Band 7 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Overview

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?

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.

We are looking for a highly motivated and committed therapist with skills in holistic, client-centred practice, for a post at Band 7 in the 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.

• The successful candidate will be offering, evaluating and developing assessment and support of children with social communication difficulties and profound and multiple disabilities in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Offer support to more junior team members and students.
• Be trained to use a wide range of standardised assessments as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Maintain 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.
• Work with a range of clients, their families and others to achieve meaningful outcomes.
• Demonstrate excellent communication and team-working skills.
• Be willing to work in a full range of locations across Birmingham, including child development centres, education settings and family homes, and undertake some assessments virtually.
• Have good IT skills to make effective use of mobile working technology and IT systems.

BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. 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 West Midlands Rehab Centre and a leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry.

We aim to deliver outstanding, integrated care rooted in local communities.

If you want to 5 Be Part of Our Team5 we want to hear from you.

• Date posted: 20 January 2026
• Pay scheme:
  Agenda for change
• Band:
  Band 7
• Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 per annum (pro rata)
• Contract:
  
  Fixed term
• Duration: 12 months
• Working pattern:
  Part-time, Flexible working
• Reference:
  
  -CF
• Job locations:
  Citywide, Birmingham, B35 7QX

• Carrying out specialist assessments in the service area and developing programmes of care and treatment to meet client needs in accordance with agreed pathways.
• Negotiating with multi-disciplinary colleagues and carers regarding complex cases and appropriate referrals.
• Using specialist knowledge to inform clinical judgments and decisions for highly complex cases, including discharge decisions.
• Undertaking differential diagnosis and contributing to decision-making for complex clients as part of a team.
• Planning interventions and delivering assessments and therapy in groups and one-to-one sessions.
• Delegating therapy programmes to assistants, acting as mentor and supervisor as per local policy.
• Providing treatment based on best practice and advising other professionals/parents on appropriate support in home/school environments.
• Assessing and monitoring therapeutic equipment; liaising with other agencies and educating parents/carers on safety.
• Triage referrals to ensure criteria are met.
• Communicating complex information to clients, carers and the MDT; adapting communication to individual circumstances.
• Providing training and second opinions on complex case management.
• Working with Service Leads and Operational Managers to address clinical issues and support service transformation and innovation.
• Ensuring clinical quality and managing clinical risk; leading audits and reviews of evidence to underpin current practice.
• Contributing to outcomes measurement, evaluation and updating of care packages; using data to inform service delivery.
• Collecting and collating statistical data; understanding changing local/national contexts;…