Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Community Health NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Clinical Development Lead, Adult Community

Part time, 0.6wte (22.5 hours per week)

Location: Based in Margate (with travel across East & West Kent)

Shape the Future of SLT Services in East and West Kent

Are you passionate about teaching, mentoring, and helping others thrive? Do you want to play a central role in developing the next generation of Speech & Language Therapists while maintaining your own specialist clinical practice?

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join our friendly, supportive adult community SLT team in Kent. Following the retirement of the current post holder who established and shaped this position, we are looking for an experienced SLT to continue their legacy and drive forward clinical development across our service, making the role their own.

• Friendly and supportive colleagues who value collaboration.
• Regular in-person team meetings to stay connected and share learning.
• Strong commitment to supervision, mentoring, and CPD.
• Part of an outstanding community trust with a reputation for innovation and quality care.

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

• Lead and coordinate clinical development for Band 5 SLTs (pre- and post-preceptorship) across all localities, providing tutorials, coaching, joint sessions and day‑to‑day support, involving travel to different parts of east and west Kent at times.
• Work closely with team leads and managers to monitor progress and ensure high‑quality supervision.
• Support other SLTs in return‑to‑practice, international recruitment, or significant role changes.
• Deliver training workshops for staff, including Band 4 competency development.
• Balance development responsibilities with your own clinical caseload of adults with acquired swallowing and communication disorders in the Thanet Dover Deal locality.
• Offer assessment clinics, group and individual therapy in outpatient, domiciliary and care home settings.

Rated “outstanding” by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values: compassionate, aspirational, responsive, excellent.

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences.

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission.

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that suits us both.

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways.

As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non‑EU country) to proceed with your application.

We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via , quoting…