Clinical Lead – Neurodiversity Speech & Language Therapy
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
London, N18 1QXView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£63,665 to £70,887
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
21 October 2026
2 days leftJob description
We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the role of Clinical Lead - Neurodiversity Speech & Language Therapy at part time ho...
The role involves leading practice, providing specialist support to children and families, liaising with other professionals, and demonstrating a neuro-affirmative attitude to differences such as autism and ADHD.
The successful candidate will work closely with Health, Education, Social services and Voluntary services, Community Paediatricians, Therapists, Children with disabilities team, Health Visitors, School nurses, GPs Educational Psychologists and EASA. The aim is to provide a holistic approach in communicating and sharing advice, information and plans to all relevant parties and family.
They will also be a keyworker for a large number of families, and as such, will take the role of primarily liaison for the family in both positive and challenging times. The candidate will be expected to provide emotional and social support to parents and carers with additional needs and their families.
The post holder will possess advanced expertise in assessing and supporting children, young people, and families (CYPF) with neurodivergent learning needs. This will include managing a designated caseload, providing second opinions, offering specialist advice, and developing and delivering training for families and external services, such as healthcare providers and community partners.
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed 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.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Education & Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised speech and language therapy degree of equivalent.
- Registration with the Health Professions council for licence to practice. (HCPC).
- Registered member of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists.
Desirable: - Recognised postgraduate degree in a relevant area such as Autism.
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- Able to construct clear care plans differentiating appropriate therapy from a range of options, based on analysis of information from assessment.
- Experience in delivering training.
- Ability to organise, plan, and prioritise own workload. Demonstrate the ability to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.
- Ability to show sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of clients and their carers in particular when imparting potentially distressing information.
- Proven ability to work as part of a team.
- Demonstrates empathy with clients, carers, and families, often where barriers to understanding exist ensuring that effective communication is achieved.
Desirable: - Ability to speak another language fluently.
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working neurodivergent children.
- Experience of assessing children autism diagnostic purposes.
- Experience of working with other professionals and early years staffing.
- Ability to relate clinical theory to clinical practice.
- Knowledge and experience of a range of assessments appropriate for assessing social communication difficulties in pre-school and school children.
- Trained in ADOS (or willing to undertake this training).
- A knowledge of relevant policies and documents, e.g. Early Years Framework, SEN reforms.
Desirable
- Experience of working with children in early years.
- Experience of working in children centres and nurseries, and schools.
- Experience of working with Consultant Paediatricians and Resident Doctors in training.
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Enthusiastic and motivated.
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Professional approach to work.
- Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
- Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
- Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
9 October 2026
Last checked
13 October 2026
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