Specialist Speech & Language Therapist- Cleft

Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
- Cleft Band 6

Main area Speech & Language Therapist Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent:
Part time would be considered Hours

• Full time
• Part time

Site To be discussed at interview Town To be confirmed: either Truro, Newquay, Cambourne Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum/Pro Rota Salary period Yearly Closing 24/08/2026 23:59

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

• Care based on what matters to people.
• Care provided at home or close to home.
• Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
• Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

• Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
• Technology enabled care.
• Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
• Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

• A place people love to work and feel valued.
• Living our values with staff (all voices count).
• Attract, grow and develop talent.
• Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

• Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
• Joined-up community services.
• Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
• Reduce our impact on the environment.

At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. 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 whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The Cornwall Children's Community Speech and Language Therapy service has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our service due to new investment. This is a perfect opportunity for someone either looking to relocate or step into a specialist role.

You will hold a 0- 18 years old mixed community caseload and offer support to children and their families through clinic appointments, setting visits and home visits in Cornwall. The service offers both assessment and intervention, in addition to consultation and training.

As part of your specialist role, we are looking for someone with an interest in and experience working with children with cleft palate and lip. You will support our clinical lead for cleft manage the SW cleft pathway in liaison with the Bristol cleft service, with quality improvement projects related to the cleft pathway and develop your specialist skills within cleft in order to support other SaLT colleagues.

There is flexibility within the location of this post and whether it sits within our Central, or West Locality teams. This will be discussed at interview.

We are looking for someone who

• is passionate and knowledgeable about speech sound disorder
• has experience working with children with cleft palate and lip
• has experience working with a range of clinical needs and knowledge of the education system
• enjoys working on service development projects with their peers
• has some experience mentoring or supervising either student SaLTs or support workers

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 5,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 10 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great…