Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: Part time would be considered (4 days a week preferable)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 201-25-728
- Employer
- Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Camborne Health Centre
- Town
- Camborne
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 Per Annum / Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist & Team Lead (West)
Band 7
Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.
Strategic Themes
Great Care
- Care based on what matters to people.
- Care provided at home or close to home.
- Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
- Prevention and alternatives to hospital.
Great Organisation
- Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
- Technology enabled care.
- Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
- Safe, efficient, effective and productive.
Great People
- A place people love to work and feel valued.
- Living our values with staff (all voices count).
- Attract, grow and develop talent.
- Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.
Great Partner
- Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
- Joined-up community services.
- Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
- Reduce our impact on the environment.
At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Job overview
This job is currently only open to people who already work for the NHS in Cornwall or the Isles of Scilly.
We are committed to supporting our dedicated staff, so only current employees of the following organisations can apply:
- Cornwall Foundation Trust
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Integrated Care Board
If you do not currently work for one of these NHS organisations, your application will not be considered at this time.
We are seeking an experienced Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT) to be our new team lead for our West Locality Team. The West team has around 15 staff members who form part of our countywide service and work alongside our Central and East Locality Teams to provide speech and language therapy support for Cornwall and the Isle of Scilly.
The post holder will form part of our children's speech and language therapy leadership team who work together to ensure we are running a quality evidenced base service which meets the needs of children and families, as well as being a happy and dynamic place to work.
The post holder will also have opportunity to maintain and develop their clinical skills by holding a small community caseload, and provide assessment and/or intervention in line with our service offer. The community caseload can also include Dysphagia if the post holder has RCSLT competence and this is an area of interest for them.
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Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for leading and managing a speech and language therapy locality team. This involves line management responsibility for your locality team, overseeing allocation and through put of clinical cases in your area, monitoring and reporting on performance of locality team, leading on and contributing to service wide projects and participating in service forums.
The post holder will be required to participate in the delivery of a speech and language therapy service providing specialist assessments, intervention and advice for children and young people with Speech, Language and Communication Needs, and if they hold the relevant competencies, swallowing difficulties.
Working for our organisation
We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.
We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.
Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.
We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.
Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
Essential criteria
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy (or equivalent qualification)
- Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Experience of effectively leading a team
- Highly developed skills of clinical assessment, evaluation and intervention for children and young people with speech, language and communication difficulties.
Desirable criteria
- Membership of the RCSLT
- Experience of project management
Skills and Aptitude
Essential criteria
- Highly skilled in supporting colleagues and team members with clinical, professional and other needs.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ysanne Yeatman
- Job title
- Operational Lead for SaLT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07825 609074
- Additional information
This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.
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