Advanced Clinical Practitioner, Children’s Speech and Language Therapy: Sponsorship Available

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

Help Shape the Future of SEND in Gloucestershire

Do you want to influence change beyond your own service?

Are you passionate about creating inclusive education systems where children and young people with speech, language and communication needs receive the right support, at the right time, in the right place?

We are seeking an experienced and inspirational Speech and Language Therapist to become Gloucestershire’s Experts at Hand Advanced Practitioner, leading strategic transformation across education, health and care services as part of the national SEND reform agenda.

This is a rare opportunity to step into a highly visible leadership role that will help shape how Speech and Language Therapy contributes to the future SEND system. Working across Gloucestershire’s education, health and care partnerships, you will influence policy, workforce development and service improvement to increase access to Speech and Language Therapy expertise within education settings and improve outcomes for children and young people aged 0-25.

Main duties of the job

As Gloucestershire’s Advanced Practitioner, you will:

Play a key role in delivering local SEND priorities and national reform ambitions.

Influence how Speech and Language Therapy is embedded within inclusive education systems.

Support earlier identification and intervention for speech, language and communication needs.

Build sustainable workforce solutions that strengthen support across education settings.

Create opportunities for the next generation of Speech and Language Therapists through placements, apprenticeships and innovative supervision models.

Work alongside senior leaders from the NHS, Local Authority, Integrated Care Board, universities and education sector to influence change at scale.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional registration with registered body HCPC with significant post-registration experience relevant to role
  • Evidence of advanced practice capability aligned to the NHSE Multi-Professional Framework for Advanced Practice, or working towards this.
  • Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to advanced practice, leadership, education and service improvement.
  • Recognised teaching / supervisor or coaching qualification or relevant experience

Desirable

  • MSc Advanced Practice, Leadership, Education, Public Health or equivalent postgraduate qualification
  • Practice Educator, Coaching, Mentoring or Leadership qualification.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working within education settings and SEND systems.
  • Experience of presenting complex information to a range of stakeholders, including senior leaders and system partners.

Desirable

  • Experience of SEND system improvement programmes.
  • Experience of developing student placement opportunities and supervision models.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 20 September 2026

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