Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Team Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Team Manager based in South Devon and Torbay. The post holder will provide day-to-day operational management for the Speech, Language and Communication pathway, overseeing speech and language therapists and assistants. Responsibilities include ensuring effective delivery of evidence-based care, managing clinical risks, and providing supervision to clinicians. The role can be full-time or part-time and involves collaborative leadership within a multidisciplinary team.
Key responsibilities
- Provide effective collaborative leadership and day to day operational management of the clinical team.
- Ensure the effective and efficient delivery of evidence based clinical care.
- Ensure the service is delivered in partnership with other clinical pathways within the locality, health specialties and partner organisations.
- Ensure the service is delivered in partnership with children, young people and their parents/ carers, ensuring their active participation is facilitated.
- In partnership with the Operations Manager, ensure that clinical and non-clinical risks within the pathway are identified and managed effectively.
- To maintain systems to monitor demand and maintain optimal clinical capacity within the team.
Essential criteria
- Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
- Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies.
- Experience of delivering a clinical practice within the area of specialty for children with complex health conditions - undertaking specialist assessment and treatment interventions for children and young people with complex health problems; including risk assessments.
- Experience of supervising others and developing positive supervisory relationships with healthcare professionals.
- Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring the safety of young people in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
- Experience of delivering healthcare within an equalities and human rights framework.
- Experience of initiating, organising and planning inter-agency meetings aimed at setting in place a treatment package tailored to the individual needs of a child/young person.
- Experience in involving service users as active partners in the delivery and or design of services.
- Experience in delivering healthcare in partnership with other organisations.
- Experience of engagement in service development and quality improvement.
- A professional qualification at degree level or equivalent e.g. Psychological profession, Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, or equivalent.
- Additional specialist training and qualification to post graduate diploma level or equivalent in supervision and/or leadership skills.
- Professional registration/accreditation with a recognised body, e.g. NMC, HCPC, Social Work England, UKCP, BABCP
- Evidence of relevant CPD.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of leading and managing multi-disciplinary teams.
- Experience in managing HR and recruitment processes including staff appraisals, performance and sickness management.
- Experience of providing professional teaching and training for other professionals working with children/young people families.
- Experience of managing complaints, incidents and financial payments.
- Experience of using data to improve services.
- Additional specialist training and qualification to post graduate diploma level or equivalent in an evidence-based therapeutic approach
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Speech and Language Clinical Team Manager - [contact details removed]
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
We are excited to be advertising for a Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Team Manager , based within the South Devon and
Torbay locality.
This role is for 1.2 WTE so we can consider full-time hours or
part-time. You will be joining the team at an exciting time of change, and you
will be supported throughout by a strong team who is passionate about
delivering high quality and innovative care.
In the role you will provide the day-to-day operational
management of the provision of care and treatment within the Speech, Language
and Communication pathway, which consists of speech and language therapists and
speech and language therapy assistants.
This post holder will manage effective operational delivery
of the service in close collaboration with Speech and Language Clinical
Specialists, senior clinicians and other service leads.
You will have supervisory skills and may complete clinical
work across health and social care in different environments such as home,
schools and clinics.
Main duties of the job
- Provide effective collaborative leadership and day to day operational management of the clinical team.
- Ensure the effective and efficient delivery of evidence based clinical care.
- Ensure the service is de
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