Hearing Rehabilitationist (Speech and Language Therapy)

Job summary
Are you ready for a rewarding new challenge in a specialist hearing implant centre? We are looking to recruit a Speech and Language Therapist to join our enthusiastic paediatric Hearing Implant Rehabilitation Team on a permanent basis. This post provides an exciting opportunity for Speech and Language Therapists to extend and consolidate their professional experience working with infants, children and young people with conductive and severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. The role is varied and will include a combination of joint clinic-based work, stand alone SLT assessments and remote appointments. If you would like to find out more about the post or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We would be delighted to hear from you.

Main duties of the job
You will provide a specialist hearing rehabilitation service as part of the regional hearing implant programme based at Addenbrooke's Hospital. This involves assessing patients' communication skills to determine suitability for a hearing implant within a multidisciplinary team and supporting the patient with their communication post implantation. The majority of the caseload is with cochlear implants; however work with other hearing implants will also be part of the post. You will be responsible for assessing the communication skills of patients, liaison with local professionals, as well as planning, implementing and evaluating care as a specialist clinician within the hearing rehabilitation team. The post holder will contribute to maintaining and developing pathways of care, and participate in research and audit activity.

About us
Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population. CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities. Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment. This vacancy will close at midnight on 11th August 2026. Interviews are due to be held on 18th August 2026.

Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff. On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH. CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times. Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered. We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• A recognised qualification in speech and language therapy / pathology [or its overseas equivalents] (Bsc / Msc in speech and language therapy / pathology)
• A recognized Qualification of Teacher of the Deaf
• Current full practising registration of the appropriate professional regulatory body/bodies without unspent sanctions/ warnings (HCPC and RCSLT (SLT); BATOD (ToD))

Experience

• Experience of working with children with hearing implants in a range of settings
• Experience of managing a complex caseload independently
• Experience of assessing the communication and listening needs of children and analysing the results.
• Significant post graduate experience working as a Speech and Language Therapist or Teacher of the Deaf
• Provision of teaching/ training/ supervision to students and other professionals
• Participation in quality improvement projects. e.g. audit, clinical guidelines, policy.
• Experience of working professionally with team members and colleagues through liaison, MDT discussions and joint working to ensure quality care is delivered.
• Joint working within appointments to help facilitate audiological testing as well as provide rehabilitation support to patients and family members

Knowledge

• Knowledge of cochlear implants
• Knowledge of the different communication systems available (e.g. BSL/ AAC, total communication etc) and how to support children in their communication development.
• Knowledge and implementation of current therapy approaches for communication difficulties.
• A knowledge of assistive listening devices and how they are used to support children in education settings.

Skills

• Able to prepare and deliver a rehabilitation programme to children with severe to profound deafness
• Ability to analyse the key needs of an individual and tailor intervention accordingly.
• Communicate complex sensitive condition related information from assessment to patients, parents/ carers and colleagues.
• Ability to reflect on own practice and identify areas of personal strengths and areas to develop.
• Interpersonal skills e.g. negotiation, team working, conflict management
• Excellent communication skills to enable building good rapports with colleagues, patients and their families
• Able to use Microsoft office and computer applications

Additional Requirements

• The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).