Speech Therapy Administrator

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health services provider in England is seeking a Speech Therapy Administrator to provide professional administrative support to the speech and language therapy service. The role is vital in enabling therapists to deliver effective patient care, requiring strong communication skills and prior experience in a hospital or NHS setting. This is a full-time position of 32.5 hours per week with a commitment to high standards of patient-focused care.

Qualifications

• Experience of providing secretarial/admin support services.
• Understanding of speech and language therapy.
• Previous NHS experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional administrative support to SLT managers/team leaders and staff.
• Maintain staffing information and confidentiality.
• Support speech and language therapists in an acute environment.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Ability to organise and prioritise workload

Excellent telephone skills

Education

English Language qualification (GCSE or equivalent)

NVQ3/RSA III/OCR3/ECDL Advanced or equivalent

Word-processing certificate

CLAIT or equivalent

Tools

SystmOne

Job description

Go back Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT

Speech Therapy Administrator

The closing date is 04 December 2025

This is an exciting opportunity to join the speech and language therapy service, supporting administrative and clerical processes across the acute hospital and outpatient setting.

This position in as an integral and valued role amongst a team of approximately 30 speech and language therapists

This vacancy is for 32.5 hrs per week.

Main duties of the job

Please see detailed job description and person specification for this role.

Please note this is NOT a clinical role.

About us

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people's own homes and via virtual consultations.

During the pandemic response we have led the implementation of public vaccination centres in collaboration with partners across health and social care.

As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Workerroute we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visa's and Immigration. After carefullyreviewing this role, we do not believe that this position meets the requirements for sponsorship. For details on eligibilitycriteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the gov.uk websiteSkilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK(www.gov.uk)

Job responsibilities

To provide a professional administrative support service to the DCHS SLT managers/team leaders and staff.

To enable speech and language therapists to deliver an effective clinical service to SLT caseloads by providing efficient administrative and secretarial support.

To maintain an efficient and effective service of staffing information, maintain confidentiality of clinical and staffing information and communicate well with service providers and users at all levels.

We are looking for someone with an understanding of clinical record systems , who is keen to work in an acute environment.

You will be someone who has drive, new ideas and is keen to improve and develop current systems to ensure better patient care and to support Speech and Language therapist's in the acute hospital setting.

Strong communication skills are imperative to this role.

You will have a commitment to providing a high standard of patient-focused care and be a strong team player.

Person Specification

Education, Qualifications and Training

• English Language qualification (for example GCSE or equivalent)
• NVQ3/RSA III/OCR3/ECDL Advanced or equivalent
• Word-processing certificate
• CLAIT or equivalent

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of providing secretarial/admin support services
• Previous NHS experience
• Understanding of speech and language therapy
• Previous experience working in a hospital setting
• Previous use of SystmOne

Skills and Attributes

• Able to communicate with the public and professionals at all levels
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload effectively, at times working to tight deadlines
• Excellent telephone skills

Aptitude and Personal Qualities

• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Able to use initiative
• Positive approach to work
• Must be a team player and be able to communicate in a team

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

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHSFT