Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Integrated Care System; Torquay; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare organization in Torquay is seeking an experienced Senior Speech and Language Therapist. The role involves managing a community caseload and providing support to junior therapists while working collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team. Applicants should possess a Speech and Language Therapy degree and be registered with relevant professional organizations. Offering a competitive salary, this position supports professional development in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent.
• Full Registration with Health Professions Council.
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist postgraduate short courses relating to paediatric communication disorders, including Learning Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of children and young people with complex Speech, language and communication needs.
• Provide clinical support and supervision to less experienced SLTs in the team.
• Communicate complex condition-related information in an accessible way.

Skills

Autonomy

Clinical decision making

Communication skills

Team leading

Education

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent

Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists

Job description

Go back Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 13 August 2025

We are excited to be advertising for a 0.8 WTE Band 6 senior Speech and Language Therapist and looking for opportunities to develop their leadership skills. The main duties will be to manage a community caseload and undertake team lead responsibilities.

The post will be based in Torbay, South and West locality.

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

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.

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)

Working within a CFHD pathway of care, provide clinical support and supervision to the less experienced SLT's in the team and across the 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)To work with the Clinical Team Manager to co-ordinate the clinic and oversee the day to day caseload management

Co-ordinate the team audit and monitoring of outcomes for interventions and report to locality lead.

Participate in the provision of student placements.

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 includefacilitating 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
• Full Registration with Health Professions Council
• 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 optionsand 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

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearper annum pro rata