Band 8a Speech & Language Therapist - Permanent - Newcastle

Role: Speech & Language Therapist 
Banding: Band 8a
Location: Newcastle
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent 
Salary: £55,000 - £61,000

The AHP team at Pulse is seeking an experienced Speech & Language Therapist with a passion for neuro-disabilities and dysphagia? Join our private, busy, and vibrant centre in Newcastle, where you will provide expert input to a caseload of individuals with complex speech, language, communication, and dysphagia needs.

Your main responsibilities as a Speech and Language Therapist:

You will manage a specialist caseload of pupils with specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, ADHD, autism, language disorders, and social communication difficulties. You will collaborate with onsite Occupational Therapists, the Pastoral team, and Academic and Boarding Staff to integrate communication targets into the educational setting. You will conduct therapy sessions in dedicated therapy rooms, working closely with a small number of pupils multiple times per week. You will participate in regular internal and external clinical supervision and weekly CPD meetings.

What we are looking for in a Speech and Language Therapist:

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy qualification
• HCPC registration
• Significant dysphagia experience at Band 7 or 8a level.
• Completion of newly qualified competency framework

What’s in it for you:

• Wellbeing Support: Access to occupational health, physio services, and counselling.
• Pension Scheme: Contributory pension scheme with matched contributions up to 5%.
• Training: Comprehensive induction and ongoing training.
• Employee Assistance Programme: Support for personal and professional challenges.
• Rewards Scheme: Discounts on shopping and other perks.
• Cycle to Work Scheme: Encouraging a healthy and eco-friendly commute.
• Annual Leave: 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays.

Why work with Pulse?

From the moment you register with us, our focus is entirely on you. During our first conversation, you’ll quickly see that we understand your specialty inside and out.

Our expert recruitment consultants are dedicated to finding you the best opportunities and supporting you every step of the way to secure the perfect placement. With our preferred or sole supplier status with many clients, you’ll have access to exclusive opportunities that you won’t find anywhere else.

We always prioritize your best interests, engaging in meaningful conversations and truly listening to you. You are an individual, a professional—not just a resource.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.

We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.