Resume template · Updated October 2026
Speech language therapist resume template
Short answer
Daniel suits a speech and language therapist: rounded heading pills give a softer look for a therapy profession, and the three-column skills grid holds assessments and approaches compactly. The fictional sample is a Band 6 paediatric SLT in a Leeds community team after a Band 5 rotation that included adult stroke and dysphagia, with caseload size, a parent group, EHCP advice, staff training, a service audit and HCPC registration.
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Why Daniel suits a speech language therapist resume
Daniel sets each section heading in a rounded grey pill and lists skills in a three-column grid without labels, a calm and approachable page for a clinician who works with children and families. Its order (summary, skills, experience, projects) gives a service audit its own block after the jobs.
Second choice: Leslie. Leslie prints experience ahead of skills with a single blue accent, better for a Band 7 or lead applicant whose posts carry the case.
What goes in each section, in Daniel's order
Daniel prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Professional Summary. HCPC registration, NHS band or equivalent, clinical area (paediatrics, adult acute, dysphagia, voice, neurology, learning disability) and setting. Name the client groups you know best.
- Skills. The grid has no labels, so start with clinical areas and the assessments you use, then signing systems and records software, then supervision and training. Keep each item short enough to sit in a column.
- Work Experience. Caseload size and age range, settings, interventions, reports written (EHCP advice, discharge reports), training given and students supervised. Take numbers from your activity data.
- Projects. An audit, service evaluation or quality project, with what changed afterwards. It is the clearest evidence you can give against a service improvement criterion in a person specification.
- Education. Degree or pre-registration master's, university and year. Add the dissertation title if it relates to the post.
- Certifications. HCPC registration with the year you first registered. Only registered professionals may use the protected titles speech and language therapist and speech therapist, so make it easy to find.
The sample resume as text
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Sophie Hargreaves
Speech and Language Therapist, Band 6, Community Paediatrics (HCPC registered)
Leeds, UK | sophie.hargreaves@example.com | 07700 900417 | linkedin.com/in/sample-sophie-hargreaves
HCPC-registered speech and language therapist with five years in the NHS, now Band 6 in a community paediatric team. Assesses and treats children with developmental language disorder, speech sound disorders and social communication needs, trains nursery and school staff, and supervises students. A Band 5 rotation covered adult acute stroke and dysphagia.
Experience
Speech and Language Therapist, Band 6, West Riding Community Health NHS Trust, Leeds, UK (04/2023 to Present)
- Hold a caseload of about 45 children aged 2 to 11 across clinics, nurseries and mainstream schools.
- Run a six-week parent group for late talkers, delivered eight times to about 60 families; most children moved to universal support at review.
- Write speech, language and communication advice for about 30 EHCP needs assessments a year, all within the service deadline.
- Trained 120 nursery and school staff in language-rich classroom strategies.
- Supervise two final-year students on placement each year.
Speech and Language Therapist, Band 5 (rotational), Pennine Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Bradford, UK (09/2021 to 03/2023)
- Rotated through adult acute stroke, community adult and paediatric clinic posts.
- Completed bedside swallow assessments on the stroke unit and agreed diet and fluid plans with the ward team.
- Completed the trust preceptorship programme in the first year.
Projects
Service evaluation: nursery language referrals: Audit of how children reached the community paediatric service over one year.
- Compared 200 referrals from nurseries and health visitors for completeness and waiting time.
- Findings led the service to adopt one shared referral form.
Education
BSc (Hons), Speech and Language Therapy, University of Calder Valley (07/2021)
Certifications
- HCPC registration, Speech and Language Therapist, Health and Care Professions Council (2021)
Skills
Paediatric language assessment, Speech sound intervention, Social communication support, Adult dysphagia assessment, EHCP advice writing, Training school staff, CELF-5 UK, DEAP, SystmOne, Makaton, Working with parents, Student supervision, Multi-agency working
How to make the sample yours
Name your clinical area early
Paediatric, adult acute, community neurology, ENT and voice, learning disability: a recruiting manager scans for the area before anything else.
Show caseload and change
Number of children or adults, age range, settings and what changed: moved to universal support, a safer swallow plan, discharge. Use measures your service already reports.
Newly qualified therapists
NHS Health Careers says SLTs typically start on Agenda for Change band 5. List placements with client groups and settings, plus your dissertation, until you have a post of your own.
Trained outside the UK
You must be on the HCPC register before using the protected title in the UK. Say where your registration application stands.
Match the person specification
If the advert lists essential and desirable criteria, use the same words in your bullets so a shortlister can find each one quickly.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- speech and language therapy
- HCPC registered
- paediatric caseload
- developmental language disorder
- speech sound disorder
- social communication
- dysphagia
- assessment and intervention
- EHCP advice
- parent training
- school staff training
- multidisciplinary team
- student supervision
- service evaluation
- NHS Band 6
Mistakes to avoid
- Child or patient details, including initials or school names.
- Every assessment you were trained on, instead of the ones you actually use.
- Using the title speech and language therapist before HCPC registration is confirmed.
- Leaving out caseload size and settings.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 6 of 6 | 10 of 10 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 6 of 6 | 10 of 10 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 6 of 6 | 10 of 10 |
Frequently asked questions
Is a speech and language therapist the same as a speech-language pathologist?
It is the same kind of work under different titles. In the UK, speech and language therapist is a protected title regulated by the HCPC; our speech-language pathologist guide covers the US version of the resume.
What band do newly qualified speech and language therapists start on?
NHS Health Careers says SLTs are paid on Agenda for Change and typically start on band 5. Put your current band, or the band of the post, in the headline.
How do I show a rotational post?
List the post once with its dates, then give one bullet per rotation with the client group, the setting and what you were trusted to do on your own.
Should I include placements as a newly qualified SLT?
Yes. Treat each placement like a short job: setting, client group, and the assessments and interventions you carried out under supervision.
How long should a speech and language therapist resume be?
Two pages suits an experienced clinician; one page works for a newly qualified therapist with placements.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Daniel PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 6 section headings and all 10 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
Guides and templates for this resume
Sources, checked 29 October 2026
We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.
- Health and Care Professions Council: Professions and protected titles (protected titles: speech and language therapist, speech therapist; to use a protected title an individual must be registered with the HCPC)
- NHS Health Careers: Speech and language therapist (paid on Agenda for Change, typically starting on band 5; training at degree or postgraduate level, and a degree apprenticeship has been approved)
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