Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist - Team Lead
| Posting date: | 05 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 June 2025 |
| Location: | Chippenham, SN15 1BN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | E0279-25-0978 |
Summary
As a Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist Team Lead , youll be part of our valued team at our Chippenham, Trowbridge or Salisbury base.
You will feel valued within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Band 7 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea and coffee at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Our Ideal Candidate will have:
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council Licence to Practice
- Membership of relevant Clinical Excellence Networks/special interest groups
- Evidence of right to work in the UK
- Minimum of 6 years clinical practice post qualification
- Knowledge of local and national policies and procedures relevant to the specialist client group such as NICE guidelines.
- Evidence of continuing education/CPD
- Excellent management skills of teams to drive quality service delivery
- Highly developed negotiation and problem solving skills and ability to manage difficult situations.
- Well established knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and audit
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group
- Knowledge of the standards of record keeping
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Knowledge of local and national policies and procedures relevant to the specialist client group such as NICE guidelines.
- Valid UK Driving License and access to a car for work purposes to carry out duties of the post and business insurance for the vehicle.
Please see the attached Job description for the full list.