Strategic SLT Advanced Practitioner – Hybrid, System-wide Impact

Meeveem Limited; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Essex ICB is seeking an Speech and Language Therapy Advanced Practitioner to provide strategic leadership across education, health and SEND partnerships for children and young people (0-25) with speech, language and communication needs. This senior role works across systems to shape workforce development and service design.

The post focuses on population health, education settings, and collaboration with authorities, universities and providers.

Qualifications

• HCPC-registered Speech and Language Therapist.
• Evidence of advanced practice or working towards NHSE Advanced Practice Framework requirements.
• Significant experience with children and young people (0-25) across education settings.
• Experience of workforce development, co-production, system leadership and partnership working.
• Understanding of SEND reform and education systems.
• Ability to use data and evidence to drive improvement, lead learning, supervision, innovation and culture change.
• Awareness of population health and emerging policy.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, population-level clinical SLT leadership to improve outcomes for children and young people (0-25) with speech, language and communication needs.
• Strengthen the SLT workforce pipeline across education settings through placements, apprenticeships and supervision capacity.
• Increase access to Speech and Language Therapy expertise within mainstream education settings.
• Support delivery of SEND reform and the Experts at Hand programme across the Essex system.
• Work with commissioners and system partners to implement evidence‑based, scalable solutions which improve access to speech and language expertise within education.
• Develop sustainable partnerships with Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), providers and wider stakeholders to strengthen workforce supply, capability and sustainability.

Skills

HCPC-registered SLT

Advanced practice

Experience 0-25 across education

Workforce development

Co-production & partnerships

SEND reform understanding

Data-driven improvement

Population health awareness

Job description

NHS Essex ICB is seeking an Speech and Language Therapy Advanced Practitioner to provide strategic leadership across education, health and SEND partnerships for children and young people (0-25) with speech, language and communication needs. This senior role works across systems to shape workforce development and service design.

The post focuses on population health, education settings, and collaboration with authorities, universities and providers.