Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist Acute Medicine/Surgery

NHS Jobs; Preston; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist to lead advanced SLT practice in acute medicine and surgery. You will work with multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality therapy and ensure safe, effective patient care.

You will provide strategic leadership, support staff development, and contribute to governance and service planning while promoting equality of opportunity for patients and staff across SLT services.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver highly specialist SLT clinical care within acute medicine and surgery.
• Communicate and collaborate with all SLT stakeholders.
• Support personal and people development.
• Contribute to clinical governance, quality and service planning in SLT.

Job description

Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist Acute Medicine/Surgery

Please see attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: To communicate and collaborate with all SLT Stakeholders. To provide leadership and highly specialist clinical skills within acute medicine and surgery. To support personal and people development. To ensure the health, safety and security of self and colleagues. To support service development and planning. To support the Clinical Governance and Quality agenda within SLT. To support equality of opportunity and access withing SLT for both staff and patients. To directly support delivery of therapy to patients. To provide leadership and management support.

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust