East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge)
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Closing date: 11 May 2026
Fixed term post until the end of December 2027.
We need:
* Confident, motivated and enthusiastic therapists.
* Experience of working with children with a wide range of SLCN.
* Someone looking to develop their clinical knowledge and skills.
You will:
* Manage a caseload providing targeted, evidence-based assessment and therapy.
* Work closely with colleagues in Health and education.
* Participate in training to parents and other professionals around SLC needs.
* Support junior staff within the service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide specialist clinical input to children attending mainstream schools and pre-school children with complex needs. Working as part of these teams, you will provide speech and language therapy support to children with a wide range of SLC needs including statutory provision. You will provide training to enable parents and other professionals to support children's language and communication needs.
Job responsibilities
* To independently identify, assess and diagnose speech, language and communication impairments and select appropriate patients and type of therapy for effective treatment.
* To make a differential diagnosis based on evidence from assessment, and design appropriate treatment based on analysis of profile of need seeking advice as appropriate.
* Be responsible for delivering specialist speech and language therapy input to school age children and pre-school children, covering a range of disorders of communication.
* To provide training to enable parents and other professionals to support children's language and communication needs.
* To plan, organise and prioritise own workload, clinical and non-clinical.
* To use clinical skills to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management for complex clinical issues.
* Gain extensive clinical experience and expertise to improve and further develop specialist skills through training, support and study.
* To have appropriate knowledge or an awareness of low tech AAC, for example picture exchange.
* To have knowledge of and contribute to the EHCP process within the given timescales, including preparing reports with outcomes and targets for the initial report and for annual reviews as required.
* To provide second opinions and shadowing opportunities for less experienced colleagues.
* To seek out second opinions from more experienced colleagues as required.
* To make referrals onto specialist services as required, including Health, Education and / or Social Services.
* To participate in the development and delivery of training (formal and informal) to others with and without support and reflect on and evaluate training provided.
* To contribute to the support of newly and recently graduated SLT Staff.
* To support and take part in the induction and training of new staff to the service.
Qualifications and Training
* Qualified speech and language therapist
* HCPC registered
* Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
* Attendance at relevant courses, e.g. language and / or speech disorders.
* Member of relevant CEN
Experience
* Demonstrates a well-established knowledge of a range of clinical disorders, assessments and appropriate therapeutic interventions in specialist field; including management of children with social communication difficulties.
* Relevant experience as qualified SLT in the specialist field.
* Evidence of high level of specialist knowledge/skills as a result of experience/CPD
* Experience of supporting new members of staff
Skills
* Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically.
* Awareness of the principles of clinical governance/audit
* Demonstrates a positive approach to problem solving
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
18 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Job share, Flexible working, Compressed hours, Term time hours
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum, pro-rata
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