Speech And Language Therapist

Northumbria Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust; Shiremoor; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team-based caseload support

Clinical supervision

Preceptorship & CPD

Mentorship & development

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist to join a friendly team, delivering SLT services to children and young people across multiple settings. The post emphasizes evidence-based practice, supervision, and CPD to support professional development.

Key requirements include a recognised SLT degree, HCPC registration, and a driving license. The role is a 12-month fixed-term contract with full-time hours and flexible working patterns within the trust’s

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
• Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Car driver

Responsibilities

• Develop and improve the speech, language and communication skills of children and young people in given locations, through support and intervention, liaison and joint working with other staff and parents/carers and across agencies, to maximise their potential and enable their maximum participation and inclusion in society.
• We have a nationally recognised track record of innovation and clinical excellence. Teams are encouraged to explore new ways of implementing evidence into practice. Close links are maintained with Newcastle University and Therapists have full access to library and R&D facilities within Northumbria Healthcare.

Skills

Driving licence

Education

Recognised SLT degree or equivalent

Job description

Job summary

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join Northumbria Healthcare's dynamic and friendly team of Community Paediatric Therapists. We work in a variety of settings including schools, nurseries, early years' settings and children and young people's homes and are looking for enthusiastic and innovative Therapists who can contribute a range of skills and experiences to our Speech and Language Therapy team. Good organisational and time management skills are essential along with excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively contribute to clinical teams to ensure well co-ordinated care plans and high standards of service delivery. You will be familiar with both appropriate standardised and informal assessments and a range of intervention approaches for this client group. Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

To develop and improve the speech, language and communication skills of children and young people in given locations, through support and intervention, liaison and joint working with other staff and parents/carers and across agencies, to maximise their potential and enable their maximum participation and inclusion in society.

We can offer:

• a robust team-based approach to caseload management and the highest quality service provision
• a well-established network of support, clinical supervision and mentorship
• a personal approach to induction, preceptorship and continued professional development including support to fully achieve NQP competencies
• Collaborative working with a team of highly skilled, dedicated team of Assistant Speech and Language Therapists
• Successful partnership working with colleagues in Health, Education and Children's Services

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!

Job responsibilities

We have a nationally recognised track record of innovation and clinical excellence. Teams are encouraged to explore new ways of implementing evidence into practice. Close links are maintained with Newcastle University and Therapists have full access to library and R&D facilities within Northumbria Healthcare.

Essential Criteria:

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Car driver

Desirable Criteria:

• Previous experience of working within the Paediatric SLT field
• Experience of working in partnership with Education and Early Years partners

The post holder will be required to work at sites across the Trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
• Health and Care Professions Council - Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Experience & Knowledge

• Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level (Essential)
• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools (Desirable)
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods (Desirable)

Other Requirements

• It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role

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. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

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/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: SLT Clinical Lead, Carrie Hughes, [e-mail], 01912933046

Details

• Closing date: 12 November 2026
• Date posted: 29 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 5
• Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 12 months
• Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: 319-8371863IO
• Job locations: Shiremoor Resource Centre, Earsdon Road, Shiremoor, NE27 0HJ, United Kingdom

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.