Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist

3 weeks ago


Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Clinical Lead for Neonatal Speech and Language Therapy

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly skilled speech and language therapist to develop a high-quality, evidence-based speech and language therapy service to the Liverpool Neonatal Partnership.

Working across Alder Hey Children's and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trusts, you will be responsible for leading the speech and language therapy service in this highly complex clinical field.

You should have a highly advanced level of knowledge, skills, and experience and will work as an autonomous practitioner within a multi-disciplinary team.

Main Responsibilities
  • Leading, coordinating, and delivering a high-quality, evidence-based speech and language service to the highly specialized and complex clinical area of neonates requiring a highly advanced level of knowledge, skills, and experience.
  • Providing clinical supervision, training, and support to less experienced delegated highly specialist paediatric speech therapists working in neonates.
Key Responsibilities

Job Summary:

The post holder will be responsible for:

  • Leading, coordinating, and delivering a high-quality, evidence-based speech and language service to the highly specialized and complex clinical area of neonates requiring a highly advanced level of knowledge, skills, and experience.
  • Providing clinical supervision, training, and support to less experienced delegated highly specialist paediatric speech therapists working in neonates.

Key Result Areas:

  • To work as a highly experienced autonomous practitioner within a multi-disciplinary team providing expert advice to consultant and junior medical and/or nursing staff, other health professionals, and professional agencies e.g., education, social services on the management of neonates.
  • To assess, treat, and monitor a specialist caseload of neonatal patients with highly complex needs and maintain accurate records.
  • To contribute to/lead SLT policy development within neonates.
  • To act as a national source of expertise within the specialist area for all healthcare professionals and other professional agencies.
  • To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of professional and clinical work, working to agreed local, national, and professional standards.
Person Specification
  • BSc. or MSc. in Speech and Language Therapy
  • Registration via Healthcare Professions Council
  • Validated/nationally recognized postgraduate advanced competencies in the management of neonatal dysphagia
  • Substantial postgraduate clinical experience with several years working as a band 7 SLT including experience within L3 neonatal unit
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.



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