Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team Lead | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Oldham is looking for two Band 7 Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team Leaders to lead transformative changes in their teams. The role involves managing staff, demonstrating excellent leadership, and maintaining high standards of care. Flexible working policies and a robust benefits package are offered to ensure work-life balance. This position is perfect for motivated professionals eager for career growth.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Support for health and well-being activities

Qualifications

• Registered with a relevant health professional council.
• Experience in Speech and Language Therapy and management.
• Ability to provide supervision to senior team members.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional leadership to the teams.
• Demonstrate compassionate leadership to support teams.
• Manage a range of issues with creativity and problem-solving.
• Maintain high standards of safe and effective care.

Skills

Leadership

Time management

Communication

Creativity

Empathy

Job description

Are you a children's Speech and Language Therapist looking for a new challenge, to further your career and gain valuable management experience?

Due to promotion and retirement within the service we’re advertising an exciting opportunity for two Band 7 Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team Leaders, for our Complex Needs Team and Mainstream Schools Team. The Speech & Language Therapy Service is going through a period of transformation and you have the chance to take a key role in leading this change, supported by senior management. We are keen to recruit enthusiastic, highly motivated individuals to make the difference for staff and the children and families we serve.

We offer a supportive team environment with robust personal development opportunities and regular supervision.

We are committed to prioritising work-life balance and well-being. The NCA offers a robust Flexible Working policy and S.C.A.R.F, a wrap-around support programme to look after your physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. Please speak to us about how we can accommodate any flexible working requests.
• Provide clear professional leadership, governance and operational management to the teams.
• Demonstrate compassionate leadership and empathy to support the teams and the families of the children we work with.
• Utilise well-developed time management and prioritisation skills.
• Apply creativity and problem-solving to manage a range of issues.
• Demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Provide management supervision to senior members of the teams.
• Maintain high standards within the teams to enable the provision of safe and effective care.
• Demonstrate excellent relationship-building skills with colleagues.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk


This advert closes on Monday 4 Aug 2025