Clinical Lead Speech

7 months ago


Preston, United Kingdom Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are seeking an enthusiastic clinical lead speech and language therapist with a passion for improving care and leading change within acute services.

This person will understand acute care and be motivated to deliver a high-quality service with a vision on how to improve patient outcomes and flow with the opportunity to work across the inpatient and outpatient pathway and in FEES and videofluoroscopy clinics.

Main duties of the job

To lead and provide operational management of the Speech & Language therapy service to acute medicine and surgery.

To lead service developments and support staff working.

To use advanced clinical skills to assess, diagnose and independently manage complex dysphagia and disorders of communication respectively.

To represent speech and language therapy in multidisciplinary team settings and contribute highly specialist expertise for the management of patients with communication and swallowing difficulties.

To integrate with the multidisciplinary teams and contribute to training and education and quality improvement projects as appropriate.

To demonstrate skills in motivating patients to engage in therapeutic process.

To use excellent organisational and prioritisation skills and a flexible approach to work practice.

To participate in instrumental assessment using videofluoroscopy and fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES).

To participate in appropriate trust level service developments which impact on the care delivered to patients with swallowing and communication difficulties.

To maintain clinical professional development and be up to date with research and advancements within this clinical area.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals has a large inpatient and outpatient service and provides tertiary services and comprehensive care to the Lancashire and South Cumbria region.

We are a dedicated SLT service with excellent patient-centred care at the core of our values and we provide a wide range of specialist services.

We are keen to promote training opportunities and support CPD.

Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.



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