Clinical Lead Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Primary Schools

The Children's Integrated Speech and Language Therapy service for Hackney and The City is an innovative and supportive team offering high quality services to our diverse East London community and beyond.

The post holder will be joining an innovative and friendly team of Clinical Leads to lead the mainstream part of the Service. The post will include both clinical time working in mainstream primary schools as well as clinical leadership time.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work closely with colleagues in the Senior Leadership Team to ensure the smooth running of the service with a particular focus on Mainstream Primary Schools.

A large part of this service is delivered through Traded Services with schools and the post holder will work closely with the service Operational Lead to manage this.

Clinical work will be within one of the local schools and the Clinical Leadership part of the role will be focused on delivering a high quality SaLT service to schools, developing a skilled workforce and meeting statutory obligations around SEND.

The post holder will work closely with colleagues from Education in Hackney and The City to ensure that SaLT is an integral part of the Graduate Response and that the wider workforce is skilled in supporting SLCN.

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.

We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients.

Homerton Aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, our procedures and out People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.

We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensure all applicants are treated fairly. Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.

Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ and Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.