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Job summary

Main area
Speech & Language
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Flexible)
Job ref
408-25-701-A
Employer
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
St Catherine's Health Centre
Town
Tranmere
Salary
£47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
24/09/2025 23:59

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Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Band 7

 

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Job overview

Are you an existing highly specialist (Band 7 ) Speech and Language Therapist  looking for a change, or an experienced senior (Band 6) ready for the next step working with Community Paediatrics?

A very warm welcome awaits you at Wirral University Teaching Hospital in the Community Paediatric Team, the service is based at St Catherine's Health Centre, Birkenhead. We have

You will have a Speech and Language degree qualification and be registered with the HCPC and ideally be a member of RCSLT.

Main duties of the job

This post is to assess, develop and deliver highly specialised care to children and families of children referred into Community Paediatrics on the Neuro Development pathway, working alongside a team of clinicians

Within the team we will provide:

A strong support network for both clinical work and wellbeing within a well established and experienced team

Opportunities to learn from highly experienced MDT team members

Both clinical and managerial supervision on a regular basis

Annual appraisals

Opportunities to access internal and external training if relevant to your role.   

The successful applicant will be highly motivated to work with children and their families/carers and have excellent communication, organisational and prioritisation skills and be an enthusiastic team member.

Working for our organisation

All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.

We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.

We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.

The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for further information about the Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist positions available at WUTH.

 

If successful in this role, there is a requirement for you to have a standard/enhanced DBS. This will be paid for by the Trust and then deducted from your salary over a period of 3 month.

As this vacancy is within the division of Women’s and Children’s, there is a mandatory requirement for successful applicants to join the DBS update service. The cost of joining the update service is £16 per year, and applicants are liable to cover this cost with no reimbursement from the Trust. Further details of how to join the update service will be provided upon appointment.

Person specification

Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training

Essential criteria
  • BSc or equivalent qualification recognised by HCPC in Speech and Language Therapy
  • HCPC registration
  • Post graduate experience (including Experience as a registered AHP to consolidate basic post-graduate skills & to develop more specialist skills followed by appropriate experience in a relevant area of work at a senior level
  • Demonstrate a high degree of expertise and competency in a wide range of skills which involves assessment and treatment underpinned by sound theoretical knowledge. Experience of highly complex caseload management. Experience of advising and guiding others within profession and other members of the MDT.
  • Ability to work as an autonomous clinician, managing own case load, including complex patients, and time, using clinical reasoning and analytical skill to perform appropriate assessment, identify problems and appropriate treatment plan
  • To have the analytical ability to be able to review treatment / services, with evidence of taking part in audit
  • Demonstrate awareness of the roles of others in providing patient care and ability to work as an effective team member
  • Ability to identify learning needs and develop the skills of staff and students in speciality. This includes mentorship, appraisal, supervision and training.
Desirable criteria
  • Member of the Royal College Of Speech and Language Therapists
  • Active collection of relevant CPD in portfolio
  • Evidence of significant and relevant post registration training and relevant evidence in CPD portfolio in order to prove development of specialist clinical skills and development of highly developed specialist knowledge. Profession specific training in specialist area, recognised as equating to master’s level

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Basic computer skills
  • Well-developed theoretical knowledge under pinning practice
  • Good written and oral communication skills
  • Good analytical, problem solving and clinical reasoning skills
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and experience in hospital computer system
  • Ability to communicate within difficult circumstances and demonstrate empathetic approach to patients
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), analytical, problem-solving skills and clinical reasoning
  • Understanding of national issues and relating them to own clinical practice

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to be flexible and adaptable in order to support others and needs of the service
  • Ability to show initiative
  • Good organisational skills
Desirable criteria
  • Ability to organise own workload and administrational procedures

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Rachel Beazer
Job title
Operational Service Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01516785111
Additional information

For further information, please contact:

Kate Gallagher, SALT Team Leader, Wirral Community Health and Care NHS FT; [email protected]

Fiona Sinnott, Specialist Services Manager, Wirral Community Health and Care NHS FT; [email protected]

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