Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Team Lead

NHS; Salford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Salford seeks a Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Team Lead to deliver expert therapeutic assessment and treatment for adults with learning disabilities. The role involves leading a team, guiding junior staff, and providing high-quality care to clients with communication and swallowing difficulties. The ideal candidate should have a degree in Speech and Language Therapy and experience in related fields. Competitive benefits and opportunities for professional growth are offered.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Competitive benefits package

Annual leave allowance

Qualifications

• Successful completion of specialist courses and continuing professional development.
• Experience working with Adults with Learning Disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Speech and Language Therapy service within the Learning Disabilities team.
• Provide therapeutic assessment and treatment for clients with communication difficulties.
• Supervise colleagues as part of the team support structure.

Skills

Planning and organisational skills

Presentation skills

Caseload management

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Overview

Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Team Lead

The closing date is 01 October 2025

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!

Main duties of the job

• 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 presentation in 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.

About us

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, appreciate and inspire- 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.

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A degree in Speech and Language Therapy
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses and CPD

Knowledge

• Experience of working with Adults with Learning Disabilities.
• Experience devising and delivering training.
• To demonstrate specialist knowledge in clinical fields underpinned by current evidence-based practice (e.g. learning disabilities, dysphagia)
• Knowledge of a range of appropriate assessments and therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group.

Skills

• Good planning and organisational skills and caseload management
• Good presentation skills, both written and verbal.
• Good planning and organisational skills and caseload management

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.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust