About the Role
The successful candidate will join the well‑established and respected Intellectual and Developmental Difficulties (IDD) Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Service within Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, working specifically within Crisis Pathways for IDD services.
You will be well supported by senior colleagues, with opportunities for peer support. You will enjoy close links with our team and SLT colleagues within the East Midlands, and benefit from excellent levels of support, supervision, IT and CPD opportunities.
The role is based in Nottingham City and County, visiting patients in their own homes or in the Orion In‑patient Unit at Highbury Hospital, Nottingham.
We are looking for an experienced clinician who will oversee delivery of a specialist Speech & Language Therapy service to individuals accessing in‑patient services at the Orion Unit and the two Intensive Community Assessment and Treatment Teams (ICATT) – North and South.
Supporting adults with intellectual disabilities and/or autism, this will comprise delivering traditional SLT assessment and treatment as well as pathway leadership, workforce training, workforce supervision and reflective practice sessions, consultation, second opinions and signposting.
ICATT’s overall purpose is to support the individual and their carers to maintain positive relationships to avoid placement breakdown and admission to hospital. You will be supporting this aim with your specialist communication knowledge and your understanding of the individual’s needs based on the assessments and observations undertaken.
The Orion Unit is an assessment and treatment in‑patient unit providing support for adults who have a diagnosis of an intellectual disability and complex mental health difficulties and/or challenging behaviours that cannot be managed in the community. Using your person‑centred principles you will provide assessments and formulation, and support workforce development. You will provide clinical supervision for SLT colleagues working within the unit and ICATT service.
Key Responsibilities
* Deliver professional supervision, reflective practice and guidance for the IDD Orion and ICATT workforce.
* Provide training on individual patients and the autistic population more generally.
* Provide a traditional SLT assessment and treatment pathway to autistic adults accessing community AMH.
* Provide consultation, second opinions and signposting to the wider AMH workforce on specific cases.
* Deliver the SLT clinical pathway within community AMH, specifically in relation to those who have autism across Nottingham/Nottinghamshire.
* Represent the profession and forums as required.
Additional Information
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria herehttps://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.
This post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled Worker visa. Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa, so the Trust would not be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.
Applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced) and will be deducted from your salary over the first two months of employment.
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 are required for this post; reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 Apr 2026.
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