Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- 3 months (Bank contract)
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week
- Job ref
- 848-BHC-286-26
- Employer
- Bromley Healthcare
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Beckenham Beacon
- Town
- Bromley borough
- Salary
- £33,262 - £36,027 Inclusive HCAS per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 15/10/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/10/2026
Employer heading
BANK Band 4 Speech and Language Therapy Assistant - Adult Services
Band 4
Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing (e.g., district nursing, health visiting, specialist nursing) and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Stemming from the community provider unit of NHS Bromley, we boast extensive experience in serving the Bromley populace over many years.
Working at Bromley Healthcare offers a fulfilling experience. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS, such as robust training and development opportunities, with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.
Employees of Bromley Healthcare whose role maybe at risk will receive priority consideration.
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Job overview
BANK Adult Speech & Language Therapy Assistant
Band 4 - £33,262 - £36,027 Inclusive HCAS per annum pro rata
bank - adhoc hours
An opportunity has arisen to join our Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy (ASLT) team as a Bank Band 4 Adult Speech and Language Therapy Assistant in Bromley.
We are a supportive and friendly team who will work with adults with a range of communication and swallowing disorders including voice and dysfluency. We also have specialist SLT services such as an outpatient Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of swallowing (FEEs) service. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to support provision of SLT services to adults within the Bromley Healthcare services with a range of conditions such as Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease and Motor Neurone disease.
This post would suit a motivated person with prior experience in an SLT team or assistant role, or someone looking to develop skills working as an Adult SLT assistant. Driving is an essential requirement of this job. You will be provided with training appropriate for the role and we have a highly developed internal supervision structure.
Please see attached job descriptions and person specifications for further details. Possession of a valid UK driving licence and use of a car for work is essential.
Main duties of the job
Please see the attached job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities relating to this opportunity
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for full details and a full person specification relating to this job role
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good Literacy Verbal Skills
- Current UK Drivers Licence
- GCSE A – C Maths or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Basic Life support
- Manual handling training course
- Speech and Language Therapy Training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in an administration role
- Experience of working with Speech and Language Therapists
- Experience of working with adults with communication or swallowing difficulties
- Experience of working in a team environment.
Desirable criteria
- Past experience of working in the health care environment.
- Experience working within MDT triage or FEEs service
Specific Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to work independently/without direct supervision
- To have a good standard of written and oral communication skills.
- Able to prepare accurate written information and correspondence
- To be able to communicate with adults who may have difficulties with understanding.
- Able to priortize own workload
- To have good communication and organisational skills.
- Able to travel around the community to support ASLT services and patients
Desirable criteria
- Experience working as and AHP assistant
- Service development experience
- Experience of MDT triage
Information Technology
Essential criteria
- To have good skills with use Microsoft Office
- Good IT skills to input medical records, data on spreadsheets and to use on line ordering systems
- Able to keep electronic records in timely manner
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using EMIS
- Experience of using databases and spreadsheets
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Adam Chevin
- Job title
- Adult Speech and Language Therapy Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
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