# Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - School Age Children/EaH

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
- **Location:** New Cross Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-17T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03T10:55:02.795Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Birmingham_Black_Country/Wolverhampton/The_Royal_Wolverhampton_NHS_Trust/Specialist_Speech_Language_Therapist_School_age_ChildrenEaH/Specialist_Speech_Language_Therapist_School_age_ChildrenEaH-v8228263
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8228263?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our established school age team and support with the experts at hand delivery model for children with SEND. You will have clinical skills in supporting the communication needs and development of school aged children.

Our wider SLT staff work across a variety of inpatient and community settings. We also benefit from being part of a large SLT service which includes adult services and great admin team support.

We welcome informal visits and discussions about this role.

### Main duties of the job

This is a specialist post with clinical responsibility to provide specialist preschool and school-age assessment, treatment and management in conjunction with the Head of Service for Children. This will include planning, coordinating delivering and evaluating the Speech & Language Therapy provided to children and young people (CYP) and their families within Wolverhampton on a day-to-day basis.

The post holder will be a member of the multidisciplinary team.

The post holder will work closely with the Team Leaders to develop and deliver services to children and young people, including as part of the Experts at Hand offer.

The post holder will use the Trust values at all times as a framework for own behaviour and encourage others to do likewise, ensuring the values underpin all that is done.

To provide SLT assessment diagnosis and treatment of Children and Young People (CYP).

To ensure the delivery of highly specialist care to all CYP in Wolverhampton according to clinical priorities and as required by the Head of Service and operational managers.

To provide leadership to the MDT around SLCN in a designated clinical area. The post holder will ensure that the service provided is CYP - centered, effective and of a high quality.

To maintain close working relationships with other health, local authority and education professionals and referrers to ensure efficient, effective and appropriate delivery of the service.

The post holder will not act as a key worker for individuals.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description/Person Specification for a full detail of role and main responsibilities

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Education, Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- Meets all essential criteria

**Desirable**

- Meets all desirable

## Documents

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