Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

The closing date is 03 October 2025

Job summary

Band 6 Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Will consider Band 5 developing band 6 post for suitably qualified applicants.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join the Acute adult team across the 2 Acute Hospitals, Northampton and Kettering General Hospitals. These sessions are within the acute teams and the head and neck cancer S&LT teams.

You will join a team of Speech and Language Therapists who are situated within the Acute S&LT team as well as a larger countywide Team of Adult Speech & Language Therapists and Support Practitioners.

These are substantive posts with the opportunity of full time or part time working, across the Acute and H&N Pathways within adult Speech & Language Therapy countywide. Thereby offering an opportunity to develop skills across a variety of caseloads/ disorders.

All staff are encouraged to attend regular team meetings, countywide staff meetings and in-house clinical forums. The service promotes a strong culture of clinical supervision. Professional development is encouraged through membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks, in-house and external training courses and is monitored through annual appraisal.

Due to the number of sessions that are available, there is the opportunity to negotiate preferred sessions and/or locations with the successful candidates.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an experienced Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) with specialist knowledge of differential diagnosis in adults with Speech, Language and Swallowing difficulties and experience working with patients across various pathways.

The post holder will work within the Adult Speech and Language Therapy team to manage a complex caseload comprising of a range of adult clients with various differential diagnoses.

The post holder will supervise SLT Assistant Practitioners and volunteers.

The post holder will provide clinical teaching of SLT students and will participate in the development and delivery of specialist SLT training to others.

Being a car driver is essential. There are two acute locations that our teams cover within the county.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Date posted

19 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

270-TG376-ACS

Job locations

Highfield clinical care centre

Cliftonville Road

Northampton

NN1 5BU

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

See job description for both acute and H&N pathways

Job description

Job responsibilities

See job description for both acute and H&N pathways

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

recognised S< degree Evidence of sucessful completeion of Speicalist Short course e.g Dysphagia

Desirable

membership to CEN/ SIG

Experience and Skills

Essential

oEvidence of clinical experience as qualified SLT in relevant field.
oEvidence of specialist knowledge/skills as a result of experience/CPD.
oAble to organise work load and manage time. oAbility to prioritise work load - clinical and non-clinical.
Car driver

Desirable

Knowledge of National policies

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

recognised S< degree Evidence of sucessful completeion of Speicalist Short course e.g Dysphagia

Desirable

membership to CEN/ SIG

Experience and Skills

Essential

oEvidence of clinical experience as qualified SLT in relevant field.
oEvidence of specialist knowledge/skills as a result of experience/CPD.
oAble to organise work load and manage time. oAbility to prioritise work load - clinical and non-clinical.
Car driver

Desirable

Knowledge of National policies

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Highfield clinical care centre

Cliftonville Road

Northampton

NN1 5BU

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Highfield clinical care centre

Cliftonville Road

Northampton

NN1 5BU

Employer's website

https://www.nhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)