Speech & Language Therapy Assistant
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust317 Trustwide, North East
Overview
This is a NHS role (permanent) with The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust based in 317 Trustwide. The advertised salary is £25,760 to £27,476. Applications close on 11 October 2026. GovJobs has indexed this vacancy from its official source — use the apply button to view the full advert and apply directly.
Job description
We have an exciting opportunity for a permanent Band 3 Assistant Speech & Language Therapist to work with the adult team. The post is based at the Com...
- Administration of referrals, appointments, discharge
- Proof reading reports and email to recipients
- Preparing assessment and therapy materials
- Working with patients on delegated therapy interventions
- Supporting therapists in group sessions
- Setting up communication aids
- Supporting therapists in teaching sessions
To assist Speech and Language Therapists in providing a quality service for patients with acquired communication and swallowing problems. This essentially includes:
- - To assist in clinical procedures, within competence, with specialist SLT staff.
- To provide advice/training with patients, families and other members of the MDT on the use of Assistive and Augmentative communication methods
- To gather information via phone from other hospital sites, care homes and/or family members
- To be responsible for stock maintenance and ordering of equipment
- To implement speech therapy designed treatment programmes, making modifications within programmes to suit patient circumstances and progress
- To perform administrative and clerical duties
- To enter data into system one
Whilst Newcastle Hospitals are a forward thinking and highly innovative organisation, the use of Third-Party Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents a risk to the integrity of our Recruitment & Selection processes. If you use AI, and it poses a risk to the integrity of your individual application or to the recruitment process, we may withdraw your application at any stage of the process.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Cramlington Manor Walks
- Urgent treatment centres
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Essential: - Minimum NVQ level 3 or equivalent; - Valid driving licence
Essential: - Relevant experience in dealing with communication impaired adult patients; - Experience of delivering work/programmes devised by other professionals; - Breadth of knowledge of health care system / workings
Desirable: - Experience of working with those with swallowing impairments (dysphagia); - General knowledge of speech and swallowing disorders in adults; - General knowledge of communication disorders in adults; - General knowledge of assistive and augmentative communication methods; - Knowledge of system one; - General adult neuro experience; - Experience working with disabled, highly distressed people or people with long term conditions; - Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams
Essential: - Excellent interpersonal skills.; - Excellent communication skills; - Reflective practice skills.; - Excellent organisational skills.; - Prioritisation skills; - Excellent computer skills
How this role compares
We hold 349 NHS vacancies in North East that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £32,073. This role pays less than about 80% of them.
There are 12,785 NHS roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 618 of them in North East.
You have 8 days left to apply. NHS adverts we hold typically run for around 59 days, so this is a shorter window than usual.
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has 44 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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