Advanced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Adult Critical Care

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Healthcare Provider in Cambridge seeks an Advanced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for a fixed-term position supporting intensive care services. Responsibilities include providing specialized SLT input for patients in the adult critical care unit, leading service development projects, and managing coordination within the team. Applicants should have relevant qualifications and experience in critical care environments. The role offers a supportive workplace with various benefits including flexible working arrangements and development opportunities.

Benefits

On-site leisure facilities

Subsidized parking

Reduced cost bus travel

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in adult critical care settings.
• Ability to provide specialist SLT input to a defined caseload.
• Skills in managing workloads independently and prioritizing patient needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist SLT input to patients in adult critical care.
• Support service development and act as a resource for other therapists.
• Manage service coordination and operational tasks.

Skills

Complex disorder management

Independent workload management

Service development leadership

Education

Relevant Speech and Language Therapy degree

Job description

A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

A fixed-term/secondment (1 year) maternity leave position to support the provision of specialist SLT services within the general intensive care unit as a member of the adult intensive care team and the wider adult acute Speech and Language Therapy service. This a band 7 Advanced Specialist Speech and Language Therapy position but we welcome applications from band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapists who meet some but not all the essential criteria for the post.

Responsibilities include:

• To provide highly specialist SLT input to a defined caseload including patients with complex disorders in adult critical care, prioritising needs and managing workload independently.
• To support the Adult Acute and Adult Critical Care team leads in the development of services within this area of specialism, leading on delegated projects independently, and to act as a resource for other therapists.
• To provide cover for the Senior Specialist SLT in service and team co-ordination, operational management and representation at relevant forums as required.

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values – Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community – a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Student Visa Eligibility

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
• or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 18th January 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 26th January 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times. Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

This advert closes on Sunday 18 Jan 2026.