Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Integrated Care System; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare organization in Rochdale is seeking a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist. The successful candidate will work with children aged 4-19 in special schools, providing specialized assessments and treatments. The role offers extensive training opportunities and a commitment to work-life balance. Applicants must be HCPC registered and have experience with children and young people with complex needs.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Robust management supervision

Great clinical support and training

Qualifications

• Registered as a Speech and Language Therapist with HCPC.
• Successful completion of a recognized training course or equivalent.
• Established knowledge of disorders and appropriate management.

Responsibilities

• Provide highly specialist triage and treatment for children with communication needs.
• Develop pathways for interventions in special school settings.
• Conduct training for staff on working with children with complex SEND.

Skills

Clinical Reasoning

Communication Skills

Team Leadership

Therapeutic Interventions

Self-motivation

Education

HCPC registration as a Speech and Language Therapist

Post-graduate qualification (Masters Degree)

Job description

Go back Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 25 August 2025

We're advertising an exciting opportunity for a B7 Speech and Language Therapist, working within Special Schools across the borough for children aged 4 - 19 with SEND

We are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with SLCN and are keen to recruit a dedicated, highly motivated individual.

We offer robust management supervision, regular team meetings, great clinical support and training opportunities. You will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills further via our Trust's Leadership For All programme. You will educate and enrich student learning experiences as a clinical educator. Evidence-based practice is embedded and CPD is actively encouraged. We work across education settings, clinics and children's centres with parents, carers, education staff and other professionals.

We are committed to prioritising work-life balance and well-being. The NCA offers a robust Flexible Working policy and S.C.A.R.F, a wrap-around support programme to look after your physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. Please speak to us about how we can accommodate any flexible working requests.

Clink on the link for a short video about working as a Speech and Language Therapist at Northern Care Alliance.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjTkm_vKeoc

Main duties of the job

• Take your place with us providing highly specialist triage, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment and discharge for children and young people with speech, language & communication needs.
• You will have the knowledge and skills to assess and treat children with a range of complex communication and health needs within the school environment.
• You will will support with the development of pathways and interventions for children & young people who attend a special school setting.
• You will develop and provide support and training to staff members in the settings to enhance their skills working with children with complex SEND.
• You will provide highly specialist support via clinical supervision, shadowing & second opinions for members of the team.
• You will liaise with the Team Lead about any issues in service delivery and develop plans to manage these.
• You will have excellent interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively with children and families, other team members and health/education staff.
• You will lead on service development using your highly specialist knowledge and skills, including the development of policies, processes and pathways to enhance quality of patient care, in liaison with the Team Lead.
• You will implement, monitor and evaluate new ways of working within the schools, including providing progress and impact reports on a termly basis.
• You will have strong presentation skills and deliver training about a range of communication difficulties.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications and Skills

• HCPC registration as a Speech and Language Therapist
• Successful completion of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists recognised training course (degree or equivalent)
• Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
• Knowledge of range of disorders, at undergraduate and postgraduate level, and their management appropriate to the post
• Established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions
• Good working knowledge of all areas of clinical governance including quality, audit & risk management
• Advanced clinical reasoning skills
• Self-motivated and able to lead and motivate others within a team
• Post-graduate qualification and experience to masters level /Masters Degree
• Member of relevant specialist interest group
• CPD and experience with children and young people in a special school setting
• Audit Experience own & others practice
• Contribution to service and staff development

Experience

• Experience of liaison with other professionals & partnership working within a school environment
• Experience of working within a team and independently
• Experience of working with children and young people with profound and complex learning needs
• Previous experience undertaking a senior clinical role
• Research & Development experience and/or awareness

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust