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Elysium Healthcare Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
The closing date is 04 December 2026
Job summary
Are you a Speech and Language Therapist looking to build or further develop your career in a highly specialist environment with complex and rewarding cases? Join Badby Park for 22.5 hours per week as a Speech and Language Therapist, where you'll manage a diverse caseload and deliver high-quality, person-centred care to residents with complex communication, tracheostomy and dysphagia needs. Whether you are a newly qualified Speech and Language Therapist seeking a supportive environment to start your career, or an experienced clinician looking to further develop your specialist expertise, this is an excellent opportunity to join a dedicated multidisciplinary team. You'll benefit from structured supervision, ongoing professional development and the chance to work with a highly complex neurological caseload, helping individuals achieve the best possible outcomes. In this role, you will take responsibility for your own caseload, with the level of autonomy and support tailored to your experience. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to assess, diagnose and treat communication and swallowing difficulties, including tracheostomy communication and dysphagia management, using both formal assessment tools and advanced clinical reasoning to support effective treatment planning. You will work closely wit
Main duties of the job
The role of a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist at Elysium Healthcare involves managing a diverse caseload, delivering person-centred care to residents with complex communication, tracheostomy and dysphagia needs, and providing high-quality therapy in a neurological rehabilitation setting. You will conduct assessments, diagnoses, and treatment plans for communication and swallowing difficulties, with a focus on tracheostomy and dysphagia management. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, engage with residents and their families, and contribute to training and service development. The role offers opportunities for professional growth through structured supervision and ongoing professional development, catering to both newly qualified and experienced clinicians. Your responsibilities will include safeguarding vulnerable individuals, ensuring effective communication, and potentially leading therapeutic group activities related to communication.
About us
Elysium Healthcare is a prolific healthcare provider operating with a workforce exceeding 8,000 across England and Wales. They specialize in a range of sectors, including Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and Children & Education. Elysium offers its employees numerous opportunities for professional growth through its vast network of over 80 services. Being a part of Ramsay Health Care, Elysium extends its reach across 10 countries, backed by a global workforce of over 86,000. Elysium is committed to promoting inclusive recruitment practices and safeguarding the welfare of service users within its care. Their dedication to quality care is supported by a comprehensive benefits package aimed at ensuring the well-being and professional development of employees, underlining their ethos of caring for those who care for others.
Details
Date posted
06 November 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience Salary expectations will be discussed at interview stage.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
1571729172
Job locations
Elysium Healthcare
Daventry
NN11 4NH
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
Are you a Speech and Language Therapist looking to build or further develop your career in a highly specialist environment with complex and rewarding cases? Join Badby Park for 22.5 hours per week as a Speech and Language Therapist, where you'll manage a diverse caseload and deliver high-quality, person-centred care to residents with complex communication, tracheostomy and dysphagia needs.
Whether you are a newly qualified Speech and Language Therapist seeking a supportive environment to start your career, or an experienced clinician looking to further develop your specialist expertise, this is an excellent opportunity to join a dedicated multidisciplinary team. You'll benefit from structured supervision, ongoing professional development and the chance to work with a highly complex neurological caseload, helping individuals achieve the best possible outcomes.
In this role, you will take responsibility for your own caseload, with the level of autonomy and support tailored to your experience. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to assess, diagnose and treat communication and swallowing difficulties, including tracheostomy communication and dysphagia management, using both formal assessment tools and advanced clinical reasoning to support effective treatment planning.
You will work closely with residents, families and carers, providing clear and compassionate guidance around complex communication, voice and swallowing difficulties. A key part of the role includes supporting tracheostomy care and weaning, as well as coordinating safe swallowing programmes in collaboration with nursing teams, kitchen staff and dietitians to ensure appropriate nutrition and care.
As your experience develops, you will have opportunities to contribute to training, education and service development across the wider team. Experienced clinicians will also support and supervise Speech and Language Therapy Assistants, contribute to annual appraisals and help develop the knowledge and skills of colleagues across the service. (These responsibilities will be supported and phased appropriately for newly qualified therapists.)
Other responsibilities:
- To have personal, professional and legal responsibility for own highly specialist caseload of residents, working as an autonomous practitioner, seeking support when needed.
- To select, use and interpret accurately the appropriate specialist tracheostomy communication and or swallowing assessments for own caseload. Assessment can include formal assessments (i.e. published assessments) and informal assessments e.g. own assessments, accurate perceptual analysis of residents’ speech together with transcription, detailed language analysis.
- To assess and differently diagnose tracheostomy, communication and swallowing difficulties arising from a variety of different complex conditions and to understand how diagnosis affects prognoses and thereby contribute to a medical diagnosis.
- To contribute actively to multidisciplinary teams and provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy input.
- To attend and contribute to relevant clinical and management meetings
- To work closely with residents, carers and families giving appropriate explanations of complex communication, tracheostomy, voice and/or swallowing difficulties.
- Ensure safeguarding of vulnerbale adults & children
- To work closely with kitchen staff, nursing staff and dietician regarding residents on swallowing programmes (with and without feeding tubes in situ) to ensure adequate nutritional intake and appropriate consistency of food.
- To demonstrate empathy with residents, carers, families and colleagues ensuring that effective communication is achieved.
- To assess the need for and, teach residents and carers in the safe and effective use of application of low – and high-tech communication aids.
- To teach therapy assistants and carers relevant swallowing or communication programmes for individual residents.
- To lead the therapeutic group activities that relate to communication.
- To persuade, motivate, negotiate and problem solve with residents, colleagues in the department, MDT and other professionals.
- To work with the Psychology team regarding complex capacity issues relating to residents with communication difficulties.
- To document correctly all relevant information, including care plans and care records.
- To refer to and action any therapy programmes from, the Assistive Technology Team working closely with OT.
- To lead on tracheostomy weaning, liaising with and referring to, ENT as appropriate.
- To provide written reports as required.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- HCPC registration
- Experience of managing a caseload involving assessment and treatment of dysphagia
- Experience of working with families
- Evidence of continuing Professional Development
Where you will be working:
Location: Badby Road West, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 4NH
You will be working at Badby Park, a specialist inpatient neurological rehabilitation and complex care service for people with neurological illnesses, acquired brain and spinal cord injuries.
You will work alongside side the multidisciplinary and clinical teams to deliver truly person-centred services where each individual is at the heart of everything. The service has extensive facilities to cater for specific needs for people over 18 years old, who have complex neurological care and rehabilitation requirements
What You’ll Get
At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:
- Competitive Annual Salary
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
- Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
- Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
- Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
- 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
- Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
- Pension contribution, to help secure your future
About your next employer:
Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure
Job description
Job responsibilities
Are you a Speech and Language Therapist looking to build or further develop your career in a highly specialist environment with complex and rewarding cases? Join Badby Park for 22.5 hours per week as a Speech and Language Therapist, where you'll manage a diverse caseload and deliver high-quality, person-centred care to residents with complex communication, tracheostomy and dysphagia needs.
Whether you are a newly qualified Speech and Language Therapist seeking a supportive environment to start your career, or an experienced clinician looking to further develop your specialist expertise, this is an excellent opportunity to join a dedicated multidisciplinary team. You'll benefit from structured supervision, ongoing professional development and the chance to work with a highly complex neurological caseload, helping individuals achieve the best possible outcomes.
In this role, you will take responsibility for your own caseload, with the level of autonomy and support tailored to your experience. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to assess, diagnose and treat communication and swallowing difficulties, including tracheostomy communication and dysphagia management, using both formal assessment tools and advanced clinical reasoning to support effective treatment planning.
You will work closely with residents, families and carers, providing clear and compassionate guidance around complex communication, voice and swallowing difficulties. A key part of the role includes supporting tracheostomy care and weaning, as well as coordinating safe swallowing programmes in collaboration with nursing teams, kitchen staff and dietitians to ensure appropriate nutrition and care.
As your experience develops, you will have opportunities to contribute to training, education and service development across the wider team. Experienced clinicians will also support and supervise Speech and Language Therapy Assistants, contribute to annual appraisals and help develop the knowledge and skills of colleagues across the service. (These responsibilities will be supported and phased appropriately for newly qualified therapists.)
Other responsibilities:
- To have personal, professional and legal responsibility for own highly specialist caseload of residents, working as an autonomous practitioner, seeking support when needed.
- To select, use and interpret accurately the appropriate specialist tracheostomy communication and or swallowing assessments for own caseload. Assessment can include formal assessments (i.e. published assessments) and informal assessments e.g. own assessments, accurate perceptual analysis of residents’ speech together with transcription, detailed language analysis.
- To assess and differently diagnose tracheostomy, communication and swallowing difficulties arising from a variety of different complex conditions and to understand how diagnosis affects prognoses and thereby contribute to a medical diagnosis.
- To contribute actively to multidisciplinary teams and provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy input.
- To attend and contribute to relevant clinical and management meetings
- To work closely with residents, carers and families giving appropriate explanations of complex communication, tracheostomy, voice and/or swallowing difficulties.
- Ensure safeguarding of vulnerbale adults & children
- To work closely with kitchen staff, nursing staff and dietician regarding residents on swallowing programmes (with and without feeding tubes in situ) to ensure adequate nutritional intake and appropriate consistency of food.
- To demonstrate empathy with residents, carers, families and colleagues ensuring that effective communication is achieved.
- To assess the need for and, teach residents and carers in the safe and effective use of application of low – and high-tech communication aids.
- To teach therapy assistants and carers relevant swallowing or communication programmes for individual residents.
- To lead the therapeutic group activities that relate to communication.
- To persuade, motivate, negotiate and problem solve with residents, colleagues in the department, MDT and other professionals.
- To work with the Psychology team regarding complex capacity issues relating to residents with communication difficulties.
- To document correctly all relevant information, including care plans and care records.
- To refer to and action any therapy programmes from, the Assistive Technology Team working closely with OT.
- To lead on tracheostomy weaning, liaising with and referring to, ENT as appropriate.
- To provide written reports as required.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- HCPC registration
- Experience of managing a caseload involving assessment and treatment of dysphagia
- Experience of working with families
- Evidence of continuing Professional Development
Where you will be working:
Location: Badby Road West, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 4NH
You will be working at Badby Park, a specialist inpatient neurological rehabilitation and complex care service for people with neurological illnesses, acquired brain and spinal cord injuries.
You will work alongside side the multidisciplinary and clinical teams to deliver truly person-centred services where each individual is at the heart of everything. The service has extensive facilities to cater for specific needs for people over 18 years old, who have complex neurological care and rehabilitation requirements
What You’ll Get
At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:
- Competitive Annual Salary
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
- Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
- Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
- Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
- Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
- Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
- 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
- Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
- Pension contribution, to help secure your future
About your next employer:
Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - HCPC registration
- - Experience of managing a caseload involving assessment and treatment of dysphagia
- - Experience of working with families
- - Evidence of continuing Professional Development
Qualifications
Essential
- - HCPC registration
- - Experience of managing a caseload involving assessment and treatment of dysphagia
- - Experience of working with families
- - Evidence of continuing Professional Development
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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
Elysium Healthcare
Address
Elysium Healthcare
Daventry
NN11 4NH
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
Elysium Healthcare
Address
Elysium Healthcare
Daventry
NN11 4NH
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Recruitment Team
Elysium Healthcare
Details
Date posted
06 November 2026
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience Salary expectations will be discussed at interview stage.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
1571729172
Job locations
Elysium Healthcare
Daventry
NN11 4NH
United Kingdom
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