Children’s Speech & Language Therapist | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Peterborough seeks a newly qualified or experienced Speech and Language Therapist to manage a caseload of children with speech and communication difficulties. The ideal candidate should have relevant qualifications and possess strong communication skills, assessment techniques, and time management abilities. This role offers supervision and support as well as opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

CPD opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Must be a newly qualified or experienced Speech and Language Therapist.
• Experience with pre-school and school-age children preferred.
• Ability to manage therapy caseload independently.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage a caseload of children with communication difficulties.
• Conduct a range of assessments to identify needs.
• Plan and deliver intervention programs following guidelines.
• Maintain case notes and provide written reports.
• Collaborate with others involved in children's care.

Skills

Communication skills

Assessment techniques

Time management

Education

Relevant degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for a newly qualified Speech and Language Therapist or an experienced band 5 Therapist to work with our innovative and supportive team. Peterborough speech and language therapy service is a small team based in a diverse city that has convenient transport links. The service prides itself on supervision and support, CPD opportunities and the breadth of caseload experience/therapy we enable our therapists. Positive feedback from current band 5 Therapists reflects the welcoming team, the range of skills developed and the resilience required in an NHS role.

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life. Our clinical teams deliver NHS services in inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long-term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities. Please note we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications. We cannot offer sponsorship for all roles; if sponsorship cannot be offered, applications may be rejected from the process.

Responsibilities

• To independently manage a caseload of pre-school and school age children who have speech, language and communication difficulties.
• To undertake a range of assessments, both standardised and non-standardised, to identify presenting speech, language and communication needs.
• To plan, deliver and evaluate intervention programmes following professional guidelines and agreed service standards.
• As part of that process, to be able to plan appropriate long term and short term goals working towards discharge.
• To undertake administrative duties connected with the caseload including maintenance of case notes and provision of written reports, following service standards.
• To manage own time and prioritise workload.
• To ensure that all work is carried out in close collaboration with all those involved in children’s care so that the approach to intervention and support is co-ordinated and comprehensive.
• To identify when there is a need for a second opinion, referring to senior colleagues or SLT specialists as appropriate.
• To make onward referral as appropriate.
• To identify any variations to service delivery or demands and inform the Lead Practitioner of the likely impact on the service.
• The post holder may be required to attend meetings, supervision and/or deliver interventions outside of their usual area of work, if necessary, in order to deliver to the countywide service specification.

About the role and organisation

Regrettably, the advert contains no information on sponsorship for all roles. For further information on CPFT, please visit the website at www.cpft.nhs.uk. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

Closing information

This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Oct 2025.