Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
| Posting date: | 09 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 08 August 2025 |
| Location: | Longbenton, NE12 8LT |
| Company: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7321645/319-7321645IO |
Summary
A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and collaborative multi-disciplinary team player with excellent communication skills to join our Adult SLT service in Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will have experience of working with adults and have skills in the assessment and management of aphasia, apraxia and dysarthria and swallowing disorders.
Our SLT team delivers high quality services to adults with acquired communication and swallowing problems across Northumberland and North Tyneside. We have well established videofluoroscopy and FEES, VLE and cough clinics in a number of settings. We pride ourselves in providing a joined-up service for patients which involves team-working at all levels of service delivery.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
This post will include Locality Co-ordinator responsibilities for the West North Tyneside locality involving:
• overseeing and managing the patient waiting list to ensure timely and equitable access to SLT services
• lead on caseload management, ensuring effective allocation of cases and prioritisation according to clinical need
• provide advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis and interventions for a varied caseload, including complex cases
• work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, patients and families to delivery high-quality patient-centred care
• offer clinical supervision and mentorship to junior colleagues and students
The successful candidate will be part of a Adult Community SLT leadership team and will be supported to develop high level clinical competencies in the areas of dysphagia and communication assessment and management. The postholder will have access to videofluoroscopy clinic and a developing community FEES clinic with the support of senior colleagues. Structured support and supervision is provided.
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.
The main responsibilities of the post include:
• Independently assess, diagnose and treat own highly specialised caseload of patients and maintain associated records.
• Participate in research in own specialist area.
• Take a leadership role in stroke offering advice, support and supervision to the SLT team, integrating goals for the team into the wider service area objectives.
• To improve and maximise the communication and/or feeding skills of patients through liaison and joint working with staff.
• Supervise the work of junior staff/assistants/volunteers and others working with the postholder.
• 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.
Due to the nature of this role it is essential that the postholder has a valid driving licence and can meet the travel requirements of the post.
This advert closes on Wednesday 23 Jul 2025
We are looking for an enthusiastic and collaborative multi-disciplinary team player with excellent communication skills to join our Adult SLT service in Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will have experience of working with adults and have skills in the assessment and management of aphasia, apraxia and dysarthria and swallowing disorders.
Our SLT team delivers high quality services to adults with acquired communication and swallowing problems across Northumberland and North Tyneside. We have well established videofluoroscopy and FEES, VLE and cough clinics in a number of settings. We pride ourselves in providing a joined-up service for patients which involves team-working at all levels of service delivery.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
This post will include Locality Co-ordinator responsibilities for the West North Tyneside locality involving:
• overseeing and managing the patient waiting list to ensure timely and equitable access to SLT services
• lead on caseload management, ensuring effective allocation of cases and prioritisation according to clinical need
• provide advanced clinical assessment, diagnosis and interventions for a varied caseload, including complex cases
• work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, patients and families to delivery high-quality patient-centred care
• offer clinical supervision and mentorship to junior colleagues and students
The successful candidate will be part of a Adult Community SLT leadership team and will be supported to develop high level clinical competencies in the areas of dysphagia and communication assessment and management. The postholder will have access to videofluoroscopy clinic and a developing community FEES clinic with the support of senior colleagues. Structured support and supervision is provided.
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.
The main responsibilities of the post include:
• Independently assess, diagnose and treat own highly specialised caseload of patients and maintain associated records.
• Participate in research in own specialist area.
• Take a leadership role in stroke offering advice, support and supervision to the SLT team, integrating goals for the team into the wider service area objectives.
• To improve and maximise the communication and/or feeding skills of patients through liaison and joint working with staff.
• Supervise the work of junior staff/assistants/volunteers and others working with the postholder.
• 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.
Due to the nature of this role it is essential that the postholder has a valid driving licence and can meet the travel requirements of the post.
This advert closes on Wednesday 23 Jul 2025
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.