Specialist Speech And Language Therapist

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; North Tyneside; Presencial; GBP 49.000 - 57.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Speech and Language Therapist to lead paediatric services for children with complex needs. The role involves developing assessment and intervention in collaboration with families, schools and health colleagues.

You will supervise junior staff, contribute to multi-agency care, and lead service planning with a view to delivering high-quality, evidence-based practice in a large NHS trust.

Formación

• Experience supervising, mentoring and supporting less experienced SLTs.
• Postgraduate level experience in the field is preferred.
• Specialist knowledge in paediatric assessment and management is required.
• Ability to lead service delivery development and evaluation.

Responsabilidades

• Lead role for developing, coordinating and evaluating service delivery in the caseload area.
• Supervise junior SLTs and contribute to staff development.
• Work closely with multi-agency health and education teams.
• Engage in clinical leadership and regional networks.

Conocimientos

Supervising SLTs

Training package delivery

Multidisciplinary team collaboration

Clinical leadership

Educación

SLT degree

HCPC registration

RCSLT membership

Specialist courses up to Master’s

Postgraduate experience

Descripción del empleo

Job summary

We are excited to be offering a career opportunity within NHCFT Speech and Language Therapy Complex and Additional Needs Team.

We are looking to recruit an innovative, caring and dynamic Speech and Language Therapist (SLT), who would like to further develop their existing skills in children's speech, language and communication assessment and treatment, and to further develop clinical leadership, in particular for children / young people with complex needs and disability.

Main duties of the job

The posts will involve working primarily into the paediatric part of our team, with sessions into both our pre-school and community-based team who work into children's homes, early years settings and mainstream and special school settings. Both aspects involve working jointly with other professionals in a child's multi-disciplinary team.

The post holder will take a lead role for developing, coordinating and evaluating service delivery within the caseload area and will be involved with the supervision of junior SLT's.

The successful candidate should have knowledge and skills in the assessment and management of complex communication difficulties including for those with Autism, cerebral palsy, severe learning disability etc. The successful candidate should also have knowledge and skills in supporting families and settings to embed communication strategies into their daily practice. It is desirable for the successful candidate to have knowledge and skills in assessment and management of eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties to enable them to work alongside colleagues to provide care for the needs of those referred to the service.

Excellent organisational, prioritisation and time management skills are essential along with well-developed interpersonal and influencing skills and an ability to effectively contribute to multi-agency teams across health and education to ensure holistic care to enable the highest standards of service delivery.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Details

Date posted: 20 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number: 319-8310216IO-A

Closing date: 02 November 2026

Job responsibilities

The Complex and Additional Needs Speech and Language Therapy team is a small team who are passionate about supporting children/young people and adults with SEND and their families. We have well established and strong connections with our Health and Local Authority colleagues allowing us to work in partnership at all levels.

We can offer you a highly rewarding post which includes:

• Clinical supervision
• Regular team meetings, peer support and supervision, clinical focus groups and the opportunity to attend Regional Clinical Excellence Networks
• Annual Appraisal
• In-Service Training including in areas of clinical leadership.
• Opportunities to contribute to Trust and Local Authority quality improvement work and innovations
• Opportunity to be actively involved in the design and implementation of the team annual planning
• Opportunity to work in partnership with other Health colleagues and Local Authority Services such as Portage, Community Paediatricians, Occupational Therapy, educational staff within mainstream and specialist provisions, to ensure the highest quality of care
• Opportunity to work with the Regional Communication Aid Service (RCAS) when coordinating care and engaging in development work
• Close links with Newcastle University and other regional services including The Great North Childrens Hospital
• Close working with Clinical Leads, and other Highly Specialist SLTs in Dysphagia, Autism and AAC in relation to evidence based practice, innovation, audit and caseload management.

Qualifications / Professional Registration (Essential)

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
• Health Professions Council - License to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to Master's degree or equivalent
• Significant relevant experience at Postgraduate level

Experience and knowledge (Essential)

• Experience of supervising, mentoring and supporting less experienced SLTs, students and assistants
• Significant relevant experience at Postgraduate level
• Relevant specialist experience within specified clinical area
• Experience of developing and delivering training packages

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Shiremoor Resource Centre, Earsdon Road, Shiremoor, NE27 0HJ, United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Lead SLT CAN Team, Hayley Fawcett, [e-mail]

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