# Clinical Lead Stroke Speech & Language Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-lead-stroke-speech-and-language-therapist/5756304e-ac5f-4e38-b27b-4375f5b46950 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-lead-stroke-speech-and-language-therapist/5756304e-ac5f-4e38-b27b-4375f5b46950.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Preston Hospital - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week (Weekend working to enable 6-day service is required.) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-13T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-07T10:51:01.986Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Preston/Lancashire_Teaching_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Speech_Language_Therapy/Speech_Language_Therapy-v8118303 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8118303?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and passionate Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) to clinically lead the Acute/Rehab Stroke Team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHTR), alongside our other established B7 SLT and ACP practitioner. We are a Comprehensive Stroke Centre, which means this post offers an interesting variety of work across the stroke pathway. This role covers the whole Stroke Pathway including HASU, acute stroke, and stroke rehabilitation. Clinically this entails complex acquired disorders of communication, cognition and dysphagia and the opportunity to work with an established and passionate MDT. Collaboratively we are part of an active regional stroke delivery network, which drives quality improvement initiative and provides training opportunities to ensure optimal patient care. LTHTR have established VFS and FEES clinics and experience in these areas would be advantageous. However, for the right candidate training in VFS and FEES could be provided in-house. You will be expected to work within a 6-day therapy service with plans in future, for a 7-day service. This role also requires cross-site working, therefore a car user is essential. Excellent interpersonal skills are crucial to build working relationships with multiple MDTs across sites. CPD is actively supported, and you will have the opportunity to continue to develop your clinical portfolio. ### Main duties of the job - To provide clinical leadership and service development within Stroke SLT services under the supervision/direction of the Head/Associate Head of Service. - To use evidence-based, highly specialist skills to manage complex Stroke caseloads. - Utilise instrumental assessment (VFS/FEES) as required. - Provide training / support to staff working with patients and their carers / families - To attend MDT meetings and board rounds to optimise patient care. - Cross site and 6-day working ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see separate job description and person specification for full details: - Effective communication of complex and often distressing information to patients and carers. - Effective MDT communications - Undertake highly specialist clinical assessment, differential diagnosis and management of Stroke patients. - VFS / FEES. - To initiate and implement change collaboratively with the Head/Associate Head of SLT. - To complete own appraisal and personal development. - Demonstrate advanced skills and knowledge in specialist area, including development of the team. - Take responsibility for the planning and organisation of service provision across sites. - Actively participate in clinical governance agenda. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills & AbilitieS **Essential** - Highly specialist skills in clinical area - Advanced communication skills - Advanced diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills - Ability to prioritise workload - Good IT skills - CPD and clinical governance commitment - Supervision and line management of staff - Clinical Educator - To work within limits of knowledge and skills **Desirable** - Awareness of relevant national guidance - Excel and data collection skillS - Clinical leadership skills ### Values & Behaviours **Essential** - Invests in trust values - Enthusiastic / positive attitude to change - Able to work flexibly and multitask - Self-motivated and able to motivate others - Resilient under pressure - Takes responsibility for high quality care and performance - Empathetic approach to patient care ### Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Highly specialised knowledge in Stroke - Able to assess, diagnose and manage complex adult acquired dysphagia, voice & communication impairments - Understanding of the roles of other health care professionals and working as a multidisciplinary team. - Experience of VFS / FEES - Delivery of SLT training in specialist area **Desirable** - Experience undertaking local research projects - Experience of audit and service development - Experience of cross site working ### Qualifications & Education **Essential** - HCPC registration - RCSLT registration - Graduate or post-graduate qualification in Speech and Language Therapy - Completion of Specialist Dysphagia Competencies - Evidence of CPD in relevant areas **Desirable** - Masters qualification / modules or advanced course in specialist field - Competencies in VFS / FEES ## Documents - [what we can offer you (pdf, 6.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2464) - [creating your best application (pdf, 6.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2433) - [b7 stroke slt person spec & job description (pdf, 436.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10422374) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.