Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Go back South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust.

Closing date: 15 December 2025

Hi, I'm Jackie, Manager and Clinical Lead of the Adult Community Speech & Language Therapy service in Barnsley and I am pleased that you are looking at this opportunity to work within our team.

We are a small team that encourages collaboration, innovation and positive engagement.

We work with a range of communication and swallowing disorders with the Specialist support of colleagues readily available. Your new ideas will be welcomed in our service.

We have an exceptional administration team and supportive leadership.

There is embedded clinical, professional and management supervision with excellent opportunities for CPD and cross service development.

We also offer a flexible and hybrid way of working.

You will be based in a friendly and dynamic multi-disciplinary Allied Health Professionals Hub.

Barnsley has a thriving town centre, beautiful countryside and excellent transport networks in easy reach of other towns and cities including Sheffield, Leeds, Wakefield and Huddersfield.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact me by email j

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

In your role you will:

• Work collaboratively with colleagues to develop the Speech and Language Therapy Service.
• Maintain a high standard of clinical work and accurate records.
• Provide reports and statistical information to facilitate future business planning of the service.
• Be part of reviews and case conferences for clients.
• Offer clinical advice, assessment, diagnosis and treatments for adults who access the service.
• Provide clinical expertise to carers, non-clinical staff and external professionals and work as a wider MDT.
• Work within Trust policies and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy Guidelines.
• Develop, write, deliver and evaluate specialised training packages with access to specialist support as required to carers, other professional groups and speech and language therapists.
• Provide mentoring, clinical supervision, peer support and joint visits in the team.
• Support and assist in the training and supervision of SALT assistants, students from other professions and to be involved in the provision of full student placements in accordance with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy guidelines.
• Assist with the collection of data and feedback as part of quality assurance and improvement for the service.
• Support the planning and implementation of the operational requirements for the service.

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the West Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means we are accountable to our members, who can have a say in how we are run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

JOB SUMMARY

To participate in the organisation, coordination, development and provision of the Speech and Language Therapy Service to ensure the provision of an efficient, high quality service.

This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The post-holder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade as directed.

The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the post-holder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

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