Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is looking for a dedicated Clinical Lead SLT to join their stroke team in Lancaster. This role involves developing speech and language therapy services across Morecambe Bay, promoting collaborative practices within the team. Candidates should possess a Speech and Language Therapy degree and have experience working with stroke patients. A salary range of £47,810 to £54,710 per annum is offered, with pro-rata options available.

Qualifications

• Experience in both acute and community settings with patients with a stroke.
• 2 years leadership experience with evidence of leadership courses.

Responsibilities

• Promote collaborative working practices within the Speech and Language Therapy Team across Morecambe Bay.
• Work as part of a 6-day service across various settings.

Skills

Leadership

Compassionate communication

Problem solving

Clinical evidence-based knowledge of stroke

Education

Speech and Language Therapy Degree

Job description

Overview

Go back University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

The closing date is 01 October 2025

We have a rare opportunity for a band 7 Clinical Lead SLT to join our dedicated and friendly stroke team at UHMB. This is a newly created role to develop the stroke-aligned speech and language therapy service and workforce across Morecambe Bay.

Clinical evidence-based knowledge of stroke, along with leadership and management, service development, multidisciplinary integration, facilitation of learning and practitioner wellbeing is fundamental. You will have compassionate communication skills with a proactive approach to problem solving and implementing innovative solutions within an evolving stroke therapy landscape.

As part of a national stroke service model for an Integrated Community Stroke Service, we provide input across the entire stroke pathway from hospital to community-based rehabilitation (home, care home, clinic and telehealth settings) through a multi-disciplinary approach to deliver a responsive, needs-based, holistic patient-centred care.

Main duties of the job

You will undertake a critical role in promoting collaborative working practices within the Speech and Language Therapy Team across Morecambe Bay. The stroke SLT team is part of the Adult Speech Therapy service at UHMB, which also includes pathways in non-stroke, head and neck and voice. This offers opportunities to be part of our \'grow your own\' ethos, as well as supervision, peer supervision and CPD. We run our own videofluoroscopy clinic.

The service is supported by an overarching Clinical and Professional Lead and aligns to regional peer networks and Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care Board workstreams related to Speech and Language Therapy, neuro-rehabilitation and the Integrated Stroke and Neuro-rehabilitation Delivery Network (ISNDN).

The ability to travel and work across Morecambe Bay, including hospital, outpatient, community and telehealth settings, is a non-negotiable element of this role. In the future, you will be expected to work as part of a 6 day service.

If you are a motivated, flexible and forward-thinking band 6 SLT ready to advance your professional and clinical development in a more senior role, or a current band 7 SLT wanting to consolidate your knowledge and skills within a new role alongside a nurturing team, we would love to hear from you.

About us

We operate from three main hospitals – Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, plus community health settings across Morecambe Bay.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery, with additional local outreach services and diagnostics from community facilities.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role and the main job duties/responsibilities, please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust from our website:

https://www.uhmb.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Speech and Language Therapy Degree
• Experience of working in both acute and community settings with patients with a stroke

Clinical lead experience

• 2 years leadership, evidence of leadership courses

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 to submit for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 per annum, pro rata