# Specialist Speech & Language Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-speech-and-language-therapist/c66f8358-c518-4ca9-ae3b-ed1545269c26 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-speech-and-language-therapist/c66f8358-c518-4ca9-ae3b-ed1545269c26.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Highbury Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata for part time) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-09T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-12T14:00:37.062Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Nottinghamshire/Nottingham/Nottinghamshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Specialist_Speech_Language_Therapist_Intellectual_Disabilities/Specialist_Speech_Language_Therapist_Intellectual_Disabilities-v8186334 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8186334?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are excited to offer an opportunity to join the SLT service within Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust. We work with adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disability in inpatient and community services. We are seeking a full time (permanent) Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our Adult Community Integrated Team with a mixed communication and Dysphagia caseload. The SLT services support a variety of speech, language and communication and/or dysphagia needs, covering community and specialist settings across the city and county for adults with physical, mental health needs or developmental conditions/delay including Intellectual Disability and Developmental Language Disorder. The SLT services also include preventative information and guidance, working to empower parents, carers, other professionals and agencies to support speech, language and communication skills as well as eating and drinking. You will be well supported by senior colleagues, with opportunities for peer support, supervision, and CPD. The role involves close work with colleagues from a range of disciplines and you will be contributing to a multi-disciplinary service supporting adults with intellectual disabilities in settings across Nottingham City and/or North Nottinghamshire. ### Main duties of the job Your role will be to support the person to live well with their mental health, communication and eating/ drinking needs. The post holder is responsible for providing specialist SLT assessment, formulation and diagnosis, requiring advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and interpretation and analysis, and subsequent therapy/management programmes within the designated specialism/setting/district. The post holder may also support senior colleagues around strategic developments within their specialism/setting/district in liaison with their line manager. They will also support senior colleagues in the development and delivery of training and professional mentorship in their specialism/setting/district. The post holder will provide specialist clinical expertise and within specialism/setting/district ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities This role requires a high level of clinical and professional expertise in order that those with speech, language and communication needs and/or dysphagia needs and their carers and families benefit from a well-coordinated pro-active, specialist, efficient and effective speech and language therapy service within the designated specialism/setting/district. Specialist speech, language, and communication assessments focusing on functional communication and what reasonable adjustments (Accessible Information Standards) should be in place to support the persons needs. Liaison, advice and recommendations that aim to prevent further communication breakdown and that aim to empower the person to express their thoughts and opinions to the extent they wishes. You will work in an interactive and a consultative way. The role will also involve assessing and developing the management of eating and drinking difficulties for individuals, where issues arise due to a variety of physiological, cognitive and environmental reasons. Co-working with your MDT colleagues, families, and carers to enable their inclusive communication practices in their relationships, care, and interactions with the individual. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies. A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010. ### 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Empathetic and psychologically minded - Excellent written and oral communication skills - Well organized - Good reasoning skills - Motivated and a motivator - Team builder and team member - Ability to manage own well-being with access to supervision to sustain this - Reflective practitioner ### Training **Essential** - Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD - Post basic dysphagia training or completed competencies **Desirable** - Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD - Post basic dysphagia training or completed competencies ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of SLT delivery including the use of different approaches and multi-disciplinary working, across different contexts and environments. - Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group) - Knowledge of different assessments and interventions to working with adults with an intellectual disability ### Experience **Essential** - Working experience of assessing and managing caseloads within clinical area - Experience of effective multi disciplinary/agency working - Experience of enabling different staff groups to understand issues around communication - Experience of supporting students and other staff **Desirable** - Experience of delivering a variety of approaches to SLT service delivery - Experience in developing evaluation / audit tools and resources as part of SLT team - Experience of delivering Learning and development opportunities for others ### Qualificationsl **Essential** - Recognised SLT Degree/diploma - HCPC Registered - NQT competencies completed ### Values and Behaviours **Essential** - All staff should be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation - All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork ### Contractual Requirements **Essential** - A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010. ## Documents - [about the trust (pdf, 6.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2983) - [colleague benefits (pdf, 16.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2913) - [about nottinghamshire healthcare (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2079) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 448.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10490329) ## 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.