# Advanced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-specialist-speech-and-language-therapist/553c7329-ba6c-4ba3-a4c7-752cd32dda92 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/advanced-specialist-speech-and-language-therapist/553c7329-ba6c-4ba3-a4c7-752cd32dda92.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Cambridge - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 p.a. pro rata - **Contract type:** 6 months (Fixed Term / Secondment until Jan-2027) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 24 hours per week (Flexible working hours may be considered) - **Closing date:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-22T15:42:30.042Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/Cambridge_University_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Division_Paediatrics/Division_Paediatrics-v8074634 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8074634?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cuh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Speech and Language Therapy Team within Cleft.NET.East, the East of England regional multidisciplinary Cleft Lip and Palate Service based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. We are seeking an organised and flexible clinician with significant experience and a strong interest in cleft-related speech disorders and/or non-cleft Velopharyngeal Dysfunction (VPD). This role offers the opportunity to develop advanced clinical skills while contributing to specialist multidisciplinary care for children and adults across the region and supporting ongoing service development. Experience within a specialist Cleft Centre is highly desirable, however, applications from other services are warmly welcomed and provide an excellent opportunity to gain insight into specialist cleft work and experience within a dedicated regional team. ### Main duties of the job Based at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, with regular travel to Outreach settings, you will be an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team, independently providing Cleft Specialist SLT input to the full range of multi-disciplinary and uni-disciplinary Clinics run within the service. This includes regular multi-disciplinary combined Clinics both centrally and in Outreach settings, Velopharyngeal Investigation (videofluoroscopy) Clinics and SLT Assessment and Intervention Outpatient Clinics. You will be responsible for your own SLT caseload including at least one Outreach area. Developing and maintaining positive and collaborative relationships with colleagues in Community Services is essential as is an ability and willingness to travel throughout the network as we run regular multi-disciplinary and uni-disciplinary Clinics across the region. Another core aspect of the role is to be part of delivering the on-going teaching, training and support that we provide to less experienced members of our team at the centre, our community and multi-disciplinary colleagues and students. Audit, service evaluation and research is also integral to our service and, together with innovation, a key aspect of our on-going service plans to ensure the quality and sustainability of the service and the pursuit of evidence to inform best practice. You will therefore be involved in the development and delivery of these activities and encouraged and supported to develop ideas and projects. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities. Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can apply for this post as a secondment or fixed term contract. For secondments you must have the approval of your line manager before applying. If you are an internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position. The advert will close at midnight on 2 August 2026. Interviews are due to be held on 18 August 2026. Benefits to you At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff. On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH. CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times. Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to be innovative and flexible with SLT intervention approaches - Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills with patients, families and other professionals - Advanced ability to apply knowledge of anatomy, neurology and physiology relating to speech, hearing, breathing in developing diagnostic hypotheses - Highly developed auditory/perceptual discrimination and associated transcription and phonological analysis skills for evaluation of speech / resonance - Advanced problem-solving skills for the differential diagnosis and management of complex cases including cleft and non-cleft speech features - Ability to take initiative and to work independently - Commitment to fulfilling team objectives - Excellent presentation skills, both verbal and written - Ability to be an effective team member and assume appropriate leadership responsibilities - Sensitivity to the complex nature of working relationships across the network - Ability to adjust working methods and be flexible to maximise the effectiveness of SLT procedures - Excellent analytical, reflective, prioritisation and organisational skills - Counselling and negotiation skills - Commitment to comprehensive record keeping - Competent IT skills, including Microsoft Office software - High levels of adaptability and flexibility in relation to service and practice changes, day-to-day tasks, travel - Highly empathetic approach to patient care / team dynamics **Desirable** - Advanced clinical skills in analysis and interpretation of videofluoroscopic and nasendoscopic assessment of VPD - Skills in the use of technical equipment: video camera, nasometry, videofluoroscopy, Electropalatography (EPG) or Ultrasound (US) for assessment, diagnostic, intervention and audit purposes - Proven inter-rater reliability in phonetic transcription of disordered speech - Skill in application of psycholinguistic theory to therapy programmes ### Knowledge **Essential** - Well-established current knowledge of the assessment and management (including SLT intervention approaches) of speech in people with cleft palate and non-cleft VPD - Knowledge of MDT roles, care-pathways and management of people with cleft lip and palate - Well-established knowledge of anatomy, physiology and neurology in relation to speech perception and production - Well-established knowledge of communication development and impairment and the range of factors that may impact or influence these - Knowledge of RCSLT guidelines and national and local policies and procedures relevant to client group - In-depth understanding of the principles of clinical governance / audit / service evaluation to monitor and improve services - Knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) and extensions to IPA conventions for transcription of disordered speech - Knowledge of, and up to date with, recent research evidence - Knowledge of cultural and bi/multilingual considerations for SLTs working with this population - Knowledge / understanding of current challenges for regional cleft SLT care in the UK **Desirable** - Knowledge of current theories of speech development and disorder - Knowledge of research design and methodology and of NHS research implementation processes - Knowledge of national audit requirements for UK Cleft Services ### Experience **Essential** - Post-graduate experience of working as an SLT within a specialist Cleft Centre or extensive experience of working with children and/or adults with speech difficulties related to cleft palate and non-cleft velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD) as a majority part of role - Extensive experience of delivering SLT intervention to children with cleft speech characteristics - Extensive experience in the assessment, differential diagnosis and management of speech and communication difficulties in children and/or adults - Experience of participating in and evaluating velopharyngeal investigations - Experience of involvement in the care of complex conditions and/or syndromes associated with cleft palate and/or VPD - Evidence of substantial experience and competence in the independent assessment and management of speech disorders in children - Experience in developing and delivering appropriate intervention approaches for specific types of speech / communication impairment at different ages and stages of development - Substantial experience of effective inter-disciplinary working - Experience of developing and delivering formal / informal training to parents / carers and/or other professionals - Experience of supervising / supporting SLT students and/or less experienced SLTs **Desirable** - Membership of Cleft SLT CEN - Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team - Experience of undertaking / being involved in post qualification clinical audit / service evaluation / research projects - Experience in assessment, and management of patients with hearing impairment - Experience in the management of acquired speech disorders - Experience of managing speech / communication impairment in adults - Publication of research in cleft speech related topic in peer reviewed journal - Experience of using / interpreting nasendoscopy, nasometry, electropalatography - Experience in assessment, treatment and management of patients with voice disorders ### Qualifications **Essential** - Recognised Speech and Language Therapy qualification - undergraduate or post-graduate degree or equivalent - Evidence of recent attendance at specialist short courses / CPD events related to speech in cleft palate and velopharyngeal dysfunction - Registered member of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) - Willingness to undertake further post-graduate qualifications / training in specialist area **Desirable** - Post-graduate cleft palate speech qualification to Master’s level or equivalent - Student / Clinical supervision training - Cleft Audit Protocol for Speech – Augmented (CAPS-A) training completion - Further training in counselling skills - Evidence of post-graduate research training / qualifications ### Additional Requirements **Essential** - The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent. - Enthusiasm and commitment to contributing to the care of this client group - Adaptability: able to work with a wide range of patients in a full range of clinical contexts while simultaneously integrating the needs of the patient / family - Capable of sustained concentration for long interviews with distressed / anxious clients and families - Must have developed strategies for containing personal, team and organisational stress, and abilities to support others with this - Ability to tolerate flexible and mobile working conditions - Seeks and uses professional support appropriately - Puts into practice the principle of confidentiality - Demonstrates professional curiosity - Aware of the range of emotions in self and others - Shows respect for others’ feelings, views, circumstances - Able to listen to and accept feedback - Has a balanced understanding of self and others - Awareness of unconscious bias, equality, diversity and inclusion considerations - Has a realistic knowledge of personal strengths and areas for development - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working - Shares information and good practice appropriately - Treats others with courtesy and respect at all times - Ability and willingness to regularly travel independently across the network to support and undertake Outreach Clinics and SLT activity ## Documents - [applicant information pack (pdf, 680.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10478883) - [information for applicants - completing your application (pdf, 222.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10478702) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.