# Specialist Speech and Language Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-speech-and-language-therapist/2b58bca7-0786-4001-add6-34b596f21504 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-speech-and-language-therapist/2b58bca7-0786-4001-add6-34b596f21504.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust - **Location:** Meadow Park - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-06T09:05:36.814Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Huntingdon_Cambridge/East_England_Community_Health_Care_NHS_Trust_Cambridgeshire/Speech_Language_Therapy/Speech_Language_Therapy-v8337468 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8337468?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.eastofenglandcommunityhealthandcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Step into a role where your expertise truly shapes lives. You’ve built your foundations, now you’re ready for the next challenge. If you’re an experienced SLT looking to take on more autonomy, develop specialist skills & play a key role in shaping high-quality care, we’d love you to join our team. We’re a supportive, collaborative & busy community service where your ideas are welcomed and your professional growth really matters. As a Specialist SLT, you’ll manage a more complex caseload, using your clinical judgement to deliver evidence-based assessment and intervention to children, including those with additional needs. You’ll work closely with families, schools, carers and MDT partners, offering guidance, training and support to ensure communication and/or swallowing needs are understood and managed effectively. You’ll also play a valued role in service development, supervision of colleagues, and contribute to quality improvement. You will take an active role in the assessment and differential diagnosis of ASD. We’ll support your ambitions with specialist CPD, regular supervision, and opportunities to deepen your expertise in areas that excite you. If you’re ready for a role where your voice is valued & your expertise makes a real impact, we’d love to hear from you. Your next step starts here. The successful candidates will be based either in the Huntingdon area or our North Cambridge locality. Interviews will be held in person only as there will be clinical observations. ### Main duties of the job Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 13th October 2026 The post holder will independently manage a specialist caseload in the locality and the surrounding area. The client group is children who have a range of difficulties in understanding and/or using speech and language. You will work independently with access to more senior colleagues as needed. You will provide supervision and guidance to colleagues. Essential criteria: Qualified SLT with HCPC registration Demonstrated experience managing a varied/complex caseload Strong clinical reasoning and autonomous decision-making Ability to provide guidance, supervision or training to others Excellent communication and partnership-working across the MDT Commitment to person-centred, evidence-based practice Confident, reflective and motivated to develop specialist skills ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To independently manage a specialist caseload of pre-school and school age children who have speech, language and communication difficulties. To undertake a range of assessments, both standardised and non-standardised, taking account of medical, social and educational factors, which combined with specialist theoretical knowledge will lead to differential diagnosis To plan, deliver and evaluate specialist intervention following professional guidelines and agreed service standards As part of that process, to be able to plan appropriate long term and short term goals working towards discharge To undertake administrative duties connected with the caseload including maintenance of case notes and provision of written reports, following service standards To ensure that all work is carried out in close collaboration with all those involved in children’s care so that the approach to intervention and support is co-ordinated and comprehensive To identify when there is a need for a second opinion, referring to senior colleagues or SLT specialists as appropriate To make onward referral as appropriate To identify any variations to service delivery or demands and inform the Locality Co-ordinator and Area & Clinical Lead of the likely impact on the service ### Policy & Service Development To participate in development of policy, clinical guidelines, clinical governance and service development through discussion and involvement in projects as appropriate, including innovative practice, in collaboration with senior colleagues Responsibility for specific, clearly defined projects as delegated by the Locality Co-ordinator. To be familiar with local and national standards and to work in line with these To ensure that parents/carers are aware of the standards they should expect from the speech and language therapy service. ### Communication To ensure effective communication of complex condition-related information to parents/carers regarding the assessment process, assessment findings and planned intervention, including engagement of parents/carers in intervention To ensure children are involved in goal setting and decision making around their own care as appropriate to their age, developmental level and language skills To ensure parents/carers are involved in decision making around their child’s care including discharge from the service To liaise effectively and work in partnership with other professionals (particularly teachers and teaching assistants), including the development of shared goals for intervention To write reports on children, in line with service standards, including contributions to statutory assessment To offer advice to others concerning support for individual children To actively contribute to case conferences/ review meetings for children on the caseload To recognise how and when information may be shared within the bounds of confidentiality and the Data Protection Act To attend SLT team meetings, actively contributing as appropriate Contribute to EEC’s internal communication strategies ensuring effective two-way communication and engagement within the organisation Contribute to EEC’s external communication strategies working with the Head of Communications to raise awareness and promote the reputation of EEC’s services ### Patient and Public Engagement To contribute to ensuring that EEC responsibilities to engage and consult with patients and the public are met in line with statutory requirements ### Training To participate in training other professionals/ parents as appropriate To identify training needs in the multi-disciplinary team needed to support the care of children on the caseload To attend all Trust mandatory training ### People Management To access and accept clinical supervision from senior or specialist colleagues in line with service policy To supervise and clinically support SLT assistants/teaching assistants/volunteers as appropriate To mentor newly qualified SLTs providing support and contributing to induction with guidance from more senior colleagues To provide clinical placements for SLT students including contributing to the assessment of exam placements Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process ### Research & Development Activity To maintain and update skills and knowledge in relevant areas To develop and monitor own clinical expertise in specialist area through planned CPD To participate in service audit and projects as agreed with the Area & Clinical Lead To actively reflect on practice with peers and more senior colleagues to promote professional development and evidence based decision making To be advised on developments in current practice by more senior colleagues ### Clinical and Practice Governance Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies. The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with HCPC and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration. Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust. The post holder must participate in clinical and other audits as required Provide patients and their families /carers with information on standards they should expect from the team Participate in clinical supervision on a regular basis The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team. ### 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Recent and comprehensive experience working in community clinics, schools and pre-schools - Experience of working in a range of multi-agency settings and with interagency teams **Desirable** - Previous experience supervising less experienced colleagues ### Safeguarding **Essential** - Appreciates the significance of safeguarding and interprets this accurately for all individual children and young people/vulnerable adults whatever their life circumstances. ### Knowledge & Skills **Essential** - Well established specialist knowledge about speech, language and communication disorders associated with complex conditions - In-depth knowledge of a broad range of assessment procedures relevant to the client group - In-depth knowledge of a broad range of therapeutic interventions appropriate to the client group and the ability to compare and contrast relative benefits - Knowledge of best practice and developing trends in clinical specialism - Excellent communication skills including the ability to convey sensitive or distressing information to parents/carers - Excellent interpersonal skills including observation - Ability to work flexibly as part of a team - Excellent time management and prioritisation Skills **Desirable** - Worked in a mainstream school with children who have complex communication needs - Worked in a special school - Knowledge of Makaton or BSL signing ### Qualifications & Training **Essential** - Degree or Postgraduate equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy - Registered Member of RCSLT - Registered Member of HCPC - Evidence of successful completion of short specialist courses **Desirable** - Evidence of commitment to CPD - Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Network - ADOS-trained ## Documents - [the trust values & ethos_march26 (pdf, 1.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3073) - [a message from the chief executive (pdf, 193.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3043) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 168.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10661954) - [application & interview skills tips_june26 (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3056) ## 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.