Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Intellectual Disabilities
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 186-705-26-MH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Highbury Hospital
- Town
- Nottingham
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
Band 6
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Job overview
We are excited to offer an opportunity to join the SLT service within Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust. We work with adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disability in inpatient and community services. We are seeking a full time (permanent) Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our Adult Community Integrated Team with a mixed communication and Dysphagia caseload.
The SLT services support a variety of speech, language and communication and/or dysphagia needs, covering community and specialist settings across the city and county for adults with physical, mental health needs or developmental conditions/delay including Intellectual Disability and Developmental Language Disorder.
The SLT services also include preventative information and guidance, working to empower parents, carers, other professionals and agencies to support speech, language and communication skills as well as eating and drinking.
You will be well supported by senior colleagues, with opportunities for peer support, supervision, and CPD.
The role involves close work with colleagues from a range of disciplines and you will be contributing to a multi-disciplinary service supporting adults with intellectual disabilities in settings across Nottingham City and/or North Nottinghamshire.
Main duties of the job
Your role will be to support the person to live well with their mental health, communication and eating/ drinking needs.
The post holder is responsible for providing specialist SLT assessment, formulation and diagnosis, requiring advanced clinical reasoning, critical thinking, reflection and interpretation and analysis, and subsequent therapy/management programmes within the designated specialism/setting/district.
The post holder may also support senior colleagues around strategic developments within their specialism/setting/district in liaison with their line manager. They will also support senior colleagues in the development and delivery of training and professional mentorship in their specialism/setting/district.
The post holder will provide specialist clinical expertise and within specialism/setting/district
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire,Leicestershire,Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
This role requires a high level of clinical and professional expertise in order that those with speech, language and communication needs and/or dysphagia needs and their carers and families benefit from a well-coordinated pro-active, specialist, efficient and effective speech and language therapy service within the designated specialism/setting/district.
Specialist speech, language, and communication assessments focusing on functional communication and what reasonable adjustments (Accessible Information Standards) should be in place to support the persons needs.
Liaison, advice and recommendations that aim to prevent further communication breakdown and that aim to empower the person to express their thoughts and opinions to the extent they wishes. You will work in an interactive and a consultative way.
The role will also involve assessing and developing the management of eating and drinking difficulties for individuals, where issues arise due to a variety of physiological, cognitive and environmental reasons.
Co-working with your MDT colleagues, families, and carers to enable their inclusive communication practices in their relationships, care, and interactions with the individual.
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 is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Person specification
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Qualificationsl
Essential criteria
- Recognised SLT Degree/diploma
- HCPC Registered
- NQT competencies completed
Training
Essential criteria
- Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD
- Post basic dysphagia training or completed competencies
Desirable criteria
- Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD
- Post basic dysphagia training or completed competencies
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- 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
Essential criteria
- 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 to working with adults with an intellectual disability
Skills
Essential criteria
- Empathetic and psychologically minded
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Well organized
- 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
- Reflective practitioner
Values and Behaviours
Essential criteria
- All staff should be able to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kate Nicholas
- Job title
- Lead SLT Intellectual Disabilities
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
Please email if you wish to discuss this post and we will arrange a mutually convenient time
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