Speech and Language Therapy Assistant Practitioner
| Posting date: | 24 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £27,485 - £30,162 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 March 2026 |
| Location: | Ipswich, IP4 5PD |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7828805/432-HR1312-25 |
Summary
A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
We are recruiting! We are an innovative and dynamic speech therapy team, who have established and expanded Learning Disabilities SLT services across Suffolk, and are looking for an enthusiastic person to join us as a Speech Therapy Assistant.
This post offers an exciting opportunity for a skilled and dedicated person to join our Speech & Language Therapy team, delivering services for adults with Learning Disability & Autism. We are seeking an assistant practitioner who is passionate about delivering quality services, and who has experience of working with people with complex communication needs. Successful candidates will also have opportunities and excellent support to develop clinical competencies relevant to their role.
If your values are optimistic, appreciative and kind and you are interested in making a difference to the lives of people with a learning disability either by supporting people to communicate or to have safe and enjoyable mealtimes, this job will give you this experience.
Due to this post being within the community it is essential for the successful candidate to be able to drive and have access to a vehicle.
Interviews planned w/c 13th April.
The post holder will support qualified speech and language therapists deliver specialist assessments and interventions for people with a learning disability who present with complex communication difficulties and/ or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. The role may include working alongside MDT colleagues to support people who present with behaviours that challenge. Organising and delivering training packages and undertaking signing trainer training will also be a key component of this role as part of our Inclusive Communication service. The post holder will also support service delivery through office-based tasks such as making person centered communication and dysphagia resources and completing timely admin and clinical correspondence. There will also be an element of advocating for those with communication and /or dysphagia needs via networking and attendance at local and regional advocacy events and meetings.
We encourage all staff to develop their dysphagia competencies relevant to their role to support people referred with swallowing problems.
You will be based in one of our community clinics, though there is likely to be an element of remote working. Some countywide travel may be required at times.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and dutiesof this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Mar 2026
We are recruiting! We are an innovative and dynamic speech therapy team, who have established and expanded Learning Disabilities SLT services across Suffolk, and are looking for an enthusiastic person to join us as a Speech Therapy Assistant.
This post offers an exciting opportunity for a skilled and dedicated person to join our Speech & Language Therapy team, delivering services for adults with Learning Disability & Autism. We are seeking an assistant practitioner who is passionate about delivering quality services, and who has experience of working with people with complex communication needs. Successful candidates will also have opportunities and excellent support to develop clinical competencies relevant to their role.
If your values are optimistic, appreciative and kind and you are interested in making a difference to the lives of people with a learning disability either by supporting people to communicate or to have safe and enjoyable mealtimes, this job will give you this experience.
Due to this post being within the community it is essential for the successful candidate to be able to drive and have access to a vehicle.
Interviews planned w/c 13th April.
The post holder will support qualified speech and language therapists deliver specialist assessments and interventions for people with a learning disability who present with complex communication difficulties and/ or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties. The role may include working alongside MDT colleagues to support people who present with behaviours that challenge. Organising and delivering training packages and undertaking signing trainer training will also be a key component of this role as part of our Inclusive Communication service. The post holder will also support service delivery through office-based tasks such as making person centered communication and dysphagia resources and completing timely admin and clinical correspondence. There will also be an element of advocating for those with communication and /or dysphagia needs via networking and attendance at local and regional advocacy events and meetings.
We encourage all staff to develop their dysphagia competencies relevant to their role to support people referred with swallowing problems.
You will be based in one of our community clinics, though there is likely to be an element of remote working. Some countywide travel may be required at times.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
Find out about living and working here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A
For full details of the responsibilities and dutiesof this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Mar 2026