NHS Ayrshire & Arran
Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team Lead
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Exciting Opportunity for Experienced SLTs in Forth Valley
We have an exciting opportunity for experienced SLTs to take on a leadership role within the Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service in Forth Valley. You will be supporting the SLT coordinator and the leadership team to implement innovative and sector leading work that seeks to improve outcomes for children with a range of communication needs in Forth Valley.
About the Role
The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic and supportive leadership team across Forth Valley and will have team lead responsibilities with a designated team. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate a high level of skill in empowering others, promoting wellbeing and building a culture where staff can feel safe to innovate and perform at a high level.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the SLT coordinator and the leadership team in implementing innovative work.
- Demonstrate high-level skills in empowering others, promoting wellbeing, and building a culture of innovation.
- Have a clinical remit and significant experience in working in partnership with Education.
- Support team members delivering services at a universal, targeted, and individualised level.
- Build partnerships with team members from both SLT and partner agencies.
- Travel throughout the area of service delivery.
Essential Skills and Experience
Our attached person specification details which wider skills, experience, qualifications, values, and behaviours are essential within this particular role. Sharing with us, in your application, about how you have demonstrated these in your work in the past and how this is relevant to this role will help us get to know you and your unique skills further.
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Contact Information
We love it when people contact us to discuss advertised posts. It allows you to find out more about us and the role and allows us to support you with your application process which we enjoy doing. Please do get in touch!
- Louisa McGuire, SLT Coordinator, Louisa.mcguire@nhs.scot, 01786 434078
Additional Information
- The duties of this post require the successful candidate to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. More information can be found at www.disclosurescotland.co.uk.
- As from 1/4/26, the Agenda for Change full-time working week will be reducing from 37 to 36 hours per week. Part-time hours will be reduced pro-rata. However, there will be a corresponding increase in the hourly rate so that pay will not be affected.
- Certificate of Sponsorship: Applicants who require sponsorship to work in the UK are advised to carefully review the eligibility criteria for the Skilled Worker or Health and Care Worker visa routes. NHS Forth Valley may be able to offer sponsorship for certain roles, provided the post meets the minimum salary threshold and any other required criteria. Sponsorship is assessed on a case-by-case basis following interview and at the commencement of pre-employment checks.
- It is recommended that anyone applying for health and social care jobs in the UK from abroad read the following guidance: Applying for health and social care jobs in the UK from abroad - GOV.UK.
- Candidates should provide original and authentic responses to all questions within the application form. The use of artificial intelligence (AI), automated tools, or other third-party assistance to generate, draft, or significantly modify responses is strongly discouraged.
- NHS Forth Valley is positive about disabled people and is committed to offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job. Please contact the Recruitment Office on 0330 041 4694 if there are any reasonable adjustments we can make to assist you with your application and/or interview.
- NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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