Job summary
- Main area
- Speech & Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 319-7456935LH
- Employer
- Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Shiremoor Resource Centre
- Town
- Shiremoor
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 Pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 6
Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work for an organisation that was voted the best acute and combined acute and community trust in the country, based on the experience of its staff (NHS Staff Survey 2022). Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare and, this is…the Northumbria Way!
What the Northumbria Way means for you:
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme including access to our specialist Wellbeing Hub
- Support and connection through a variety of Staff Network groups
- A range of flexible working opportunities
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- Access to lease car and home electronics scheme (qualifying criteria applies)
- Opportunities to improve your professional development through our vast training programmes
- On-site nursery places via salary sacrifice
- Access to savings scheme via salary sacrifice with Northumberland Community Bank
We are proud to be one of the country’s top performing NHS trusts – rated ‘outstanding’ overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). We provide a range of health and care services to support more than 500,000 people living in Northumberland and North Tyneside across the largest geographical area of any NHS Trust in England. Our teams deliver care from hospitals, a range of community venues and people’s homes. Our hospitals include a specialist emergency care hospital (the first of its kind in England), three general hospitals and community hospitals. In the community we deliver a wide range of community and public health services.
We lead in innovation and quality, having opened the Northumbria Healthcare Manufacturing and Innovation Hub during the Covid-19 pandemic and have recently launched our Community Promise – a pledge to make a real impact not just in healthcare but on the wider factors that affect people’s lives, such as education, employment and the economy.
If Northumbria Healthcare sounds like somewhere you could belong we would love to hear from you. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
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Job overview
We are offering an exciting opportunity to join Northumbria Healthcare’s dynamic and friendly team of Community Paediatric Therapists. This permanent Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist position (part time 0.6wte) is aimed at more experienced Therapists who are interested in further developing specialist level skills in their work with children and young people.
There is also an expectation that you foster leadership ability and work to support the localities’ structure and teams, deputising for senior staff as required.
This role will appeal to innovative Therapists who are committed to delivering the highest quality service for children and young people with a broad range of speech, language and communication needs. They will be passionate about improving the quality of evidence-based practice.
Excellent organisational and time management skills are essential along with high level interpersonal skills and an ability to effectively participate at a broader level across the service and within a multi-agency context.
Main duties of the job
To develop and improve the speech, language and communication skills of children and young people in given locations, through support and intervention, liaison and joint working with other staff and parents/carers and across agencies, to maximise their potential and enable their maximum participation and inclusion within society.
Specifically, to:
Independently assess, diagnose and treat own specialised caseload of patients/clients and maintain associated records.
Participate in research in the specialist area.
Advise and provide clinical support to other therapists/staff on SLT issues.
Supervise the work of assistants/volunteers and others working with the post holder.
Contribute to the induction, mentoring and support of other more junior staff and may be required to facilitate clinical case discussions as part of peer review.
Take full SLT student placements, contributing to their assessment and examination.
To be accountable for own professional actions
Working for our organisation
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?
Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We can offer:
A robust team-based approach to caseload management and the highest quality service provision
A well-established network of support, clinical supervision and mentorship
A personal approach to induction and continued professional development
Collaborative working with a team of highly skilled, dedicated team of Assistant Speech and Language Therapists
Successful partnership working with colleagues in Health, Education and Children’s Services
We have a nationally recognised track record of innovation and clinical excellence. Teams are encouraged to explore new ways of implementing evidence into practice. Close links are maintained with Newcastle University and Therapists have full access to library and R&D facilities within Northumbria Healthcare.
Essential Criteria:
Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
Health Professions Council – Licence to Practice
Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist
Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses or equivalent experience
Experience of multi-agency working across Education and/or Children’s Services
Experience of working with clients with a range of more complex communication needs
Car driver
Desirable Criteria
Relevant post registration learning/experience in area/s of clinical specialism
Participation in quality improvement initiatives
Evidence of emerging leadership ability
The post holder will be required to work at sites across the Trust.
The post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Person specification
Qualifications & Registrations
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualification or equivalent
- Health and Care Professions Council – Licence to Practice
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses
Desirable criteria
- Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks
Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience at postgraduate leve
- Experience of supervising, mentoring and supporting others eg students and assistants.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
Other Requirment
Essential criteria
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carrie Hughes
- Job title
- SLT Clinical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 293 3046
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