Job summary
Fantastic opportunity in a beautiful County for a B6 Therapist or development opportunity for a B5.

Are you looking for a new challenge? The paediatric SALT team at Wye Valley NHS Trust is looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed Speech and Language Therapist. You will join a friendly and highly committed team of therapists and therapy assistants delivering support to children across rural Herefordshire. Ideally, you will have some knowledge and experience of working with children who present with DLD/ significant and complex speech and language difficulties.

We are looking to recruit a Band 6, full time position (part time applications considered). Note: this post would be considered as a developmental role, therefore there is an opportunity for an experienced B5 to work towards a B6 within a set time frame.

The role would include working with pre-school children with significantly delayed/disordered speech and language and supporting children, most with an EHCP, within mainstream schools as part of a school based team.

If you are an enthusiastic and evidence driven individual then please get in touch. Due to the nature of the post you must be a car driver.

We look forward to welcoming you to our relatively small but highly committed team.

Informal discussions prior to application are welcome via the SALT admin base at Belmont 01432 363975 or email: Lucy Sweeting (Clinical Manager and Head of Profession for CYP - SALT), lucy.sweeting@wvt.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

• Provide assessment and therapy for pre-school and school age children with a wide range of speech, language and communication difficulties. Write concise notes, reports and programmes for children in order for family and education staff to support ongoing needs.
• Support initiatives within the SALT service to maintain timely waiting lists and waits for therapy intervention.
• Engage in and be pro-active in CPD activities in order to continually provide evidence based practice and intervention.
• Support the team to continue its transformation journey to deliver an equitable and supportive service across the whole County.

About us
Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT, the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we would want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust. They tell us it is a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values (Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence) are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.

Details
Date posted: 20 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £48,117 a year pa pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time
Reference number: 229-IC-8276175-A
Job locations: Various including Hereford central and Ross on Wye, Hereford, HR2 9RP

Job responsibilities
To view role requirements and role responsibilities in full, please view the Job description and person specification attached to this vacancy in the supporting documents.

Person Specification
Education and Qualifications

• Essential: High Level of general education. Leading to entry to professional training.
• Essential: Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy.
• Essential: Membership to RCSLT
• Desirable: Accredited courses such as Elklan, POPAT, Signalong, Attention Autism, Intensive Interaction

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities

• Essential: Excellent oral and written communication
• Essential: Ability to communicate complex and delicate information in a timely and sensitive way where there are frequent barriers to understanding and/or acceptance.
• Essential: Ability to relate theory to practise.
• Desirable: An awareness and understanding of the vision within the Experts at Hand SEND Reform White Paper

Experience

• Essential: Experience of managing own large and complex caseload independently, being accountable for own professional actions.
• Essential: Experience in working in a multidisciplinary environment.
• Desirable: Experience of using manual signing systems e.g. Sign along

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.

Employer details
Employer name: Wye Valley NHS Trust
Employer's website: https://www.wyevalley.nhs.uk/

Contact
Clinical Manager and Professional Lead CYP - SALT, Lucy Sweeting, lucy.sweeting@wvt.nhs.uk, 01432 363975

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