Speech & Language Therapy Assistant

NHS Jobs; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a permanent Band 3 Assistant Speech & Language Therapist to join the adult team at the Community location, Denton Park Health Centre.

You will support therapists, prep materials, administer delegated interventions, and work with patients at home, in care homes, and at hospital bedside. The role requires excellent communication, experience with adults, and knowledge of System One; a flexible, energetic team player will fit well.

Qualifications

• Minimum NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
• Valid driving licence.
• Experience dealing with adult communication impairments.
• Experience delivering work/programmes devised by other professionals.
• Breadth of knowledge of health care system.
• Experience working with swallowing impairments (dysphagia).
• Knowledge of system one.
• Experience working in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Assist Speech and Language Therapists in providing a quality service to patients with acquired communication and swallowing problems.
• Assist in clinical procedures within competence with specialist SLT staff.
• Provide advice/training with patients, families and MDT on Assistive/ augmentative communication methods.
• Gather information via phone from other hospital sites, care homes and/or family members.
• Be responsible for stock maintenance and ordering of equipment.
• Implement speech therapy designed treatment programmes, modifying them as needed.
• Perform administrative and clerical duties.

Skills

interpersonal skills

organisational skills

Education

NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Valid driving licence

Job description

Go back The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Speech & Language Therapy Assistant

The closing date is 11 October 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent Band 3 Assistant Speech & Language Therapist to work with the adult team. The post is based at the Community location, Denton Park Health Centre delivering a service to people with acquired communication and or swallowing problems. The role involves supporting the work of speech and language therapists by providing routine administration duties, preparing materials for assessment and delivering delegated interventions directly with patients and their carers. Patients are largely seen at home, nursing homes and at hospital bedside. We require someone with excellent communication skills who has work experience of adults and preferably those with impaired communication. Knowledge of system one is highly desirable. Our chosen candidate will be a supportive team member with lots of energy, a flexible approach to each working day and a genuine interest in people. In turn you can expect to be supported by the team and gain experience with our expert team.

Main duties of the job

• Administration of referrals, appointments, discharge
• Proof reading reports and email to recipients
• Preparing assessment and therapy materials
• Working with patients on delegated therapy interventions
• Supporting therapists in group sessions
• Setting up communication aids
• Supporting therapists in teaching sessions

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:

• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job responsibilities

To assist Speech and Language Therapists in providing a quality service for patients with acquired communication and swallowing problems. This essentially includes:

• To assist in clinical procedures, within competence, with specialist SLT staff.
• To provide advice/training with patients, families and other members of the MDT on the use of Assistive and Augmentative communication methods
• To gather information via phone from other hospital sites, care homes and/or family members
• To be responsible for stock maintenance and ordering of equipment
• To implement speech therapy designed treatment programmes, making modifications within programmes to suit patient circumstances and progress
• To perform administrative and clerical duties

Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

• Minimum NVQ level 3 or equivalent
• Valid driving licence

Knowledge & Experience

• Relevant experience in dealing with communication impaired adult patients
• Experience of delivering work/programmes devised by other professionals
• Breadth of knowledge of health care system / workings
• Experience of working with those with swallowing impairments (dysphagia)
• General knowledge of speech and swallowing disorders in adults
• General knowledge of communication disorders in adults
• General knowledge of assistive and augmentative communication methods
• Knowledge of system one
• Experience working with disabled, highly distressed people or people with long term conditions
• Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.

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.

Employer name

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust