Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 49,387 to 56,515 £ / Year

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced, innovative and highly motivated Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist to provide professional, clinical and operational leadership within our Speech and Language Therapy Service.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient care, supporting staff development and driving service improvement. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping service delivery, ensuring the highest standards of clinical practice and supporting a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

We offer a supportive and inclusive working environment where colleagues are encouraged to develop and thrive, where our values are at the heart of everything we do, guiding how we care for patients, support colleagues and work together as a team.

Staff benefit from a wide range of leadership development and career progression opportunities, alongside access to a comprehensive continuing professional development programme

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist clinical leadership for SLT services, ensuring delivery of safe, effective, and patient-centred care.

Lead on the assessment and management of complex communication and dysphagia needs within the stroke population.

Support service delivery in line with national stroke guidelines and best practice.

Act as a clinical expert and resource for SLT colleagues, MDT members, patients, and carers.

Lead and support service development, quality improvement, and audit activity within the stroke pathway.

Contribute to workforce planning, skill mix development, and efficient use of resources.

Provide clinical supervision, mentorship, and leadership to SLT staff and students.

Support training and education for MDT colleagues related to communication and swallowing.

Participate in governance, risk management, and service evaluation processes

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy approved by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT)
  • Registered with HPC
  • On-going membership with the RCSLT
  • Dysphagia qualification transferrable to the UK

Desirable

  • Membership of specialist interest groups
  • Leadership course/qulification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with adults with a wide range of communication and swallowing disorders.
  • Experience of working in a wide range of settings including acute hospitals, community hospitals, clinics and patients’ homes.
  • Leadership and management
  • Supervision of staff and students

Skills

Essential

  • To have highly developed auditory and perceptual skills to be able to communicate condition related information to clients and relatives
  • To have a highly developed knowledge of a broad range of specialist assessments as required
  • Accountable for own professional actions, to work within codes of practice, professional guidelines and policies.

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: 8 October 2026

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