• Job Description

  Req#: C9186-25-0807?language=en&page=674&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you looking for a rewarding challenge to give your career a boost....then we have just the job for you! why not consider joining our passionate, innovative and supportive SLT Team in the Nottinghamshire Low Secure Community Forensic Care Unit.If this opportunity is calling out to you then please consider contacting us to discuss this post further.

  The successful candidate will join the well-established and respected Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Service within Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, working specifically within the Low Secure Hospital and Community Forensic Teams across Nottingham city and county.

  You will be well supported by an experienced and diverse group of colleagues across Notts Health Care, with opportunities for peer support. You will enjoy close links with our wider SLT team and our SLT colleagues within the East Midlands. Staff benefit fromgreat CPD opportunities annually, both in house and externally funded. We also have strong connections with the national Criminal Justice SLT network.

  Main duties of the job

  The post holder will provide professional, clinical and operational leadership to a small SLT team across the Low Secure Community Forensics Care Group working at the Wells Rd Centre. The role involves supporting the services to deliver timely, safe, quality care to a complex mental health population residing in inpatient wards and accessing community forensic services.

  This is an oversight of the core duties:

  • To deliver professional supervision, reflective practice and guidance to the LSCF workforce (both the SLT staff and wider workforce)
  • To provide second opinions and complex case consultations to referrals (as required and appropriate)
  • To represent the profession and forums as required and appropriate - including risk and quality meetings etc
  • To provide clinical and operational leadership to the SLT workforce.
  • To monitor the SLT teams performance in terms of compliance with Trust standards, contact figures, quality care, complaint and complement monitoring etc

  About us

  #TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

  We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

  We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

  The health and wellbeing of colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

  The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

  Details

  Date posted

  02 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £53,755 to £60,504 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  186-833-25-GH

  Job locations

  Wells Road Centre

  Wells Rd

  Nottingham

  NG3 3AA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the Person Specification and Job Description for full details of the role - these are uploaded as attachments on the advert

  Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

  You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

  Please note that this post does not meet the pay or skill level required for a Skilled worker visa.

  Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at thebottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimumsalary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In thesecircumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker/Health & Care visa.

  Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining aCertificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the Person Specification and Job Description for full details of the role - these are uploaded as attachments on the advert

  Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

  You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

  Please note that this post does not meet the pay or skill level required for a Skilled worker visa.

  Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at thebottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimumsalary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In thesecircumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker/Health & Care visa.

  Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining aCertificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

  Person Specification

  Values and Behaviours

  Essential

  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

  Physical Requirements

  Essential

  • Excellent speech and hearing
  • Ability to perform the full range of duties

  Desirable

  • Physical skills in line with role (including MVA as appropriate)

  Qualifications - Academic/Craft /Professional

  Essential

  • Recognised Degree/diploma
  • HCPC Registered
  • RCSLT Registration

  Desirable

  • Recognised ACP Masters (or equivalence) qualification

  Training

  Essential

  • Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD including highly specialist clinical knowledge
  • Evidence of management/leadership training and development

  Desirable

  • Relevant post qualification CPD including highly specialist clinical knowledge

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience and expertise in of assessing and managing complex caseloads
  • Experience of leading service development and developing pathways
  • Experience of effective multidisciplinary/agency working and established interpersonal and negotiation skills
  • Experience in using research evaluation / audit tools and demonstrating need.
  • Experience of managing and clinically supervising others inc. Performance Improvement Plans

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • o Knowledge of National Policy and guidance.
  • Applied leadership knowledge.
  • Highly specialist knowledge of Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) of individuals with mental health diagnoses
  • Knowledge of Speech Language Communication tools, assessments and interventions relating to the client group
  • Knowledge of the link between unmet comm. needs, ASD, mild/borderline ID, Mental health and risk

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of specific relevant approaches

  Skills

  Essential

  • o Empathetic and psychologically minded
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Well organised
  • Good reasoning skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Motivated and a motivator
  • Team builder and team member
  • Autonomous and able to work without direct supervision
  • Reflective practitioner
  • Ability to manage own wellbeing with access to supervision to sustain this.
  • Highly specialist skill in working with Autistic people.

  Desirable

  • Experience of supporting other staff and students
  • Experience of managing a project or service initiative.
  • Experience of contributing to audits

  Contractual Requirements

  Essential

  • A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
  • Flexible working as required by post.

  Person Specification

  Values and Behaviours

  Essential

  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
  • All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

  Physical Requirements

  Essential

  • Excellent speech and hearing
  • Ability to perform the full range of duties

  Desirable

  • Physical skills in line with role (including MVA as appropriate)

  Qualifications - Academic/Craft /Professional

  Essential

  • Recognised Degree/diploma
  • HCPC Registered
  • RCSLT Registration

  Desirable

  • Recognised ACP Masters (or equivalence) qualification

  Training

  Essential

  • Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD including highly specialist clinical knowledge
  • Evidence of management/leadership training and development

  Desirable

  • Relevant post qualification CPD including highly specialist clinical knowledge

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience and expertise in of assessing and managing complex caseloads
  • Experience of leading service development and developing pathways
  • Experience of effective multidisciplinary/agency working and established interpersonal and negotiation skills
  • Experience in using research evaluation / audit tools and demonstrating need.
  • Experience of managing and clinically supervising others inc. Performance Improvement Plans

  Knowledge

  Essential

  • o Knowledge of National Policy and guidance.
  • Applied leadership knowledge.
  • Highly specialist knowledge of Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) of individuals with mental health diagnoses
  • Knowledge of Speech Language Communication tools, assessments and interventions relating to the client group
  • Knowledge of the link between unmet comm. needs, ASD, mild/borderline ID, Mental health and risk

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of specific relevant approaches

  Skills

  Essential

  • o Empathetic and psychologically minded
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Well organised
  • Good reasoning skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Motivated and a motivator
  • Team builder and team member
  • Autonomous and able to work without direct supervision
  • Reflective practitioner
  • Ability to manage own wellbeing with access to supervision to sustain this.
  • Highly specialist skill in working with Autistic people.

  Desirable

  • Experience of supporting other staff and students
  • Experience of managing a project or service initiative.
  • Experience of contributing to audits

  Contractual Requirements

  Essential

  • A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
  • Flexible working as required by post.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Wells Road Centre

  Wells Rd

  Nottingham

  NG3 3AA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Wells Road Centre

  Wells Rd

  Nottingham

  NG3 3AA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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