Senior Speech and Language Therapist

NHS; Exeter; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is looking for a part-time Senior Speech and Language Therapist based in Exeter. You will manage a caseload of children with complex communication needs, providing assessments and interventions while collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams. The ideal candidate should have a relevant degree and experience in paediatric therapy. This is a permanent role with a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent.
• Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
• Experience with paediatric communication disorders.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of children with complex communication needs.
• Communicate condition-related information clearly to clients and professionals.
• Organize and plan own caseload effectively.

Skills

Communication skills

Autonomy

Evidence-based practice

Education

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification

Job description

Go back Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 29 September 2025

We are looking for a part time B6 Speech and Language Therapist with a special interest in working with young people who have complex needs.

We are developing an innovative, integrated model of children's community services and looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our friendly and dedicated locality and county-wide professional teams. This post will be based in the Exeter East and Mid Devon locality.

The role will includespeech and language assessment and intervention for children and young people with significant communication difficulties, often those with a complex medical history. Support can be offered usually within the special school setting and include working with the young persons support network with a focus on developing a total communication approach to enhance receptive and expressive language skills.

As a large community service, you will be joining a strong, enthusiastic and supportive group of professionals who will be your peers, your phone a friend network and your inspiring colleagues. This provides a real sense of professional collaboration at work, that will be an asset to your daily work, your career development and your support network.

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) is the place to be!

Main duties of the job

Manage a caseload of children and young people with complex Speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) using evidenced based practice to assess, plan, formulate, implement and evaluate interventions in a variety of settings (individually and/or in groups and as part of a multidisciplinary team).

Provide reports, feedback and statistics reflecting specialist knowledge.

Inform carers and other professionals on details from specialist assessments.

Work with the wider team to co-ordinate visits, clinic appointments and oversee the day to day caseload management.

Participate in the provision of student placements and support rotation therapists at a lower banding across the county as needed.

Working within a CFHD pathway of care, provide clinical support for the complex needs specialism to SLT's across the other designated pathways/s of care (these can include but are not limited to; Speech, Language and Communication Pathway, Managing Neurodiversity Pathway, Community Children\'s Nursing, Physical and Sensory pathway and Vulnerable Children\'s Pathway).

About us

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon, including;

• Torbay and South Devon FT
• Royal Devon and Exeter FT
• Northern Devon Healthcare NHS Trust
• Livewell South West

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people which are provided by TSDFT and DPT. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

"We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure".

Our vision is to be a successful, vibrant, partnership that benefits the communities we serve.

Job responsibilities

Communicate complex condition-related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions in a way that is accessible and easily understood. This will include facilitating strategies for people with communication disorders where barriers to understanding may exist.

Demonstrate specialist Speech and Language Therapy knowledge across a range of therapeutic interventions.

Responsible for organising and planning own caseload to meet service and patient priorities. Readjusting plans as situations change/arise.

Use routine outcome measures and goal-based approach, collaboratively with service users, in ways that inform treatment and clinical care.

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification

Person Specification

Qualifications and training

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
• Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist post graduate short courses relating to paediatric communication disorders including Learning Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Knowledge and experience

• Highly developed specialist knowledge (acquired through attending specialist short courses) to enable post holder to work autonomously
• Highly developed specialist knowledge of independent management of complex and highly specialised caseload and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
• In depth knowledge of children with special needs and associated conditions underpinned by current evidence-based practice
• Well established knowledge of a broad range of assessment and therapeutic tools relevant to working with children and an ability to compare and contrast relative benefits
• Ability to make a differential diagnosis, choose appropriate treatments from a range of options and provide specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes by use of evidence-based practice
• Ability to use specialist experience to inform sound clinical judgements/ decision making for case management
• Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level
• Proven relevant experience post qualification in managing a complex varied caseload and in working autonomously in the community
• Competence in delivering language development training to both professional and untrained staff in the community
• Experience supervising speech and language therapy programme implementation by early years and mainstream school staff
• Experience in team leading and organising a local service/clinic
• Experience of supervising less experienced Speech and Language Therapists
• Experience working within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience working in early years, school age and specialist settings.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Address

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

388-7462876-CFHD

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