Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist ICU

Cleveland Clinic; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Life Assurance

Season Ticket Loan

Cycle to Work

Wellbeing Hub

Earned Wage Access

Discounts on food & more

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic London is seeking a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist ICU/Acute to join our Therapy Services team. This full-time, 12-month fixed-term role is based in London, with a 37.5-hour week and shifts 8am-4pm or 10am-6pm.

You will lead assessment and treatment for complex speech, language and swallowing issues in ICU and acute wards, collaborate with the MDT, and contribute to professional development within a high-acuity private hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent.
• Post-graduate specialist skills such as FEES, videofluoroscopy and tracheostomy management.
• Experience in appraisal/supervision of therapists/students.
• Specialist knowledge for complex communication and swallowing disorders in critical care and acute wards.
• Effective communication with the MDT and families.

Responsibilities

• Independently assess, diagnose and manage complex communication, swallowing and tracheostomy needs in ICU/acute wards.
• Provide clinical expertise in speech and language therapy to the MDT for neuro/medical patients.
• Deputise for SLT Lead when required.
• Educate and train therapists and MDT members in communication and rehabilitation.
• Provide supervision and coaching to other therapists.

Skills

Specialist SLT skills

FEES/FEES-like assessment

Videofluoroscopy

Tracheostomy management

Ventilator management

Education

Speech and Language Therapy degree

Job description

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist ICU

London, England, United Kingdom

Sep 7, 2026

Our vision is to be the best place for healthcare anywhere and the best place to work in healthcare.

We believe that every life deserves world class healthcare.

Job Summary

Salary: Competitive (depending on experience)

Hours: 37.5 hours a week

Location: 33 Grosvenor Place, London, United Kingdom. SW1X 7HY

Contract: 12 months fixed-term

What are we looking for?

Cleveland Clinic London are looking to recruit a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist ICU/Acute to join our Therapy Services team with a competitive salary range on offer dependent on experience.

This is a full time, 12 months fixed-term role with the following shift patterns:

Monday to Friday

8am - 4pm

10am - 6pm

There will be a mixture of both shift patterns as per service needs.

What makes us different?

Cleveland Clinic London offers a brand-new high-acuity environment with the very latest equipment, where caregivers are encouraged to grow their expertise across multiple specialties, and in collaboration with expert clinicians. Our Mission, ‘Caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve’, assures our unwavering commitment to professional development.

As an autonomous practitioner within a multidisciplinary team, the Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist will assess, treat and manage their own caseload and provide highly specialist speech and language therapy skills to patients with speech, language and swallowing problems within the Intensive Care Unit and acute wards across the hospital (neurosurgical ward, acute admissions unit, Heart Vascular and Thoracic ward, Digestive Diseases ward). The neurosurgical ward is primarily patients on an elective neuro-oncology surgical pathway.

This role will report directly to the Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist and be part of a highly innovative, evidence‑based, forward‑thinking Speech and Language therapy team. This role will provide assessment and therapy provision to the Intensive Care Unit, neurosurgical ward, and wider acute wards of the hospital. Some cross cover to Neurorehabilitation may be required, as well as working within the wider therapy team providing speech and language therapy expertise.

What will your duties include?

Be independently responsible for the assessment, diagnosis and management of complex communication, swallowing and tracheostomy weaning needs for patients with multiple aetiologies and comorbidities across the intensive care unit and acute wards requiring advanced clinical reasoning, together with integrated clinical management with the wider MDT to enable optimal outcome

Provide and act as a source of clinical expertise in speech and language therapy management of neurological and medical patients to the MDT in relation to communication and swallowing difficulties, whether they arise due to the nature of the underlying medical conditions, are due to concomitant conditions or the presence of equipment/technologies used to support life (e.g. intubation, tracheostomy or ventilation)

Deputise for the Speech and Language Therapy Lead as required

Educate and train Speech and Language Therapists and other MDT members with innovation and passion around communication, swallowing and cognitive impairments in the critically ill patient, the role of speech and language therapy and rehabilitation

Provide highly supportive supervision and coaching to other therapists

What we need from you?

Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent

Experiential post graduate learning and development of specialist skills such as Videofluoroscopy assessment, Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallow (FEES) assessment, and tracheostomy management. Competence in ventilator management desirable

Evidence of training / experience in appraisal, supervision of therapists/students

Specialist knowledge and experience in application of clinically reasoned, safe and evidenced based techniques, assessments, management plans and outcome measures for patients with routine and complex communication and swallowing disorders in critical care and acute wards.

Effective and adaptable communication using a variety of verbal and written techniques to the needs of the patient, family, carer and wider MDT

What We Offer

As a private hospital with no shareholders, we reinvest all profits back into our organisation. This allows us to provide meaningful, tailored support and development opportunities for our caregivers - alongside a range of benefits, including:

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Double-matched salary exchange pension – contribute 5% and we’ll contribute 10%

Private Medical & Dental Insurance

Life Assurance

Season Ticket Loan & Cycle to Work schemes

Workplace Nursery Scheme

Wellbeing Hub with mental health, coaching and EAP support

Earned Wage Access - get early access to part of your pay when needed

Access to discounts on food, retail, and more

Who we are?

Cleveland Clinic is one of the leading providers of specialised medical care in the world, providing clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes for almost 6 million patient visits per year across more than 200 locations. We employ over 80,000 caregivers worldwide and continue to drive innovation in healthcare.

With over 100 years of history, our “Patients First” philosophy is at the heart of everything that we do.

If you would like to know more, please email [e-mail].

Applicant shortlisting and interviews may take place whilst the advert is live, so it may close sooner than expected - please submit your application as soon as possible. Due to the volume of applications, we are not always able to provide individual feedback.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check

This role may be subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order (as amended) and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

“Let’s deliver World Class care together!”

As an equal opportunities employer, we aspire to work together to promote a more inclusive work environment, which represents our commitment to celebrate diversity.

CCL is committed to applying its Equal Employment Opportunity/Workforce Diversity and Inclusion Policy at all stages of recruitment and privileging. Shortlisting, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to any Protected Characteristics. When aware of the need to do so and when required, CCL will make reasonable adjustments to its arrangements for interviews and to conditions of employment/engagement for disabled applicants to ensure, so far as practicable, that they do not place such applicants at a substantial disadvantage in comparison to non-disabled applicants.

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