Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Job Luton area,England UK,Healthcare

Position: Highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

Highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 15 March 2026

Highly specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Schools Lead (Luton)

Are you passionate about Speech and Language Therapy?

Can you deliver highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy with confidence and expertise?

Would you like to be part of a talented, skilled, and compassionate team of Speech and Language Therapists and Support Practitioners?

Are you seeking a new challenge and motivated to make a real difference?

We are recruiting for an enthusiastic Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist -- a first-class clinician with strong communication and interpersonal skills -- to join our friendly and welcoming team.

The post holder will take delegated responsibility for the coordination and clinical management of the mainstream school service within the Luton locality. They will independently manage a community caseload and provide supervision and guidance to SLT colleagues. The role will also involve setting priorities, leading service developments, and carrying out audits in collaboration with other school leads and senior management.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the management of a clinical caseload in mainstream schools. The role will involve working independently and managing complex cases.

As a schools lead, the post holder will supervise and support more junior staff and contribute to service improvement and re-development.

About us

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

There's one reason why our services are outstanding - and that's our amazing staff who, for the seventh year running, rated us incredibly highly in the national staff survey.

If you share our passion for innovative and high-quality care delivery, then please submit your application and join us on our exciting journey as a leading-edge specialist community provider. All are welcome to apply and our promise to you is a culture which prioritises staff engagement and development.

Job responsibilities

To work collaboratively and liaise with a wide range of professions across a variety of locations and agencies.

Toidentifypriorities for caseload and workforce management across mainstream schools in Luton.

Toidentifygaps in local provision and report/escalate concerns tothe

Locality Lead as appropriate.

To independently manage a caseload of school age children who have speech, and language communication difficulties.

To undertake a range of assessments, both standardised and non-standardised, taking account of medical,socialand educational factors, which combined with highly specialist theoretical knowledge will lead to differential diagnosis.

To plan, deliver and evaluate highly specialist intervention following professional guidelines and agreed service standards.

As part of that process, to plan appropriate long-term andshort-termgoals working towards discharge.

To understand and have a sound working knowledge of the EHCP process and the SEND appeal and tribunals process.

To have a sound working knowledge of relevant procedures / statutoryrequirementsincluding;
Safeguarding Children, SEND procedures and other legal frameworks.

Toassess, diagnose and make recommendations forEHCPs,based on evidence and outcome-based models.

To undertake speech and language therapy assessments andcompilereportsto support the process forEHCP appeal sand tribunals.

To explore the SALT provision that is already in place and offer support around rationale for this provision,together with anyadditionaltailored clinical input that might be agreed.

To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment, and design appropriate treatment based on analysis of profile of need seeking advice as appropriate.

To provide training to enable parents and other professionals to support childrens language and communication needs, including colleagues and Local Authority staff, school teaching assistants, communicators, SENDCos, teachers and volunteers.

To have appropriate knowledgeor an awareness of low tech AAC, for example picture exchange and high tech AAC.

To provide second opinions and shadowing opportunities for colleagues.

To make referrals onto specialist services as required, including Health, Education and / or Social Services.

Independently take students on placements for clinical teaching and supervision, including exam placement.

Undertake supervision and complete appraisals for SLTs and Support Practitioners.

To contribute to the support of newly and recently graduated SLT Staff.

To support and take part in the induction and training of new staffto the service.

Able to plan, organise and prioritise own workload, clinical and non-clinical.

To assume delegated tasks as requested by line manager/ locality lead, including participation in working…


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