# Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for City Health Care Partnership CIC.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** City Health Care Partnership CIC
- **Location:** Highlands Health Centre, Hull, HU7 5DD, United Kingdom
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 pa/pr
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-13T12:10:40.418Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/East_Yorkshire/Hull/City_Health_Care_Partnership_CIC/Speech_Language_Therapy/Speech_Language_Therapy-v8227954
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8227954?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.chcpcic.org.uk/

## Job Content

### Job overview

You’ll support people with communication and swallowing needs, helping them live more independently.

You’ll work as part of a skilled speech and language therapy team delivering care across a range of community settings. This includes multi-disciplinary stroke services, clinics, home visits and a specialist outpatient videofluoroscopy service. Your work will make a real difference to people recovering from illness or living with long-term conditions.

For further information please contact Anna Ray, Professional Lead for Speech and Language Therapy via annaray@nhs.net or Tel 01482 335165

### Main duties of the job

- Provide adult speech and language therapy across community and clinic settings
- Support people with dysphagia and communication needs
- Work closely with multi-disciplinary teams, including stroke services
- Deliver care through clinics, home visits and specialist outpatient services
- Contribute to person-centred care plans and ongoing support
- A qualified Speech and Language Therapist, or working towards registration
- Interest or experience in dysphagia and communication support
- Willingness to learn across areas such as stroke, frailty and neurodegenerative conditions
- Ability to work well in a team and across different settings
- A commitment to ongoing learning, with support from senior clinicians

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the job description and person specification attached to this job advert for full details on the role.

### 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

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation and guidance relevant to clinical and service area
- Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area
- Specialist understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area.
- Evidence of undertaking audits/surveys
- Basic IT skills

**Desirable**

- Member of specialist interest group/network, locally or regionally
- Develop to advanced/expert understanding of relevant clinical practice, standards and protocols within identified clinical area

### Experience

**Essential**

- Evidence of sound post-registration professional practice
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at a specialist level of care
- Experience of multi-agency/professional working
- Experience of case load management within specialist service area
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active patient/relative involvement/participation

**Desirable**

- Experience of complex case load management within specialist service area
- Presentation skills/training experience

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Post Graduate Diploma in relevant specialist area or Professional qualification to Degree level supplemented by specialist accredited training and experience in specialist field(s) equivalent to post graduate diploma level
- Postgraduate Dysphagia qualification and/or evidence of competence at the proficient level E.G completion of RCSLT NQP goals alongside specialist short courses and relevant CPD activities
- Current HCPC professional registration
- Current RCSLT membership

**Desirable**

- Leadership qualification/equivalent experience

## Documents

- [standard paragraphs (pdf, 352.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2501)
- [chcp perks and rewards (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2790)
- [candidate & employee privacy notice (pdf, 272.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2500)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 640.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10537353)

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