Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Team Lead

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS organization in Salford seeks a Highly Specialist Lead Speech and Language Therapist to join their Adult Learning Disabilities Team. The role involves clinical leadership, expert therapeutic assessment, and treatment for adults with complex communication and swallowing difficulties. Ideal candidates will have experience as Band 6 or Band 7 therapists. The position offers opportunities for growth, leadership training, and a competitive benefits package.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Experience as a Band 6 or Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist.
• Ability to assess and treat clients autonomously.
• Supervisory experience with junior staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead SLT service within the Learning Disabilities Health Professionals team.
• Provide therapeutic assessment, diagnosis, and treatment.
• Supervise Speech and Language Therapy colleagues.

Skills

Expert therapeutic assessment

Communication and swallowing difficulties

Leadership and supervision

Job description

A Vacancy at Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust.


A rare opportunity has arisen in Salford for a Highly Specialist Lead Speech and Language Therapist to join our friendly and supportive Adult Learning Disabilities Team. If you’re passionate about making a real difference in the lives of adults with learning disabilities, and are ready to lead, inspire, and grow, this could be the perfect job for you!

In this role, you’ll take the clinical lead, delivering expert therapeutic assessment, diagnosis and treatment for clients with complex needs, including communication and swallowing difficulties, across various community settings. You’ll also guide junior staff, influence service development, and benefit from access to award-winning leadership training, ongoing peer support, and supervision.

Whether you're an experienced Band 6 ready for the next step or a Band 7 looking to specialise further, your growth is supported here. Job share and secondment enquiries welcome!



To lead the SLT service within the Learning Disabilities Health Professionals team.
• To provide as part of the multidisciplinary team highly specialist therapeutic assessment, diagnosis and treatment of Adults with Learning Disabilities who have highly complex and/or chronic presentationin a range of community locations. This includes working with clients with communication and swallowing difficulties

· To assess and treat own caseload of clients maintaining own records as an autonomous practitioner

· To supervise SLT and Total Communication colleagues as part of the team support structure.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care,appreciateandinspire– to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

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 working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website:www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk




This advert closes on Sunday 17 Aug 2025