Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Neonates

Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in the UK is seeking a highly specialist Speech & Language Therapist to provide clinical support for neonatal services. You will work closely with an established multidisciplinary team at Hull Royal Infirmary, delivering expert assessment and treatment for preterm and sick neonates. Candidates should have significant experience in paediatrics. Opportunities for additional hours and Bank sessions may be available.

Qualifications

• Experience in paediatric speech and language therapy.
• Ability to work autonomously in a clinical setting.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert clinical support to neonatal services.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams.
• Lead delivery of highly specialist speech therapy services.

Skills

Paediatric assessment and treatment

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Neonatal care knowledge

Education

Relevant degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

A Vacancy at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

HIGHLY SPECIALIST SPEECH & LANGUAGE THERAPIST - NEONATES

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced paediatric speech and language therapist to provide expert clinical support to neonatal services at Humber Health Partnership.

You will be based at Hull Royal Infirmary working in the Level 3 Tertiary Unit, providing intensive input to preterm and sick neonates and their families.

You will work as part of an established MDT on the neonatal unit(s), working closely with other medical, nursing and AHP colleagues. You will provide autonomous specialist assessment, treatment and advice to inpatients for NICU and SCBU infants.

As part of the role, you will also provide 1 day a week of support to the neonatal units and MDT as well as other S&LT colleagues on the southbank (Grimsby and Scunthorpe).

This role will also link closely with community paediatric services provided by colleagues working in Humber Foundation trust (Hull), and support and supervision will be enabled, as well as links to wider neonatal networks.

Please make contact if you are potentially interested in this role and require more or less hours – there may be opportunities to explore additional Bank sessions or to cover part of the role.

To work within the Speech & Language Therapy Team to provide an efficient and effective service in line with the guidance of the Head of Speech & Language Therapy/Operational Lead for Children’s Therapies, The Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists (RCSLT), the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC), and Humber Health Partnership.

To coordinate and lead delivery of a highly specialist Speech & Language Therapy service in Neonatal care/acute paediatrics. To promote continuing professional development, evidence-based practice, clinical effectiveness, and audit/research activity. Advise and provide clinical support in the specialism to community SLTs and other professionals, as applicable.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Dec 2025