Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Team Leader)

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Cambridge seeks experienced Speech and Language Therapists to join their Adult Community team as Team Leads. You will provide expert assessment and intervention for adults with complex needs, while leading a small team of therapists. This role emphasizes autonomy, professional growth, and the opportunity to manage specialized caseloads in a supportive environment. It’s a chance to make a significant impact in community healthcare.

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing and implementing care programmes for patients with communication and swallowing needs.
• Ability to lead and manage a small team of therapists and clinical assistants.
• Knowledge of prioritisation and triage within clinical pathways.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist assessment and intervention for adults with complex communication and swallowing needs.
• Oversee a small team ensuring high standards of care and professional development.
• Contribute to the development of clinical pathways and team work allocation.

Skills

Independent assessment

Diagnosis development

Team leadership

Specialist care programs

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for two experienced Speech and Language Therapists to join the Adult Community Speech and Language Therapy team in Cambridgeshire as Team Leads. In these roles, the post holders will work independently to provide highly specialist input across outpatient clinics, home visits, and community hospital wards, delivering expert assessment and intervention for adults with complex communication and swallowing needs. Alongside clinical responsibilities, the post holders will oversee a small team of therapists and clinical assistants within the Cambridgeshire or Huntingdon locality, ensuring high standards of care and professional development. There may also be scope for the successful candidates to continue to work with a specialist caseload relating to their prior experience, or to explore and develop a new area of specialism, offering both leadership and growth opportunities within a supportive and dynamic team.

• To independently assess, diagnose and develop and implement highly specialist care programmes for patients with Speech, Language, Voice and swallowing needs in the in‑patient/day rehab/outpatient and domiciliary setting.
• To contribute to the prioritisation and triage of patients within clinical pathways.
• The post holder will work as a team lead, providing line management, appraisal and supervision and also overseeing the allocation of work for the team. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high‑quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development. To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high‑calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including people with long‑term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities. Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.