Speech and Language Therapy Assistant (Outpatients and Stroke)

Job Summary

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is looking for an enthusiastic Speech & Language Therapy Assistant to join their integrated multi-disciplinary therapy team. This role will include working in a hospital setting with acute and rehabilitation stroke patients as well as in outpatient clinics and community settings, including domiciliary visits. You will be expected to work within a multi-disciplinary team supporting holistic treatments to patients under the guidance of a qualified Speech and Language Therapist, carrying out initial communication screens and supporting the Speech and Language Therapy team with running videofluoroscopy and FEES clinics. You will also carry out administrative and clerical tasks, including making therapy resources and stock-checking therapy supplies.

This role will involve working 3 days per week in the outpatient service and 2 days per week in the stroke service.

Full training will be provided and you will have access to regular supervision with a Speech & Language Therapist, monthly team meetings and regular training sessions to ensure you are well supported in this role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be involved in providing high standard care within our outpatient and stroke Speech and Language Therapy services.

They will closely work with the Therapists and perform a wide range of tasks to provide care around swallowing and communication for patients within the community and hospital setting. This will include liaising with patients, healthcare professionals and carers to support patient management.

They will support the team with administration and house-keeping duties.

They will monitor stock levels of swallowing assessment supplies and completing orders.

They will support running of instrumental swallowing assessments.

About Us

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

• NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt

Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice

Details

Date posted

19 January 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year pro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Job share

Reference number

362-ACS3SALT-01-26

Job locations

Heaton Norris Health Centre

Cheviot Close, Heaton Norris

Stockport

SK4 1JX

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Main Duties And Responsibilities

Complete administration tasks around new referrals and patient discharge including phone calls to patients/carers, completing onward referrals and updating the GP of current recommendations.

Liaising with patients, healthcare professionals and wards with regard to checking the tolerance of new swallowing recommendations.

Book patients for bi-weekly videofluoroscopy clinics and orga

nise and set up the clinics under the supervision of a Speech and Language Therapist.

Prepare the FEES clinic including decontamination of equipment.

Complete audits under supervision.

Under the direction of a qualified registered therapist assist with patient therapy activities.

To be able to accurately report back to the therapists any work undertaken.

Monitor stock and keep up-to-date with documentation i.e. filing and photocopying.

To assist patient with independent prescribed practice provided by qualified therapists. This will include providing daily communication and swallowing therapy to patients and communication groups.

To assist in communication screens when required.

To assist with other assistant duties across the wider therapies team as required.

To assist with administration activities such as processing referrals on relevant IT systems, taking telephone calls.

To be able to accurately report back to the therapists any work undertaken. To include timely live data collection in line with SSNAP and RCP standards and guidelines

Please see attached job description for further duties and responsibilities

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

Job Description

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Complete administration tasks around new referrals and patient discharge including phone calls to patients/carers, completing onward referrals and updating the GP of current recommendations.

Liaising with patients, healthcare professionals and wards with regard to checking the tolerance of new swallowing recommendations.

Book patients for bi-weekly videofluoroscopy clinics and organise and set up the clinics under the supervision of a Speech and Language Therapist.

Prepare the FEES clinic including decontamination of equipment.

Complete audits under supervision.

Under the direction of a qualified registered therapist assist with patient therapy activities.

To be able to accurately report back to the therapists any work undertaken.

Monitor stock and keep up-to-date with documentation i.e. filing and photocopying.

To assist patient with independent prescribed practice provided by qualified therapists. This will include providing daily communication and swallowing therapy to patients and communication groups.

To assist in communication screens when required.

To assist with other assistant duties across the wider therapies team as required.

To assist with administration activities such as processing referrals on relevant IT systems, taking telephone calls.

To be able to accurately report back to the therapists any work undertaken. To include

timely live data collection in line with SSNAP and RCP standards and guidelines

Please see attached job description for further duties and responsibilities

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

Person Specification

Essential

Education & Qualifications

• G.C.S.E. English
• Fluency in spoken English
• GCSE Maths
  
  

Knowledge

Essential

• Understand the day-to-day role of a Therapy Assistant

Maintain confidentiality/discretion

Able to tolerate sustained physical effort for the majority of duties (e.g moving and handling patients)

Prepared to carry out lone working in community settings.

Access to own car with a valid driver's license in order to travel across the locality of Stockport for domiciliary community working (or suitable alternative transport arrangements).

Person Specification

Essential

• Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the Service over 7 days
• Willingness to train as an Assistant and develop knowledge/skills
• Maintain confidentiality/discretion
• Able to tolerate sustained physical effort for the majority of duties (e.g moving and handling patients)
• Prepared to carry out lone working in community settings.
• Access to own car with a valid driver's license in order to travel across the locality of Stockport for domiciliary community working (or suitable alternative transport arrangements).
  
  

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heaton Norris Health Centre

Cheviot Close, Heaton Norris

Stockport

SK4 1JX

Employer's website

http://www.stockport.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Heaton Norris Health Centre

Cheviot Close, Heaton Norris

Stockport

SK4 1JX

Employer's website

http://www.stockport.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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