Job summary
The post holder will provide strategic and operational leadership for School Age Speech and Language Therapists across mainstream schools, special education, and specialist resource bases, ensuring high-quality outcomes for children and young people.
They will manage teams across multiple sites and commissioned contracts, embedding integrated service delivery models agreed with commissioners. Key responsibilities include monitoring performance, activity, and outcomes, and leading service improvement initiatives based on enablement and co-production principles. Working with Clinical Leads, schools, agencies, CYP, and parent/carer organisations, they will embed a culture of continuous quality improvement, ensuring services remain responsive, sustainable, and value for money.
The role also involves leading transformation projects aligned with local priorities, developing integrated care pathways across therapy and education partners, and strengthening collaboration with the wider Children's Directorate, Local Authority, voluntary sector, and health partners. They will shape SLT services to meet population needs and commissioning priorities, embedding safeguarding and welfare promotion throughout service delivery, and may represent the service in high-level meetings with commissioners and senior trust representatives.
Main duties of the job
This role involves providing strong clinical and operational leadership to ensure safe, effective, and child-centred services within Speech and Language Therapy and integrated care teams. Responsibilities include maintaining governance and quality standards, safeguarding children and young people, and ensuring services are culturally sensitive, dignified, and responsive to feedback. The post holder leads staff recruitment, supervision, wellbeing initiatives, and professional development, while fostering collaboration, succession planning, and compliance with regulatory frameworks. They drive service development and innovation, manage budgets and resources to meet performance targets, and oversee workforce planning, disciplinary processes, and integrated team working. Additionally, they ensure accurate information management, risk monitoring, and compliance with audits, while promoting research-based practice and continuous improvement. Overall, the role balances clinical excellence, staff leadership, financial accountability, and strategic service development to deliver high-quality outcomes for children, young people, and families.
About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
Ensure services meet governance, safety, and quality standards.
Collaborate with Clinical Leads to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care.
Provide supervision, appraisal, and support for Speech and Language Therapists.
Champion compliance with HCPC, CQC, and professional guidelines.
Maintain child- and young person-centred, research-based practice.
Responsibility for Children & Young PeopleManage day-to-day service delivery for CYP and families.
Safeguard welfare, dignity, and cultural sensitivity.
Monitor satisfaction surveys, feedback, and implement improvements.
Ensure safe use of equipment and adherence to health and safety policies.
Responsibility for StaffLead and manage SLT teams, fostering inclusion and wellbeing.
Oversee recruitment, retention, and career development.
Provide mentorship, supervision, and guidance on complex cases.
Promote staff wellbeing, flexible working, and team-building.
Ensure compliance with standards, succession planning, and strategic resource allocation.
Policy & Service DevelopmentWork with Care Group leads to implement service strategies.
Identify opportunities for service innovation and integration.
Ensure responsiveness to complaints and feedback.
Keep services aligned with national/local NHS policies and commissioning requirements.
Financial & Physical ResourcesAchieve performance, activity, and financial targets.
Manage budgets, waiting times, KPIs, and resource deployment.
Monitor financial performance, prepare business cases, and support cost improvement programmes.
Leading & ManagingProvide operational leadership for Integrated Health Care Teams.
Ensure safe, compassionate, efficient services within budget.
Oversee workforce planning, recruitment, retention, and disciplinary processes.
Promote trans-disciplinary working and compliance with training requirements.
Information ResourcesMonitor risks, patient safety, and maintain risk registers.
Ensure accurate records for performance, audit, and FOI requests.
Share learning from audits and quality metrics across care groups.
Research & DevelopmentCoordinate and monitor clinical audits and mandatory data collection.
Promote research-based practice and attend professional development courses.
Please review the Job Description for more information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities
Ensure services meet governance, safety, and quality standards.
Collaborate with Clinical Leads to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care.
Provide supervision, appraisal, and support for Speech and Language Therapists.
Champion compliance with HCPC, CQC, and professional guidelines.
Maintain child- and young person-centred, research-based practice.
Responsibility for Children & Young PeopleManage day-to-day service delivery for CYP and families.
Safeguard welfare, dignity, and cultural sensitivity.
Monitor satisfaction surveys, feedback, and implement improvements.
Ensure safe use of equipment and adherence to health and safety policies.
Responsibility for StaffLead and manage SLT teams, fostering inclusion and wellbeing.
Oversee recruitment, retention, and career development.
Provide mentorship, supervision, and guidance on complex cases.
Promote staff wellbeing, flexible working, and team-building.
Ensure compliance with standards, succession planning, and strategic resource allocation.
Policy & Service DevelopmentWork with Care Group leads to implement service strategies.
Identify opportunities for service innovation and integration.
Ensure responsiveness to complaints and feedback.
Keep services aligned with national/local NHS policies and commissioning requirements.
Financial & Physical ResourcesAchieve performance, activity, and financial targets.
Manage budgets, waiting times, KPIs, and resource deployment.
Monitor financial performance, prepare business cases, and support cost improvement programmes.
Leading & ManagingProvide operational leadership for Integrated Health Care Teams.
Ensure safe, compassionate, efficient services within budget.
Oversee workforce planning, recruitment, retention, and disciplinary processes.
Promote trans-disciplinary working and compliance with training requirements.
Information ResourcesMonitor risks, patient safety, and maintain risk registers.
Ensure accurate records for performance, audit, and FOI requests.
Share learning from audits and quality metrics across care groups.
Research & DevelopmentCoordinate and monitor clinical audits and mandatory data collection.
Promote research-based practice and attend professional development courses.
Please review the Job Description for more information.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- RCSLT Recognised Diploma/Degree in SLT
- HCPC Registered.
- Evidence of up to date CPD portfolio
Desirable
- A qualification at Master's Degree level or equivalent, in a relevant subject relating to this client group
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Experience of working with out-patients and community MDT setting
- Experience in clinical supervision
- Experience in working with diverse cultures and with complex clinical problems.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Fluent in written and spoken English including the ability to generate letters and reports of a high calibre .
- Highly advanced communication skills including the ability to participate in high level meetings regarding either patient care or clinical strategy.
- Highly advanced clinical reasoning, analytical and problem solving skills especially in relation to patients with neurological conditions and adult acquired pathology.
Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- RCSLT Recognised Diploma/Degree in SLT
- HCPC Registered.
- Evidence of up to date CPD portfolio
Desirable
- A qualification at Master's Degree level or equivalent, in a relevant subject relating to this client group
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Experience of working with out-patients and community MDT setting
- Experience in clinical supervision
- Experience in working with diverse cultures and with complex clinical problems.
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential
- Fluent in written and spoken English including the ability to generate letters and reports of a high calibre .
- Highly advanced communication skills including the ability to participate in high level meetings regarding either patient care or clinical strategy.
- Highly advanced clinical reasoning, analytical and problem solving skills especially in relation to patients with neurological conditions and adult acquired pathology.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
