Speech and Language Therapist
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 23 Gorffennaf 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 22 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Shiremoor, NE27 0HJ |
| Cwmni: | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7337056/319-7337056LT |
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A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
We are excited to be offering the opportunity to join Northumbria Healthcare Speech and Language Therapy, Complex and Additional Needs Team.
We are looking to recruit an innovative, caring and dynamic SLT who would like to develop their skills in speech, language and communication and eating/drinking difficulties, in children and young people with complex needs and learning disability.
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.
The post will involve working into the paediatric part of the Complex and Additional Needs Team, working with children and young people aged 2-19 years with a range of complex needs. The successful candidate will work across Northumberland or North Tyneside, working into children’s homes, childcare and nursery/mainstream school settings and specialist provisions.
The successful candidate will work alongside other Therapists to deliver a service to a varied caseload of children/young people; from those who are non-verbal and use a wide range of communication strategies such as objects, signing, AAC to those who use verbal communication skills and are working on developing and extending their speech, language and communication skills. the postholder will be involved in the assessment and management of speech, language, communication difficulties and communication environments, as well as supporting the children’s/young people’s parents/carers’ and/or educational staff to understand and support the child’s communication needs.
The successful candidates will have access in-house and where appropriate external training in eating, drinking and swallowing, Makaton signing, Talking Mats, AAC, social communication interventions etc.
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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
The Complex and Additional Needs Speech and Language Therapy team is a small team who are passionate about supporting people with complex needs, their families, their carers’ and professionals.
We have well established and strong connections with our Health, Adult Social Care and Local Authority colleagues allowing us to work in partnership at all levels.
We have regular opportunities for joint CPD and clinical support and supervision with colleagues in the Community Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy team.
We can offer you a highly rewarding post which includes:
Clinical supervision including support to complete NQP competencies, EDS competencies and be part of a bespoke preceptorship programme.
Regular team meetings, peer support and supervision, clinical focus groups and the opportunity to attend Regional Clinical Excellence Networks
Annual Appraisal
In-Service Training.
Opportunities to contribute to Trust and Local Authority quality improvement work and innovations
Opportunity to be actively involved in the design and implementation of the team annual planning
Opportunity to work in partnership with other Health colleagues and Local Authority Services to ensure the highest quality of care
Opportunity to work with the Regional Communication Aid Service (RCAS) when coordinating care and engaging in development work
Close links with Newcastle University.
Close working with Clinical Leads, Consultant and Highly Specialist SLTs in Dysphagia, AAC and Stammering in relation to evidence-based practice, innovation, audit and caseload management
This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Aug 2025
We are excited to be offering the opportunity to join Northumbria Healthcare Speech and Language Therapy, Complex and Additional Needs Team.
We are looking to recruit an innovative, caring and dynamic SLT who would like to develop their skills in speech, language and communication and eating/drinking difficulties, in children and young people with complex needs and learning disability.
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.
The post will involve working into the paediatric part of the Complex and Additional Needs Team, working with children and young people aged 2-19 years with a range of complex needs. The successful candidate will work across Northumberland or North Tyneside, working into children’s homes, childcare and nursery/mainstream school settings and specialist provisions.
The successful candidate will work alongside other Therapists to deliver a service to a varied caseload of children/young people; from those who are non-verbal and use a wide range of communication strategies such as objects, signing, AAC to those who use verbal communication skills and are working on developing and extending their speech, language and communication skills. the postholder will be involved in the assessment and management of speech, language, communication difficulties and communication environments, as well as supporting the children’s/young people’s parents/carers’ and/or educational staff to understand and support the child’s communication needs.
The successful candidates will have access in-house and where appropriate external training in eating, drinking and swallowing, Makaton signing, Talking Mats, AAC, social communication interventions etc.
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, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
The Complex and Additional Needs Speech and Language Therapy team is a small team who are passionate about supporting people with complex needs, their families, their carers’ and professionals.
We have well established and strong connections with our Health, Adult Social Care and Local Authority colleagues allowing us to work in partnership at all levels.
We have regular opportunities for joint CPD and clinical support and supervision with colleagues in the Community Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy team.
We can offer you a highly rewarding post which includes:
Clinical supervision including support to complete NQP competencies, EDS competencies and be part of a bespoke preceptorship programme.
Regular team meetings, peer support and supervision, clinical focus groups and the opportunity to attend Regional Clinical Excellence Networks
Annual Appraisal
In-Service Training.
Opportunities to contribute to Trust and Local Authority quality improvement work and innovations
Opportunity to be actively involved in the design and implementation of the team annual planning
Opportunity to work in partnership with other Health colleagues and Local Authority Services to ensure the highest quality of care
Opportunity to work with the Regional Communication Aid Service (RCAS) when coordinating care and engaging in development work
Close links with Newcastle University.
Close working with Clinical Leads, Consultant and Highly Specialist SLTs in Dysphagia, AAC and Stammering in relation to evidence-based practice, innovation, audit and caseload management
This advert closes on Wednesday 6 Aug 2025