Speech & Language Therapist | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust is advertising a Band 5 Children’s Speech and Language Therapist (maternity cover) in Rochdale. The role offers supervision, leadership development, and opportunities to educate students as a clinical educator within a supportive team setting.

You will work across clinics, education settings and family homes to provide specialist assessment, treatment and discharge planning for diverse communication needs.

Qualifications

• Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist registration or eligibility.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with children and families.
• Experience or capability in clinical education and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Take part in specialist triage, assessment and discharge planning for children and young people.
• Provide specialist assessment and treatment in clinics, education settings and family homes.
• Deliver training and present to the wider children’s workforce on communication disorders.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Time management

Job description

Speech & Language Therapist | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

We’readvertising the opportunity for a Band 5 Children’s Speech and Language Therapist (maternity cover) to join our well-established and friendly team.

We offer robust management supervision, regular team meetings, great clinical support and training opportunities.You will develop leadership skills by providing management supervision to other team members.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.If you are passionate about communication, innovative and keen to input to service development then we are excited to hear from you!

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

• Take your place with us providing specialist triage, assessment, differential diagnosis, treatment and discharge recommendations to a range of children and young people with a range of communication needs
• You will provide specialist assessment for children and young people with a range of needs
• You will assess, treat and review children in face-to-face appointments
• You will have excellent interpersonal skills to be able to communicate effectively with children and families, other team members and health and education staff
• You will have excellent organisation and prioritisation skills
• You will work in clinics, education settings, children’s centres and family homes
• You will drive continuous improvement with your innovation and passion for developing new ways of working
• You will have strong presentation skills and enjoy delivering training to the wider children’s workforce about a range of communication difficulties, including developing, evaluating and adapting training packages

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 tomake a differenceand we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– 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.

For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers website https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

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: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Oct 2026

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Contract Information

• Company: Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
• Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum (pro rata)
• Hours: Part-time
• Location: Rochdale, OL10 2DY
• Job type: Contract