Main area Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 186-383-26-MH
Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site CAMHS Community West Town Mansfield Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 27/05/2026 23:59
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 6
Job overview
Are you the Speech and Language Therapist we are searching for?
Are you enthusiastic, curious and ready to develop your clinical skills in a rewarding new setting? If you’re looking for your next professional adventure, we would love you to join our thriving CAMHS Speech and Language Therapy Service embedded within our CAMHS MDT.
We are delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a motivated SLT to join our CAMHS Community Multidisciplinary Team. This post is ideal for:
* An experienced B5/B6 SLT ready to progress in their career.
* A current Band 6 seeking to expand their specialist skillset
* An SLT with strong foundational experience who is keen to move into CAMHS for the first time
If you’re unsure whether your experience fits, we warmly encourage you to get in touch to discuss your background — you may be exactly who we’re looking for.
Main duties of the job
You will be contributing to a multi-disciplinary service supporting children and young people accessing CAMHS. This will include:
* Carrying out individual Speech and Language Therapy assessments and produce reports and recommendations for implementing communication reasonable adjustments
* Providing specific speech and language therapy interventions to individuals where appropriate
* Liaison and advice with families, carers, education and health care colleagues in how to support CYP with SLCN with/without neurodevelopmental differences in order to facilitate reasonable adjustments and increased access to services.
* Highlighting communication risks and recommending reasonable adjustments when providing 1:1 interventions and when formulating MDT input.
* Contributing directly to offering bespoke therapeutic interventions working with service users, carers and families, the MDT and other agencies.
SLTs in CAMHS are a core part of the multi-disciplinary team, supporting the understanding of the patients communication needs.
Person specification
Contractual requirements
* Ability to travel between sites, patients home and educational settings
* A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Physical requirement
* Ability to perform the full range of duties
* Physical skills in line with MVA
Qualifications
* Recognised SLT Degree/diploma/Masters (pre‑reg)
* RCSLT Registered
* HCPC Registered
Training
* Portfolio of relevant post‑qualification CPD
* Post‑basic dysphagia training or completed competencies
Experience
* 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
* 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
Knowledge
* 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 for developmental language disorder, autism, learning disabilities and other neurodevelopmental conditions.
* Knowledge of different assessments and interventions for SEMH and autism.
Skills
* Empathetic and psychologically minded
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
* Well organised
* 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.
Values and Behaviours
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.
Additional Information
* We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
* The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
* For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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