Adult Speech and Language Therapist

This is an exciting opportunity to combine clinical practice with genuine service development and leadership. Initially, the role will be split across 2.5 days per week, with one day, generally remote, for developing the adult service and 1.5 days of clinical work. The successful candidate will help to further shape our adult pathways, processes and clinical governance, build relationships with external organisations and referrers, and support the development of adult knowledge and competencies across our existing team. We expect the position to grow alongside the service. As we recruit additional adult and mixed-caseload therapists, there will be increasing opportunities for the Adult Service Lead to provide clinical leadership, supervision and team management., The Adult Service Lead will combine direct clinical work with strategic time to develop our adult service. The service-development element will include:

• reviewing and refining adult clinical pathways, policies and processes;
• supporting strong clinical governance;
• understanding existing adult skills and competencies within the Magic Words team;
• identifying CPD and workforce-development needs;
• developing relationships with relevant settings, organisations and referrers;
• supporting the growth and visibility of our adult service; and
• helping to shape future recruitment and development of the adult team.
Clinical work will include assessment and intervention with adult clients across clinics and external settings within the postholder's areas of competence., Magic Words prides itself on supporting our team to work efficiently in order to provide high quality, affordable support for as many families and settings as possible. In a 7.5-hour working day, we typically expect 4 hours of therapeutic/invoiced activity. This may include direct therapy, supervision, report writing, EHCP annual reviews and other invoiced therapist activity. Clinical governance, liaison, preparation, administration and travel where required will sit within the remaining 3.5 hours in the day. Supporting our therapists to develop efficient, sustainable ways of working is a normal part of supervision and career development at Magic Words. Please also note: As a private Speech and Language Therapy provider, we ask that our therapists focus their private SLT practice exclusively through Magic Words during their employment with us. This means that additional paid private SLT work, whether independently or through another private provider, would not form part of the employment arrangements. We're always happy to chat about our approach to external work and answer any questions during the recruitment process.

Essential: Qualified Speech and Language Therapist with current HCPC registration and significant post-qualification experience supporting adults. Applicants should have specialist adult clinical knowledge, experience managing an adult caseload autonomously and a strong understanding of clinical governance and professional standards. The role requires travel between clinics and external settings.

Application closing date: TBC - We are now accepting applications for this role, with interviews to follow. Please feel free to apply if interested and watch this space for future updates on the official closing date.

Salary: £45,450 FTE entry salary, dependent on relevant experience. £22,725 per annum at 0.5 FTE.