The closing date is 16 July 2026

Job summary
**This job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested**

Are you an innovative Speech and Language Therapist, excited about a new way of working within the NHS? Or interested in Neurodevelopmental Conditions and looking for a new challenge?

- Are you passionate about working with children?
- Do you enjoy the prospect of working in a specialised environment?
- Do you want the opportunity to be part of a friendly and supportive Multidisciplinary Team?
- Do you want to work in a vibrant city with a range of multicultural communities and be part of an inclusive Trust which is keen to reduce health inequalities?

If you are looking for an exciting role, we want to meet you!

Come and join us to work within a fast developing, dynamic and pioneering Neurodevelopmental (ND) Team across the city of Birmingham, working alongside a range of professionals, including children's therapy, clinical psychology and medical colleagues, education and local authority partners.

We are looking for highly motivated and committed therapists with skills in holistic, client-centred practice, for a post at Band 6.

Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will be offering, evaluating and developing, assessment and support of children with social communication difficulties and profound and multiple difficulties in a multi-disciplinary team. You will offer support to more junior team members and students. You will be trained to use a wide range of standardised assessments as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.

You will have strong clinical and caseload management skills and a passion for working with children with SEND, with a specific interest in the assessment and diagnosis of Autism. You will have proven experience of successfully working with a range of clients, their families and others in order for the child to achieve meaningful outcomes. You will have excellent communication and team working skills. You will be willing to work in a full range of locations across the city of Birmingham, including child development centres, education settings and family homes, as well as undertaking some assessments virtually.

About us
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Be Part of Our Team...
BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.

We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

Job responsibilities

• To identify and plan appropriate SLT intervention including assessment and delivering therapy in groups and one-to-one sessions, in accordance with SLT service agreed packages of care and pathways
• To provide appropriate treatment and evaluate outcomes with a full range of clients including complex clients.
• To use highly developed communication skills to explain complex information from clinical assessment and therapy outcomes to clients, carers and multidisciplinary team members.
• To assess, diagnose and treat children with a range of communication and/or eating and drinking difficulties, making appropriate clinical decisions independently with support for highly complex clients.
• To make differential diagnosis of specialist and diverse cases with access to supervision for highly complex cases.
• To record and maintain up-to-date clinical case notes in line with professional standards and Trust, professional and departmental policies.
• To complete timely, accurate written and electronic records of patients care, maintaining service standards and following departmental clinical record keeping guidelines. The post holder will also be required to input activity into the IT system.
• To share specialist knowledge with colleagues at a local level including offering additional specialist experience and providing observation sessions for others.
• To access Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapists for support such as second opinions for highly complex cases as necessary.
• To contribute to evaluating and updating packages of care and pathways used within the SLT Service.
• To Identify and access appropriate Continuous Professional Development at least to a level to meet Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and Health and Care Professions Council requirements and to practice reflective learning.
• To use keyboard skills to produce customised treatment plans and materials and effectively manage mobile device to access client records, emails and other aspects of electronic communication.
• To manage infection control risks including those from bodily fluids.
• To write reports containing highly complex, confidential and sensitive information which may be used in a legal context.
• To undertake reviews of evidence to underpin current practice.
• Undertake other duties commensurate with this grade of post in agreement with the relevant line manager.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• A First degree level qualification plus post graduate qualification relevant in SLT
• HCPC Licence to practice
• Full Membership of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
• Evidence of recent relevant CPD activities in specialist area, e.g. ASD, dysphagia, fluency, SLI

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification in paediatric dysphagia
• Trained in ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule)
• Trained in NAS EarlyBird
• Trained in PECS

Experience
Essential

• Significant experience as a qualified therapist of diagnostic assessment in any one of the following areas: ASD, dysphagia, fluency or SLI as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of working as a qualified therapist in a range of pre-school multi-disciplinary settings
• Significant experience of delivering clinical support and supervision to less experienced Speech and Language Therapists and/or SLT assistants
• Significant experience as a qualified therapist of managing a mixed and complex caseload across a number of settings including Early years settings and clients' homes
• Demonstrates high awareness of safeguarding issues and processes
• Significant experience as a qualified therapist of successful multi-agency working with families and stakeholders in Local Authority and Health settings.
• Specialist management of a diverse caseload, as a qualified therapist, having provided support to other professionals.
• Significant experience of using augmentative communication e.g. Makaton signing, symbols, communication aids.
• Experience of delivering successful/effective training to other professionals.

Desirable

• Able to develop specialist programmes of care & explain them to carers and staff.

Skills
Essential

• Able to use evidence base to inform clinical decision-making around complex presentations in specialist clinical area
• Able to work with a range of families in a culturally and socially diverse area
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Able to explain complex ideas in a simple way. Able to write clear reports and notes to a professional standard.
• Able to use signing and communication aids where appropriate.
• IT literate and able to use a range of specialist programmes e.g. Communicate in Print.

Desirable

• Able to develop specialist programmes of care & explain them to carers and staff.

Other job requirements
Essential

• Is able to deliver a number of contacts across the working week across a range of settings
• Is able and willing to move around the city.
• Is able to carry a variety of equipment between locations safely.
• Is able to work at various heights and locations according to needs of clients

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Neurodevelopmental Pathway Clinical Specialist, Natalie Pountney, Natalie.pountney@nhs.net