Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Go back Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 05 February 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for the recruitment of Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapists into our new Neurodevelopmental Pathway (NDP) assessment team. The postholder will work alongside paediatricians and our post-diagnosticneurodevelopmental nursing team.

The successful post holders will demonstrate a passion for working with children and young people with Autism and have a strong interestin understanding how Autism and other conditions may impact on a child/young person and their families.

The team deliver services to children and young people across the borough of Halton (Widnes and Runcorn) based in the Child Development Centre, Widnes. The CDC is locate doff the M62 and north of the M56 next to the town of Warrington and offers free parking. Mileage and toll bridgeexpenses can be claimed for duties requiring a crossing of the bridges.

A variety of hours are offered and applications are welcomedfrom those who may wish to work on a full or part time basis. Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS FT (BCHFT) has a well-established flexible working policy in place to support a positive work-life balance.

If you are interested in this post then please contact

Esther Gibson, Team Leader for Childrens Specialist Services on for further information of the role and to arrange a visit to meet the team.

We look forward to meeting you soon.

At BCHFT, our mission is to improve local health and wellbeing in the communities we serve. We want to ensure that our patients, their families, communities, and our stakeholders receive the right care, in the right place and at the right time.

Job Purpose:

To complete social communication assessments as part of the Neurodevelopmentalassessment pathway. To contribute to MDT discussions to make decisions aboutpossible diagnosis. To write reports with advice and to signpost to appropriate support.

Flexible working will be considered for all roles.

Unfortunately, we do not hold a sponsor licence for working Visas.

At Bridgewater, our PEOPLE values shape how we deliver ourNHS services in your local community.

They help us deliver our mission to improve local health and promote wellbeing in the communities we serve.

After all, values are about people and they werecreated in partnership with our staff to reflect what they felt was important to them

Here at Bridgewater our shared values flow through the organisation.

P- Person-centred-We are passionate about individual needs and promote independence in the healthcare we provide..

E- Empowered
- We empower our people and encourage new ideas to deliver and create improvements in community care.

O- Open and Honest
-We behave in a way that develops relationshipsbased on trust, openness, honesty and respect.

P- Professional-We support our people, so everyone has the right skills and training to deliver outstanding patient care.

L- Locally Lead
-We are always learning about our communities andshow great pride in being a local provider of health and care.

E- Efficient
-We use our resources wisely to provide sustainable and value for money healthcare for our patients.

Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust plan to integrate and form a new organisation onthe 1st April 2026. As such, if your start date is on or after1st April 2026, you will be employed by the newly formed organisation.

Should you join Bridgewater prior to this date, your employment willautomatically transfer into the new organisation. We are confident that thistransition will provide new opportunities and a continued commitment to excellence in patient care.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Clinical Skills

• To assess and diagnose within the highly specialist clinical area
• To produce detailed reports reflecting specialist knowledge regarding patients' needs and summarising proposed treatment plans.
• To contribute to legal documents such as Education, Health and Care Plans. Annual reviews and individual education plans.
• To…