Highly Specialist Childrens Speech & Language Therapist - £5000 Bonus

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Kettering; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS Foundation Trust as a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for Children with SEND, where you'll lead clinical teams and manage complex cases. The role offers flexible working and a supportive environment focused on staff wellbeing and professional development. A £5000 welcome award is included in the package.

Benefits

£5000 welcome award

Generous pension scheme

Health service discounts

Generous annual leave

Paid DBS Update Service Subscription

Qualifications

• Must have a valid UK driving licence and be able to drive to different locations.
• Experience with children and young people with special educational needs (SEND) is essential.
• Membership of RCSLT and registration with HCPC are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership to a designated group of Speech and Language Therapists.
• Manage a caseload of highly complex cases independently.
• Provide timely advice and integrated programmes within daily curriculums.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Problem Solving

Education

Speech and Language Therapy Degree

Postgraduate qualification related to Speech Therapy

Job description

Highly Specialist Childrens Speech & Language Therapist - £5000 Bonus

Band 7

Main area Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for Children with Special Educational Needs (SEND) Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week Job ref 270-TF603-ACS-E

Site St Mary's Hospital Town Kettering Salary £46,148 - £52,809 pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 12/06/2025 23:59

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our organisation in a newly developed role and team as a Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for Children with Special Educational Needs (SEND) and Clinical Lead.

Would you like to lead on this role within the speech and language therapy team? Are you keen to develop the service to incorporate innovation, best practice and learning?

Do you want to be able to work from home and from a clinical base? Would you like to thrive in an organisation that values staff wellbeing and invests in your development? If yes, then this role is for you.

Rewards and Benefits

• A welcome award of £5000 is offered for this post, payable within the first 18 months of employment! (Subject to T&Cs)
• Excellent learning and development to support you and develop your AHP career.
• Flexible working opportunities
• Paid for DBS Update Service Subscription

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to training and developing its staff not only with clinical skills but also in leadership and managerial skills.

You’ll also have access to our generous pension scheme and health service discounts, as well as generous annual leave plus bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

Working life

As a Highly Specialist Children's Speech and Language Therapist, you'll

• Provide clinical leadership to a designated group of S<’s
• Independently manage a caseload of highly complex cases
• Provide timely S< advice, reports and programmes to be integrated within the child or young person’s daily curriculum
• Utilise technology to enable you to update records as you go

The service aims to provide an excellent standard of care that supports patients across Northamptonshire. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support the service and balance clinical appointments with other responsibilities and allocate significant time for intervention in every role.

Must have skills

You will need to be adaptable and resourceful. You'll need to be well organised, confident and able to cope in diverse situations to deliver patient care. Leadership and management skills are also important, as with all nursing roles, communication skills, problem solving and good judgement are crucial.

You will have an induction period with shadowing and joint sessions, as well as regular peer group supervisions if applicable.

Join us and become part of Team NHFT.

Working for our organisation

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision to be a leading provider of outstanding compassionate care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent qualification.
• Member of the RCSLT
• Registered as Speech and Language Therapist with the Health Care Professions Council.
• Valid UK driving licence, access to vehicle and able to drive to different locations within working hours is essential.
• Experience of C&YP with SEND, EHC process and provision
• Experience in leadership/supervision activities.
• Member of relevant CEN.
• A post graduate qualification relating to speech and language therapy is desirable

Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge and application of SLT assessments and specialist interventions relevant to client group.
• Ability to work independently and organise a varied specialist caseload, meeting competing demands.
• Provide second opinions and supervision for therapists working with Children and Young People (CYP) with SEND
• Experience of delivering training

By completing an application you are giving authorisation for the transfer of your data. In submitting an application form, you authorise us to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR) Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process. Including factual reference, occupational health clearance and statutory and mandatory training records and full service history.

You must ensure that your application, including supporting statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.

Correspondence regarding your application will be sent to you via a TRAC system account.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; due to the high volumes of applications we receive we reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications.

We are an equal opportunities employer, which aims to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.

All roles are subject to the home office immigration rules and therefore eligibility must meet certain requirements for any sponsorship to be considered. Please visit the government website for more information regarding eligibility,

At NHFT we support many of our colleagues to work flexibly and we will consider requests for flexible working from day one. For this role, we are open to discussing a range of options including flexible hours, agile/home working, compressed hours and part time hours. Please have a conversation with the recruiting manager about the flexibility you need and we will promise to explore what is possible with you.

Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.

All posts that are engaged in a regulated activity will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and a DBS re-check on a three yearly basis whilst employed in such a role. Staff employed in these posts will therefore be asked to register with the DBS Automatic Update Service upon receipt of their DBS certificate and must update yearly , the annual fee will be reimbursed subject to Trust policy. For further information please visit: DBS Update Service: applicant guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note if a DBS is applicable for the position then a charge will be deducted from your first salary or upfront cost if a staff bank position.

Please note that all new starters to the trustare subject to a probationary period.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

Name Samantha Poulson Job title Service Manager for Children's Therapies Email address [e-mail]