# Speech and Language Therapist - Paediatric

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Harrogate
- **Region:** North East and Yorkshire
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Job share, 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-16T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-02T13:31:06.371Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/North_Yorkshire/Harrogate/Harrogate_District_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Speech_Language_Therapist/Speech_Language_Therapist-v8044046
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8044046?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hdft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

To provide Speech and Language Therapy services to children with speech, language and communication needs and their families within Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (Harrogate and Rural and Hambledon and Richmondshire areas).

Post holders could be based at any of the Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Specialist Children's Services bases (usually either Northallerton Child Development Centre or Harrogate Child Development Centre).

### Main duties of the job

The post holders are collaborative team members of the HDFT Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Team within HDFT Specialist Children’s Services (SCS). This includes providing clinical supervision to a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant as necessary.

To independently manage and provide a SLT service for children with speech, language and communication needs within HDFT SCS. The children are aged 0 to 19 years. Caseload management is carried out independently.

To allocate clients, design therapy programmes and provide clinical support and supervision to a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant.

To establish and maintain the quality of the Paediatric SLT service through working towards best practice and developing clinical governance alongside the Team Lead SLT.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and  Person specification or please contact Wendy Brotherton at \[email protected\].

## Job Details

To provide Speech and Language Therapy services to children with speech, language and communication needs and their families within Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (Harrogate and Rural and Hambledon and Richmondshire areas).

Post holders could be based at any of the Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust Specialist Children's Services bases (usually either Northallerton Child Development Centre or Harrogate Child Development Centre).

## Job Description

The post holders are collaborative team members of the HDFT Paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Team within HDFT Specialist Children’s Services (SCS). This includes providing clinical supervision to a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant as necessary.

To independently manage and provide a SLT service for children with speech, language and communication needs within HDFT SCS. The children are aged 0 to 19 years. Caseload management is carried out independently.

To allocate clients, design therapy programmes and provide clinical support and supervision to a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant.

To establish and maintain the quality of the Paediatric SLT service through working towards best practice and developing clinical governance alongside the Team Lead SLT.

## Responsibilities

Please see attached Job description and Person specification or please contact Wendy Brotherton at \[email protected\].

## Person Specification

### Essential/ desirable

**Essential**

- Speech and Language Therapy graduate with membership of HCPC
- Relevant experience at undergraduate or post graduate level of working with children with SLCN
- Car driver and access to own vehicle

**Desirable**

- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Experience of working with schools and pre-school settings
- Knowledge and use of Systm1
- Knowledge of SEND and National Curriculum
- Knowledge and experience of EHCP process
- Knowledge of Speech and Language Therapy Paediatric Interventions

## Documents

- [trust policies and procedures (pdf, 176.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10332724)
- [job description & person specification (doc, 98.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10342209)

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