Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist inBristol inBristol PUBLISHED 24 OCT 2024

Band 7: £46,148 to £52,809 a year per annum, pro rata  PERMANENT  GOOD SALARY 

To support other Speech and Language therapists and other professionals including Specialist Nurses, Paediatric Registrars, Early Years Practitioners and Psychology Assistants working as part of the ASD assessment team.

We are seeking a Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join our team.

You will support the ASD clinical lead in service delivery and provide highly specialist assessment of children and young people with social communication difficulties across BNSSG

To provide highly specialist assessment of children and young people as part of the Autism Assessment team.

To undertake ADOS assessments for children and young people up to the age of 18 years (early years and school age)

To carry out social communication observations and assessments in a clinic, educational settings or home setting

To carry out assessment of children with highly complex social communication presentations as part of a multi professional team providing highly specialist clinical advice, interpretation and differential diagnosis

To write detailed contributions to diagnostic multidisciplinary reports

To take the lead where appropriate in feeding back assessment and diagnostic results to parents and young people

To support other Speech and Language therapists and other professionals including Specialist Nurses, Paediatric Registrars, Early Years Practitioners and Psychology Assistants working as part of the ASD assessment team

To line manage one or more Speech and Language Therapists including managing leave, conducting appraisals, providing regular one to one supervision and supporting adherence to mandatory training.

About us


Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.


Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.

We are seeking a Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to join our team.

You will support the ASD clinical lead in service delivery and provide highly specialist assessment of children and young people with social communication difficulties across BNSSG

To provide highly specialist assessment of children and young people as part of the Autism Assessment team.

To undertake ADOS assessments for children and young people up to the age of 18 years (early years and school age)

To carry out social communication observations and assessments in a clinic, educational settings or home setting

To carry out assessment of children with highly complex social communication presentations as part of a multi professional team providing highly specialist clinical advice, interpretation and differential diagnosis

To write detailed contributions to diagnostic multidisciplinary reports

To take the lead where appropriate in feeding back assessment and diagnostic results to parents and young people

To support other Speech and Language therapists and other professionals including Specialist Nurses, Paediatric Registrars, Early Years Practitioners and Psychology Assistants working as part of the ASD assessment team

To line manage one or more Speech and Language Therapists including managing leave, conducting appraisals, providing regular one to one supervision and supporting adherence to mandatory training.

About us


Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.


Sirona care & health currently recruit overseas nursing and therapy staff through an NHS Trust Supplier and we adhere to the NHSE Code of Practice in relation to applicants from Red List countries. We are therefore, unable to accept any direct applications to this advert from candidates who are not already based in the UK.



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