Clinical Lead: (DLD) Speech and Language Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and clinical lead specialist Speech and Language Therapist to lead on Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) across Children's Speech and Language Therapy Services and the local area. The postholder will provide strategic, clinical and professional leadership to ensure the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based services for children and young people with DLD.

As the Clinical Lead for DLD, you will drive service development, quality improvement and innovation, while maintaining a clinical caseload of complex cases. You will provide expert assessment, diagnosis, intervention, consultation and training, support Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment (EHCNA) processes, and work collaboratively with education, health, social care and voluntary sector partners to improve outcomes for children and families.

The role also includes providing leadership, supervision and mentorship to staff and students, contributing to research, audit and service evaluation activities, and ensuring services reflect current evidence, national guidance and professional standards. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated clinician to shape and develop specialist DLD services while supporting excellence in clinical practice across the wider service.

Core Responsibilities Of The Role

Provide strategic, clinical and professional leadership for Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) services across Children's Speech and Language Therapy Services, driving service development, care pathway improvement and high-quality, evidence-based practice.

Clinical / Service Delivery

Provide highly specialist assessment, diagnosis, consultation and intervention for children and young people with DLD and complex communication needs, including contributing to EHCP and statutory assessment processes.

Operational and Administrative Duties

Maintain accurate clinical records and support service monitoring, governance, data analysis and quality improvement activities.

Leadership And Management Responsibilities

Provide clinical supervision, mentoring and professional leadership to staff and students, supporting workforce development and effective multi-agency working.

Research and Development

Lead and participate in audit, research, service evaluation and quality improvement initiatives to promote best practice and innovation.

Financial Responsibility

Support the effective use of staffing, equipment and service resources to ensure efficient and sustainable service delivery.

Professional Development

Maintain advanced specialist knowledge in DLD through ongoing professional development and contribute to the training and development of others.

Royal Free London works within the West and North London Integrated Care System (ICS) is a partnership of organisations working together to improve health and wellbeing for everyone in west and north London.

The ICS includes the NHS, local councils, voluntary groups, community organisations and many others. We join up our work so people get better care and support, wherever they live.

As with other ICS’s, we are working increasingly closely with partners and many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

North Middlesex University Hospital and community services (North Mid) is one of the Royal Free London's four hospitals.

The health unit provides both hospital and community care, helping to keep people in the best possible health at every stage in their lives.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sally Mordi Job title: Children & Young People Therapies Service Lead Email address: Sign in to view email

You may wish to contact the current post holder to discuss the post: Eleanor Leeser.

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