Experienced Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

DCHS Foundation Trust; Virginia; On-site; USD 35,000 - 45,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

27 days annual leave + bank holidays (

Yearly appraisal and CPD

Job summary

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Experienced Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join the children’s team. The post focuses on stammering, working with diverse needs, and delivering services in schools, nurseries, clinics and homes across Chesterfield and North Derbyshire.

The role is 0.6 whole-time equivalent, requiring HCPC registration, post-graduate stammering expertise, and mobility between locations with clinical supervision and CPD

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist.
• Postgraduate experience in stammering.
• Willingness to travel between locations.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical SLT services to children and young people with a range of communication needs.
• Specialist focus on stammering and related therapies.
• Deliver services across education settings, clinics, nurseries and homes; travel between sites as required.
• Provide leadership, supervision and CPD opportunities within the SLT team.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Mobility between locations

Education

HCPC Registration as SLT

Postgraduate experience in stammering

Job description

Experienced Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

A Vacancy at Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust.

We are a large and dynamic Speech and Language Therapy service of around 100 staff, working across all service areas in Derbyshire.

This exciting opportunity has arisen in the children's team and we are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced speech and language therapist with specialist skills in working with children who stammer.

The role will also provide a clinical service to children and young people with a range of communication difficulties in a variety of settings, including education settings, nurseries, clinics and clients’ homes.

The role is 0.6 wte and covers the Chesterfield and North Derbyshire area.

Please contact the service if you wish to find out more about this role.

All our therapists work with children who have a wide range of speech, language, communication and eating and drinking needs. This post has an additional specialist area of interest in stammering. The post holder needs to have post graduate experience in this area.

The successful candidate will be a HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist and be mobile between locations.

They will be proficient in their abilities to deliver high-quality, evidence-based practice, with a proven ability to provide leadership and support within an SLT service.

You will work alongside a friendly team of SLTs, SLPs and SLTAs, with line management support from an SLT team leader, as well as having access to clinical supervision and relevant CPD opportunities.

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

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.

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years’ service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits

This advert closes on Sunday 22 Nov 2026