Senior Speech & Language Therapy Practice Leader

COMMUNITY INTEGRATED CARE; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

COMMUNITY INTEGRATED CARE requires a Senior Health Practice Manager, Speech and Language Therapy to provide professional leadership and specialist advice across the organisation in England and Scotland.

You will embed Speech and Language Therapy within clinical, quality and operational approaches, shaping practice standards and governance while collaborating with leaders, teams, and external professionals to improve communication, participation and safety for people we support.

Responsibilities

• Setting and leading the strategic direction for Speech and Language Therapy across England and Scotland
• Acting as specialist lead for communication, interaction, dysphagia and related clinical practice
• Leading the Learning Disability and Autism specialism within the clinical and health team
• Produce clinical governance reports and evaluate frameworks, interventions and learning programmes to improve communication, participation and outcomes
• Providing senior specialist oversight and advice on complex cases
• Supporting safe, evidence-based decisions relating to communication and eating, drinking and swallowing
• Designing and maintaining clinical quality assurance frameworks, standards and practice models
• Embedding clinical effectiveness, specialist practice and audit within our Quality Management System
• Reviewing incidents and learning reviews to identify risks and improvements
• Commissioning and leading thematic reviews of services, practice issues and quality or safety concerns
• Translating professional standards, research and clinical evidence into practical guidance and resources
• Providing professional leadership, clinical advice and supervision to colleagues
• Identifying workforce capability needs and shaping training and development
• Supporting Positive Behaviour Support, trauma-informed practice and recovery-oriented approaches
• Promoting accessible communication and reducing barriers to healthcare
• Ensuring people with lived experience help design and improve clinical practice
• Contributing specialist expertise to organisational governance, risk management and quality improvement

Job description

COMMUNITY INTEGRATED CARE requires a Senior Health Practice Manager, Speech and Language Therapy to provide professional leadership and specialist advice across the organisation in England and Scotland.

You will embed Speech and Language Therapy within clinical, quality and operational approaches, shaping practice standards and governance while collaborating with leaders, teams, and external professionals to improve communication, participation and safety for people we support.