Clinical Lead for Children’s Speech and Language Therapy

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

The closing date is 13 May 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our organisation in a newly developed role and team as a Band 8a Clinical Lead for Children's Speech and Language Therapy.

Would you like to lead on this role within the speech and language therapy team? Are you keen to develop the service to incorporate innovation, best practice and learning?

Do you want to take the next step in your career? Would you like to thrive in an organisation that values staff wellbeing and invests in your development? If yes, then this role is for you.

Rewards and Benefits

Relocation Bonus up to £8000 (Subject to T&Cs)
Excellent learning and development to support you and develop your AHP career.
Flexible working opportunities
Free parking on Trust Sites
Competitive Millage Rates
Paid for DBS Update Service Subscription
Visa Sponsorship (Subject to T&Cs)

Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to training and developing its staff not only with clinical skills but also in leadership and managerial skills.

You'll also have access to our generous pension scheme and health service discounts, as well as generous annual leave plus bank holidays.

Main duties of the job

Working life

As a Clinical Lead, you'll

Lead with the service transformation.
Improve and develop the agreed service model and developing clinical structure.
Assist with the continual modernisation and redesign of the Children's Speech and Language Therapy.
Understand the SEND agenda and ensure EHC needs assessments and reports are completed within the statutory timeframe.

The service aims to provide an excellent standard of care that supports patients across Northamptonshire. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to support the service. You will provide clinical supervision to the service as well as facilitating clinical quality for the Speech and Language Team.

Must have skills

You will need to be adaptable and resourceful. You'll need to be well organised, confident and able to cope in diverse situations to deliver patient care. Leadership and management skills are also important, as with all AHP roles, communication skills, problem solving and good judgement are crucial.

You will have an induction period with shadowing and joint sessions, as well as regular peer group supervisions if applicable.

Join us and become part of Team NHFT.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Date posted

29 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

270-TF372-ACS-C

Job locations

St Mary's Hospital

Kettering

NN15 7PW

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

HCPC registered

Desirable

Clinical Lead experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Post-registration qualification in leadership or equivalent experience
Demonstrate a high degree of knowledge and experience around the implementation of project management and change management
Be acknowledged as an expert clinical leader, act as a role model and provide clinical supervision
Able to provide highly complex or sensitive information, where developed persuasive, motivational, negotiating, empathetic and/or reassuring skills are required
Experience of managing conduct and capability

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Make complex clinical judgements in relation to patient care, risk identification and management
To communicate a range of complex, sensitive and contentious information in a range of formats including one to one meetings, formal and informal meetings, written reports and electronic communication including small databases

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

HCPC registered

Desirable

Clinical Lead experience

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Post-registration qualification in leadership or equivalent experience
Demonstrate a high degree of knowledge and experience around the implementation of project management and change management
Be acknowledged as an expert clinical leader, act as a role model and provide clinical supervision
Able to provide highly complex or sensitive information, where developed persuasive, motivational, negotiating, empathetic and/or reassuring skills are required
Experience of managing conduct and capability

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Make complex clinical judgements in relation to patient care, risk identification and management
To communicate a range of complex, sensitive and contentious information in a range of formats including one to one meetings, formal and informal meetings, written reports and electronic communication including small databases

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.