NHS

Senior Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

East of England Community Health and Care NHS Trust (Cambridge) · Cambridge, CB4 1PX

Job description

Join our passionate, forward-thinking, supportive team and take a leading role in shaping high-quality community paediatric SLT services. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician ready to step into a senior position with real influence and autonomy.

You'll co-ordinate and line manage the North Cambridge locality for the community paediatric SLT service, managing your own diverse caseload of pre-school and school-age children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs.

Your expertise will guide colleagues through second opinions, collaborative problem-solving and shared clinical decision-making. You will attend senior leadership service meetings, and chair your own locality meetings. This role is perfect for someone who thrives on clinical challenge, values collaborative working and wants to make a visible impact on children, families and the wider service. If you're ready to lead, inspire and shape the future of community paediatric therapy in Cambridgeshire, we'd love to hear from you.

A typical day involves:

  • Assessing and providing specialist intervention for children
  • Supporting colleagues to manage their caseloads and time
  • Providing clinical supervision
  • Attending senior leadership meetings

The ability to work as part of the team and to have a flexible approach to work is essential.

Interviews: 22 July 2026

Should we receive a high number of applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any point after 1 July

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