Commission
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UK's leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We're committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We're a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, we’d love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit HCRG Care Group.

• Salary AFC Band 5 plus 5% high cost area allowance
• Frequency Annual
• Job Reference HCRGCG/TP/116242/14685
• Contract Type Permanent - Full Time
• Closing Date 20 April, 2025
• Job Category HCRG - Allied Health Professionals
• Business Unit HCRG - North Kent
• Location Gravesham Community Hospital, Gravesend, DA11 0DG, United Kingdom