Specialist Speech & Language Therapist Children

The closing date is 02 March 2026

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join a dynamic and innovative team within our Paediatric and Neonatal service at Nottingham Children's Hospital SLT service (Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - NUH).

Do you enjoy working with children and young people?

Do you thrive working alongside multi-disciplinary colleagues to achieve the best outcomes for the children and families you work with?

Are you an experienced band 5 or band 6 looking for your next challenge?

If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!

This is a permanent full-time post however part-time working would be considered. We would also consider this as a band 5 to 6 progression post. This post is not part of a rotation.

You would be joining a friendly and supportive team with high level of clinical expertise. There is excellent interdisciplinary working with the therapies team and with the wider MDT and community SLT services. There will be opportunities to also get involved in projects, task and finish groups within the SLT service, and with delivering training.

You would be part of a specialist Speech and Language Therapy team responsible for the provision of a Speech and Language Therapy service to the Nottingham Children's Hospital.

You will independently manage, triage and prioritise own caseload providing specialist SLT assessment, differential diagnosis, and management of communication and eating, drinking and swallowing needs for neonatal and paediatric inpatients.

You will be initially based at Queen's Medical Centre and City Campus Neonatal units with potential opportunities to work in the Paediatric service as you develop. You will join a growing team of speech and language therapists and receive support from more senior members of staff and clinical specialists, as well as having peer support from other band 6 clinicians.

• CPD opportunities, training and development in line with your yearly appraisal
• There will be regular meetings to support staff to connect with fellow team members and share skills
• Clinical and professional supervision
• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Nottingham University Hospital Trust is a large teaching hospital, with multiple sites, Queens Medical Centre, City Hospital and the National Rehabilitation Centre.

The Speech & Language Therapist Service for Adults and Children, works across the multiple sites, working alongside a separate ENT SLT service. We work across a very broad range of specialties, the Children's Hospital is a specialist tertiary unit providing services to children and young people across the region.

With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Please familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert

• Degree in speech and language therapy
• HCPC registration
• Registered member of RCSLT
• Dysphagia trained.
• Ideally previous paediatric experience.

• Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification
• Health Professions Council - License to Practice
• Registered member of RCSLT
• Evidence of successful completion of short courses related to client group
• Evidence of successful completion of short courses related to working with neonates

• Relevant post-graduate experience in specialist area including experience with working with children with communication difficulties and dysphagia.
• Well established knowledge of assessment tools for specialist group
• Established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Demonstrates effective ability to prioritise a caseload
• Experience of goal setting
• NHS Experience
• Completion of dysphagia competencies
• Experience of supporting other staff and students
• Experience of ward setting

• Able to work as an integrated member of the MDT
• Able to plan, prioritise and organise own workload.
• Able to use computer programmes and systems appropriate to the post.
• Excellent written communication and presentation
• Demonstrated NUH Trust values
• Able to plan and organise the work of assistants and students

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.