Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Secondment: 6 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 824-SOUTH-7461982
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Battersea Studios
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 per annum, inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 23/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Lead
Band 8a
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
Job overview
Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Lead - Wandsworth and Merton
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic SLT to lead the South-West Division SLT Team working across the two boroughs of Wandsworth and Merton to cover a 6 month secondment.
We are looking for an experienced SLT with well-established clinical supervisory and line management skills, and clinical experience working in the community in areas of care of the elderly, neurology, palliative care and rehabilitation. The successful candidate will have excellent communication and problem solving skills.
You will benefit from being part of the wider SLT Leadership Team within CLCH; supporting wider service initiatives and developments.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for provision of high-quality Speech and Language Therapy service for patients and the strategic overview/lead on the development of adult speech and language therapy services across Wandsworth and Merton.
- To provide, maintain and review a comprehensive patient-focused, highly specialist Speech & Language Therapy service. This service will involve patients, carers, families and service providers.
- To provide clinical leadership in the area of neurology, care of the elderly, palliative care and rehabilitation, covering a range of conditions. To act in a consultancy role for clinical staff in addressing complex service user issues.
- To be responsible for ensuring evidenced based practise through adherence to current clinical guidelines to ensure the most appropriate and cost-effective clinical pathway for individual patients
Find out more information about working and living in South West London here - https://clch.nhs.uk/job/working-clch/clch-southwestlondon#!/select_sector
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Speech and Language Therapist with HCPC.
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent.
- Dysphagia trained with a high level of dysphagia experience.
- Broad range of clinical experience relevant to the post.
Desirable criteria
- Management training and qualification
- Counselling skills training
- Membership of RCSLT CENs
- Mentorship course
Experience
Essential criteria
- A high level of experience working in a community setting and ability to apply that knowledge in order to promote the health of the patients.
- Extensive post-registration clinical experience at minimum of Band 7 (or equivalent.
- Extensive experience of assessing and providing care to people with complex long term health conditions, neurological conditions and palliative/EOL care e.g. dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s etc.
- Experience in team management including performance management.
- Experience working effectively within an MDT, as well as working in collaboration with other community stakeholders and negotiating across organisational boundaries.
- Experience of teaching others.
- Experience of receiving and delivering clinical supervision.
- Experience of providing evidence-based care.
- Proven ability to prioritise and manage own workload with minimal supervision.
- Experience of initiating and implementing service development/quality improvement projects.
- Experience of working collaboratively with a variety of agencies and professionals and across organisational boundaries.
- Evidence of innovation in practice evaluation & audit skills.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jennifer Yang
- Job title
- Clinical Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07340 500 753
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