Paediatric Advanced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a passionate Speech and Language Therapist to join their acute paediatric and neonatal team. This role offers the chance to work within diverse specialist areas and focuses on providing expert assessment and intervention. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in managing communication and feeding needs and will thrive in a collaborative Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) environment. This rewarding opportunity supports ongoing professional development in a pioneering healthcare setting.

Benefits

On-site leisure facilities

Subsidised parking

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience with paediatric and neonatal assessments.
• Ability to provide outpatient SLT services.
• Experience in complex clinical presentations.

Responsibilities

• Manage an inpatient caseload for communication and feeding needs.
• Provide SLT services to various clinic settings.

Skills

Expert assessment

Intervention for developmental communication

Ability to work in an MDT

Education

Relevant Speech and Language Therapy qualification

Job description

Overview

A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Are you a passionate and skilled Speech and Language Therapist looking to take the next step in your career? Due to some new funding, we’re offering a fantastic opportunity to join our dynamic, friendly and highly supportive SLT service at Cambridge University Hospitals, working within our specialist acute paediatric and neonatal team.

There has never been a more exciting time to join us. We are preparing for our move into the ground-breaking Cambridge Children’s Hospital—the first dedicated children’s hospital in the East of England. This pioneering centre will bring together mental and physical healthcare with world-leading research, creating an inspiring environment for clinicians and families alike.

Our acute paediatric and neonatal service spans the entire hospital, giving you the chance to work closely with a wide range of specialist teams including ENT, gastroenterology, intensive care, neonatology, neurology, respiratory medicine and surgery. As an integral member of the MDT, you’ll play a key role in delivering truly holistic, patient-centred care.

Responsibilities

• In this advanced specialist role, you will independently manage a defined inpatient caseload, providing expert assessment and intervention for children with a broad spectrum of developmental and acquired communication and feeding/swallowing needs.
• You will provide an outpatient SLT service to ENT clinic, Complex Airways and Long-term Ventilation Clinic and the Cleft infant feeding service.

About the service and role

Our acute paediatric and neonatal service spans the entire hospital, giving you the chance to work closely with a wide range of specialist teams including ENT, gastroenterology, intensive care, neonatology, neurology, respiratory medicine and surgery. As an integral member of the MDT, you’ll play a key role in delivering truly holistic, patient-centred care.

In this advanced specialist role, you will independently manage a defined inpatient caseload, providing expert assessment and intervention for children with a broad spectrum of developmental and acquired communication and feeding/swallowing needs. You will provide an outpatient SLT service to ENT clinic, Complex Airways and Long-term Ventilation Clinic and the Cleft infant feeding service.

Development and support

We are committed to your ongoing development. You will have exceptional opportunities to deepen your acute paediatric skills, including training in instrumental swallowing assessment and exposure to complex, varied clinical presentations. You’ll be supported by an experienced team lead and advanced specialist colleagues, ensuring you feel confident, encouraged and empowered in your practice. We place a strong emphasis on psychological safety —creating a culture where every team member feels valued, heard and confident to speak up, share ideas and seek support.

Our Trust and values

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. CUH’s values – Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent – are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Eligibility and visa information

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities. Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
• or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment

Dates and hours

This vacancy will close at midnight on 18 December 2025. Interviews are due to be held on 14 January 2026. If you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

Benefits

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

This advert closes on Thursday 18 Dec 2025