# Senior Specialist Speech and Language Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-specialist-speech-and-language-therapist/2a44fe46-c4cd-458b-a410-5bbdb0881ca1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-specialist-speech-and-language-therapist/2a44fe46-c4cd-458b-a410-5bbdb0881ca1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust - **Town:** St. Ives - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro-rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-08T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-24T08:43:05.535Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cambridgeshire/Cambridge/East_England_Community_Health_Care_NHS_Trust_Cambridgeshire/Speech_Language_Therapy/Speech_Language_Therapy-v8080790 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8080790?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.cambscommunityservices.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join our passionate, forward-thinking, supportive team and take a leading role in shaping high-quality community paediatric SLT services.   This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician ready to step into a senior position with real influence and autonomy. You’ll co-ordinate and line manage the North Cambridge locality for the community paediatric SLT service, managing your own diverse caseload of pre-school and school-age children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs. Your expertise will guide colleagues through second opinions, collaborative problem-solving and shared clinical decision-making.  You will attend senior leadership service meetings, and chair your own locality meetings.  This role is perfect for someone who thrives on clinical challenge, values collaborative working and wants to make a visible impact on children, families and the wider service.  If you’re ready to lead, inspire and shape the future of community paediatric therapy in Cambridgeshire, we’d love to hear from you. A typical day involves: - Assessing and providing specialist intervention for children - Supporting colleagues to manage their caseloads and time - Providing clinical supervision - Attending senior leadership meetings The ability to work as part of the team and to have a flexible approach to work is essential. Interviews: 22 July 2026 Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 1 July ### Main duties of the job The post holder will have delegated responsibility for locality co-ordination and clinical management of the community paediatric service in a defined geographic locality. They will independently manage a community caseload in the locality.  The client group is children who have a range of difficulties in understanding and/or using speech and language.  S/he will provide supervision and guidance to other SLT colleagues. The locality co-ordinator’s role will involve setting priorities, initiating developments and carrying out audit in discussion with the Area & Clinical Lead. They will provide training in the area of clinical specialism acting as a resource to the wider multi-disciplinary team.  They will assume delegated responsibility for appraisal of junior colleagues. They will be a member of the senior staff team. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Main Duties and responsibilities To independently manage a caseload of pre-school and school age children who have speech, and language communication difficulties. To undertake a range of assessments, both standardised and non-standardised, taking account of medical, social and educational factors, which combined with highly specialist theoretical knowledge will lead to differential diagnosis To plan, deliver and evaluate highly specialist intervention following professional guidelines and agreed service standards As part of that process, to plan appropriate long term and short-term goals working towards discharge To undertake administrative duties connected with the caseload including maintenance of case notes and provision of written reports, following service standards To ensure that all work is carried out in close collaboration with all those involved in children’s care so that the approach to intervention and support is co-ordinated and comprehensive To make onward referral as appropriate To identify any variations to service delivery or demands and inform the Area & Clinical Lead of the likely impact on the service Policy & service development To initiate, develop policy, clinical guidelines, clinical governance and service development within the clinical specialism and locality, in discussion with the Area & Clinical Lead; this will involve piloting of new initiates with a view to implementing changes across the whole service To develop care protocols and innovative practice in area of clinical specialism interpreting national and local initiatives To be familiar with local and national standards and to work in line with these To ensure that parents/carers are aware of the standards they should expect from the speech and language therapy service Communication To ensure effective communication of complex condition-related information to parents/carers regarding the assessment process, assessment findings and planned intervention, including engagement of parents/carers in intervention To ensure children are involved in goal setting and decision making around their own care as appropriate to their age, developmental level and language skills To ensure parents/carers are involved in decision making around their child’s care including discharge from the service To liaise effectively and work in partnership with other professionals (particularly teachers and teaching assistants), including the development of shared goals for intervention To ensure effective communication with and between all speech and language therapists and assistants in the locality in order to ensure the delivery of a good quality service in the locality To write reports on children, in line with service standards, including contributions to statutory assessment To offer advice to others concerning support for individual children To actively contribute to case conferences/ review meetings for children on the caseload To recognise how and when information may be shared within the bounds of confidentiality and the Data Protection Act To attend SLT team meetings, actively contributing as appropriate Contribute to EEC’s internal communication strategies ensuring effective two-way communication and engagement within the organisation Contribute to EEC’s external communication strategies working with the Head of Communications to raise awareness and promote the reputation of EEC’s services Training To initiate the planning and delivery of training for other professionals and/or parents as appropriate. To actively participate in and /or organise in-service training and other courses as appropriate to promote professional development To identify training needs in the multi-disciplinary team needed to support the care of children on the caseload To remain compliant with all mandatory training People Management To take delegated responsibility for co-ordination and clinical management of the community paediatric service to North Cambridge. Responsible for day-to-day supervision of staff in the North Cambridge locality. Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process To supervise and clinically support SLT assistants/ teaching assistants/volunteers as appropriate To act as lead clinician across the service for clinical specialism including representing the SLT service in multi-agency working in that area delegated by the Service Lead To supervise and clinically support speech and language therapy colleagues in specialist area To mentor/supervise more junior SLTs providing support, including objective setting and review and contributing to induction To provide clinical placements for SLT students including contributing to the assessment of exam placements To take on delegated responsibility for the recruitment and selection process when required To be an active member of the Senior Staff Team, attending meetings and taking on tasks as necessary Research & development/audit To participate in development of policy, clinical guidelines, clinical governance and service development through discussion and involvement in projects as appropriate, including innovative practice, in collaboration with colleagues Responsibility for specific, clearly defined projects as delegated by the Area & Clinical Lead To develop care protocols and innovative practice in area of clinical specialism To be familiar with local and national standards and to work in line with these To ensure that parents/carers are aware of the standards they should expect from the speech and language therapy service Clinical and Practice Governance Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies. The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with HCPC and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration. Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust. The post holder must participate in clinical and other audits as required Provide patients and their families /carers with information on standards they should expect from the team Participate in clinical supervision on a regular basis The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team. ## Job Details Join our passionate, forward-thinking, supportive team and take a leading role in shaping high-quality community paediatric SLT services. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician ready to step into a senior position with real influence and autonomy. You’ll co-ordinate and line manage the North Cambridge locality for the community paediatric SLT service, managing your own diverse caseload of pre-school and school-age children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs. Your expertise will guide colleagues through second opinions, collaborative problem-solving and shared clinical decision-making. You will attend senior leadership service meetings, and chair your own locality meetings. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on clinical challenge, values collaborative working and wants to make a visible impact on children, families and the wider service. If you’re ready to lead, inspire and shape the future of community paediatric therapy in Cambridgeshire, we’d love to hear from you. A typical day involves: Assessing and providing specialist intervention for children Supporting colleagues to manage their caseloads and time Providing clinical supervision Attending senior leadership meetings The ability to work as part of the team and to have a flexible approach to work is essential. Interviews: 22 July 2026 Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 1 July ## Job Description The post holder will have delegated responsibility for locality co-ordination and clinical management of the community paediatric service in a defined geographic locality. They will independently manage a community caseload in the locality. The client group is children who have a range of difficulties in understanding and/or using speech and language. S/he will provide supervision and guidance to other SLT colleagues. The locality co-ordinator’s role will involve setting priorities, initiating developments and carrying out audit in discussion with the Area & Clinical Lead. They will provide training in the area of clinical specialism acting as a resource to the wider multi-disciplinary team. They will assume delegated responsibility for appraisal of junior colleagues. They will be a member of the senior staff team. ## Responsibilities Main Duties and responsibilities To independently manage a caseload of pre-school and school age children who have speech, and language communication difficulties. To undertake a range of assessments, both standardised and non-standardised, taking account of medical, social and educational factors, which combined with highly specialist theoretical knowledge will lead to differential diagnosis To plan, deliver and evaluate highly specialist intervention following professional guidelines and agreed service standards As part of that process, to plan appropriate long term and short-term goals working towards discharge To undertake administrative duties connected with the caseload including maintenance of case notes and provision of written reports, following service standards To ensure that all work is carried out in close collaboration with all those involved in children’s care so that the approach to intervention and support is co-ordinated and comprehensive To make onward referral as appropriate To identify any variations to service delivery or demands and inform the Area & Clinical Lead of the likely impact on the service Policy & service development To initiate, develop policy, clinical guidelines, clinical governance and service development within the clinical specialism and locality, in discussion with the Area & Clinical Lead; this will involve piloting of new initiates with a view to implementing changes across the whole service To develop care protocols and innovative practice in area of clinical specialism interpreting national and local initiatives To be familiar with local and national standards and to work in line with these To ensure that parents/carers are aware of the standards they should expect from the speech and language therapy service Communication To ensure effective communication of complex condition-related information to parents/carers regarding the assessment process, assessment findings and planned intervention, including engagement of parents/carers in intervention To ensure children are involved in goal setting and decision making around their own care as appropriate to their age, developmental level and language skills To ensure parents/carers are involved in decision making around their child’s care including discharge from the service To liaise effectively and work in partnership with other professionals (particularly teachers and teaching assistants), including the development of shared goals for intervention To ensure effective communication with and between all speech and language therapists and assistants in the locality in order to ensure the delivery of a good quality service in the locality To write reports on children, in line with service standards, including contributions to statutory assessment To offer advice to others concerning support for individual children To actively contribute to case conferences/ review meetings for children on the caseload To recognise how and when information may be shared within the bounds of confidentiality and the Data Protection Act To attend SLT team meetings, actively contributing as appropriate Contribute to EEC’s internal communication strategies ensuring effective two-way communication and engagement within the organisation Contribute to EEC’s external communication strategies working with the Head of Communications to raise awareness and promote the reputation of EEC’s services Training To initiate the planning and delivery of training for other professionals and/or parents as appropriate. To actively participate in and /or organise in-service training and other courses as appropriate to promote professional development To identify training needs in the multi-disciplinary team needed to support the care of children on the caseload To remain compliant with all mandatory training People Management To take delegated responsibility for co-ordination and clinical management of the community paediatric service to North Cambridge. Responsible for day-to-day supervision of staff in the North Cambridge locality. Maintaining own professional development and requirement to take part in appraisal and KSF process To supervise and clinically support SLT assistants/ teaching assistants/volunteers as appropriate To act as lead clinician across the service for clinical specialism including representing the SLT service in multi-agency working in that area delegated by the Service Lead To supervise and clinically support speech and language therapy colleagues in specialist area To mentor/supervise more junior SLTs providing support, including objective setting and review and contributing to induction To provide clinical placements for SLT students including contributing to the assessment of exam placements To take on delegated responsibility for the recruitment and selection process when required To be an active member of the Senior Staff Team, attending meetings and taking on tasks as necessary Research & development/audit To participate in development of policy, clinical guidelines, clinical governance and service development through discussion and involvement in projects as appropriate, including innovative practice, in collaboration with colleagues Responsibility for specific, clearly defined projects as delegated by the Area & Clinical Lead To develop care protocols and innovative practice in area of clinical specialism To be familiar with local and national standards and to work in line with these To ensure that parents/carers are aware of the standards they should expect from the speech and language therapy service Clinical and Practice Governance Observe and maintain strict confidentiality with regards to any patient/family/staff/records and information in line with the requirements of the Data Protection Act. Any data that is taken/shared as part of a phone call or transported, faxed or transferred electronically must be undertaken with regard to the Trust Information Governance and Information Security policies. The post holder must adhere to the Trust risk assessment and risk management processes The post holder must adhere to infection control policies and procedures It is a condition of your employment that you are currently registered with HCPC and it is your responsibility to maintain your professional registration. Undertake mandatory training and any other training relevant to the role as required by East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust. The post holder must participate in clinical and other audits as required Provide patients and their families /carers with information on standards they should expect from the team Participate in clinical supervision on a regular basis The post holder is required to participate in relevant emergency preparedness process for their team. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Well established knowledge about developmental speech and language disorders - Excellent communication skills including the ability to convey sensitive or distressing information to parents/carers - Ability to work flexibly as part of a team - Excellent time management and prioritisation skills ### Experience **Essential** - Extensive relevant post graduate experience **Desirable** - Previous experience supervising less experienced colleagues ### Safeguarding **Essential** - Appreciates the significance of safeguarding and interprets this accurately for all individual children and young people/vulnerable adults whatever their life circumstances ### Self-Awareness **Essential** - Can demonstrate flexibility of approach - Shows a realistic appreciation of the challenges of working with children and young people/vulnerable adults ### Emotional Awareness **Essential** - Manages strong emotions and responds constructively to the source of problems - In highly stressful situations keeps own feelings in check, takes constructive action and calms others down ### Qualifications and Training **Essential** - Degree or Post graduate equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy - Registered Member of RCSLT - Registered Member of HCPC - Successful completion of management short courses or evidence of management gained through experience **Desirable** - Licensed Elklan trainer ### Working Within Professional Boundaries **Essential** - Accepts responsibility and accountability for own work and can define the responsibilities of others - Demonstrates professional curiosity ## Documents - [a message from the chief executive (pdf, 193.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3043) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 208.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10401392) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.