Speech and Language Therapist

Main area Speech and Language Therapist Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon to Fri 9am to 5pm) Job  

Site Chy Govenek Town Truro Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum Closing 29/07/2026 23:59

This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.

Only current employees of the following organisations can apply:

• Cornwall Foundation Trust
• Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
• Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board

If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our team, working with adults with Autistic Spectrum Conditions across inpatient mental health settings and community services.

This is a rewarding and impactful role, supporting timely discharge from hospital, reducing unnecessary admissions, and helping to prevent contact with criminal justice services through proactive, person‑centred intervention.

In this role, you will undertake comprehensive assessments using advanced investigative and analytical skills to develop and deliver highly individualised interventions.

You will work collaboratively with service users, carers and multidisciplinary teams, ensuring communication needs are fully understood and embedded within care planning.

You will play a key role in promoting choice, empowerment and meaningful involvement for service users and their carers in all aspects of care.

You will also provide specialist advice and clearly communicate assessment outcomes to ensure individuals are consistently supported in managing their communication needs.

As a senior clinician, you will lead on the planning and delivery of training to health and social care professionals, particularly in relation to communication and dysphagia in adults with autism.

You will also contribute to service development, using your specialist knowledge to help shape and evaluate high-quality Speech and Language Therapy provision.

We are looking for a clinician who is passionate about improving outcomes for adults with autism, confident in working across complex systems, and committed to delivering inclusive, evidence‑based practice.

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We support people with learning disabilities, dementia and other conditions through community and hospital-based care.

• A Degree or Diploma in Speech and Language Therapy
• Registered with the Health Professions Council
• Recent evidence of Continuing Professional Development and reflection
• Considerable experience of working with people with Autism

• Highly skilled in use of standardised assessments and professionally recognised non‑standardised assessment tools relevant to this client group

• Specialist knowledge and application of SLT assessments and interventions relevant to people with Autism
• Advanced knowledge and understanding of the impact of autism on language and communication

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
• Protected CPD time for registered staff
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
• Leadership and Management development programmes
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff

• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
• Free access to HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
• Free DBS checks where required
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Reimbursement of application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce.