Band 7 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

Recruit by Nature; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Role-specific training

Supervision & professional learning

Wellbeing support

Counselling services

Career development

Job summary

Recruit by Nature is seeking a Band 7 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. You will deliver highly specialist paediatric SLT, support babies and young children with neurodisabilities, and coach families within a transdisciplinary team.

Full-time position with term-time options, salary £47,810-£54,710 FTE, plus benefits. The role includes travel to schools locally and across the region and requires HCPC registration and RCSLT membership.

Qualifications

• Qualified speech and language therapist with HCPC registration and RCSLT membership.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage paediatric communication and developmental needs.
• Deliver specialist assessment and intervention for babies, children, and families.

Skills

Paediatric SLT

AAC skills

Clinical reasoning

Family coaching

Education

SLT qualification

HCPC registration

RCSLT membership

Job description

Band 7 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist - Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22

Bring advanced paediatric speech and language therapy skills to a specialist child and family service in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22. As a Band 7 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, you will support babies and young children with complex neurodisabilities, develop communication and AAC provision, and coach families within a transdisciplinary team. Full-time and term-time arrangements offer different ways to combine specialist clinical practice with family-centred early intervention.

Employment Type

Permanent employed position. Full-year or term-time working arrangements are available. Full-time is preferred; part-time may be considered where it fits service needs.

Salary

£47,810-£54,710 per annum FTE, payable for a full-time, full-year contract. Term-time and part-time salaries are reduced pro rata to the agreed working year and hours. + benefits.

Benefits

• Role-specific training, supervision and shared professional learning
• Specialist colleagues across occupational therapy, physiotherapy and conductive education
• Supervision, professional development and clinical leadership opportunities
• Scope to contribute to early intervention service development
• Full-time or term-time working options
• Values-led development framework and support for staff wellbeing
• Access to counselling and wellbeing support

Working Hours & Shift Pattern

Permanent, full-time or term-time by agreement.
Therapy-centre base in Aylesbury, HP22.

• Deliver clinic-based assessment and intervention alongside family support
• Some local-authority work involves travel to schools locally and across the region
• 37.5 hours weekly: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 8:30am-4:30pm; Wednesday 8:45am-5:15pm; Friday 8am-4pm
• The agreed working year determines actual annual salary

Job Description

As a Band 7 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, you will deliver highly specialist communication assessment, intervention and family coaching within a child and family therapy service in Aylesbury. The caseload includes babies, toddlers and young children with neurodisabilities and complex developmental needs. Your clinical reasoning will help colleagues and families translate therapy goals into everyday routines. This charitable service offers allied health practice outside the NHS, within the wider private healthcare and independent therapy sector, combining advanced AAC work with early intervention and support for less experienced colleagues.

Key Responsibilities

• Assess complex paediatric communication and developmental needs
• Plan and deliver individualised, evidence-informed interventions
• Lead specialist AAC assessment, implementation and review
• Coach parents and carers as communication partners
• Integrate therapy goals into family routines and daily participation
• Contribute specialist clinical reasoning to transdisciplinary care
• Support eating, drinking and swallowing needs within your training and competencies
• Supervise and mentor colleagues, students and assistants
• Contribute to service development and quality improvement
• Maintain professional standards and safeguard children and young people

Essential Requirements

• Visa sponsorship can be considered for the right candidate. Therapists already working in the UK who need a change of sponsor are preferred. Candidates currently overseas are considered only in exceptional cases.
• Speech and language therapy qualification, HCPC registration and RCSLT membership or eligibility
• Significant paediatric experience appropriate to advanced Band 7 clinical practice
• Strong AAC skills and early-intervention experience with babies and toddlers with neurodisabilities; dysphagia experience is desirable
• Advanced assessment, intervention planning and family-coaching skills
• A collaborative, compassionate and reflective approach
• Confidence managing a complex caseload and a timetable of five clinic sessions daily, with documentation completed within sessions; ability to travel for school work. Appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check
• Also suitable for: Advanced Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, Band 7 SLT

Company Culture

As a Band 7 Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist, you will be part of a child- and family-centred team that brings different disciplines together around meaningful outcomes. Occupational therapists, physiotherapists and conductive educators work alongside SLTs, creating opportunities for shared reasoning and practical collaboration. The service values compassion, innovation, reflective learning and helping children participate more independently in family life.