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Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist for Inpatient Therapy

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Dyddiad hysbysebu: 18 Mehefin 2025
Cyflog: Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: £43,742 - £50,056 per annum, pro rata
Oriau: Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau: 18 Gorffennaf 2025
Lleoliad: Halifax, HX3 0PW
Cwmni: Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd: Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd: 7240679/372-COM2525

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A Vacancy at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.


We are seeking a clinical lead for the Speech & Language Therapy service across Inpatient wards with a focus on respiratory and critical care.

The role will involve advancing clinical practice in this area of work and taking a lead in evolving and embedding best practice within the adult speech and language therapy team.
• To manage the acute caseload, including your own clinical caseload and appropriately delegating work to others within the MDT to deliver the service required.

•To perform specialist assessment of patients with diverse presentations and complex conditions.

•To implement, evaluate and modify highly complex, individualised care/ interventions.

•To be involved in best interest and mental capacity assessments as required.

•To lead development and implement evidence based protocols and standards of care.

•To provide support and supervision to others (both for inpatient and community colleagues where required), and supervision of student(s) on clinical placement.

•To be involved in MDT events, including workforce development and training, meetings and conferences

Contribute to the VFS rota and be given opportunities to develop skills in this area, as well as contributing to the development of a FEES service

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is a dynamic and successful organisation with a strong organisational and personal development focus.

CHFT prides itself on its strong vision and values.

Our vision: “Together we will deliver outstanding compassionate care to the communities we serve”

We do this by demonstrating our values and behaviours, alongside One Culture of Care - caring for each other the same way we care for our patients.

Our values:
• We put people first
• We go see
• We work together to get results
• We do the must-dos

Our behaviours:
• I'll step in others' shoes, and I'll be kind and welcoming to all
• I'm committed to improving services and I'll go see examples of good practice
• I'm respectful of others. I support diversity and inclusion
• I will role model the must-dos to keep everyone safe and well



CHFT employs over 6,000 colleagues who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital (CRH) and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (HRI) as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes.

In December 2018 the Department of Health and Social Care awarded CHFT £196.5m to invest in local health services. This investment will be used to build new buildings on both sites including a brand new A&E and Paediatric A&E building, a new Enhanced ICU and an upgrade to theatres wards. A new staff and patient car park will also be built.

• Work within the Inpatient therapy service leading, co-ordinating and developing effective clinical interventions within the speciality of Respiratory and critical care, in order to advance clinical practice in the team in line with current evidence base.



• Manage autonomously a clinical workload of patients / clients at a highly specialist level, assessing and treating patients and maintaining clinical records.



• Have highly specialist assessment and treatment skills in the areas listed but not limited to:

oSwallowing disorders

oInstrumental assessment

oAssessment for suitability for augmentative communication

oSpeech disorders

oLanguage disorders





• Apply evidence based knowledge within the highly specialist clinical area acquired through in depth experience and academic study to a highly specialist post graduate level.





• Have the ability to work flexibly and contribute to changing working patterns including bank holidays and 7 day working as required.We currently provide a Mon-Fri service.



A full overview of the job descriptions and main responsibilities can be found in the Job description.




This advert closes on Thursday 3 Jul 2025

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