Experienced Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 32,000; Part time

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT is seeking an Experienced Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join the children’s team. The post focuses on children who stammer and provides a clinical service across education settings, nurseries, clinics and homes.

The role is 0.6 WTE, covering Chesterfield and North Derbyshire. The post requires HCPC registration, a recognised SLT degree, and specialist training in stammering, with opportunities for supervision and CPD.

Qualifications

• HCPC registration is required.
• A recognised degree in speech and language therapy is essential.
• Evidence of completion of specialist short courses relevant to the role.
• Membership of relevant CEN is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based SLT practice.
• Provide leadership and mentorship within the SLT team.
• Work across multiple locations with flexible caseloads.
• Collaborate with teachers, families and other professionals.
• Ensure patient-focused care and drive continuous service improvement.

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Leadership

Education

HCPC registered

Degree in Speech & Language Therapy

Specialist short courses

Membership of relevant CEN

Job description

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

Experienced Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

The closing date is 22 November 2026

We are a large and dynamic Speech and Language Therapy service of around 100 staff, working across all service areas in Derbyshire.

This exciting opportunity has arisen in the children's team and we are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced speech and language therapist with specialist skills in working with children who stammer.

The role will also provide a clinical service to children and young people with a range of communication difficulties in a variety of settings, including education settings, nurseries, clinics and clients' homes.

The role is 0.6 wte and covers the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire area.

Please contact the service if you wish to find out more about this role.

Main duties of the job

All our therapists work with children who have a wide range of speech, language, communication and eating and drinking needs. This post has an additional specialist area of interest in stammering. The post holder needs to have post graduate experience in this area.

The successful candidate will be a HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist and be mobile between locations.

They will be proficient in their abilities to deliver high-quality, evidence-based practice, with a proven ability to provide leadership and support within an SLT service.

You will work alongside a friendly team of SLTs, SLPs and SLTAs, with line management support from an SLT team leader, as well as having access to clinical supervision and relevant CPD opportunities.

You will have a commitment to providing a high standard of patient-focused care and be a strong team player.

About us

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression

Person Specification

Education and qualifications

• HCPC registered
• Recognised degree in speech and language therapy
• Evidence of completion of specialist short courses relevant to the role
• Membership of relevant CEN

Skills and Attributes

• Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills
• Good presentation skills both written and verbal
• Ability to understand and apply capacity/demand issues in service area and prioritise caseload, explain rationale for decision making to others
• Demonstrates ability to be a good team player, providing mentorship, and second opinions.
• Demonstrates leadership skills as well as ability to be a good team member
• Able to work as part of a Team
• Adaptable to change
• Enjoys problem solving and developing new ways of working

Additional requirement

• Access to transport and able to travel efficiently across the locations

Experience

• Experience of working with children with a broad range of SLCN
• Experience of working with children who stammer
• Experience of delivering training

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.

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT