Adult Speech & Language Therapy Lead
| Posting date: | 28 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 August 2025 |
| Location: | Coventry, CV1 4NZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9218-25-0824 |
Summary
We are looking for an experienced, HCPC registered SLT to join our team, providing clinically reasoned assessment and patient centered treatment to people with voice disorders to enable improved quality of life, promote rehabilitation, self-management to prevent future deterioration. We have a strong focus on clinical governance and provide a supportive framework for further learning. This post is key to the performance of the team and innovative development of the service, and your drive and enthusiasm will help support this. You will be supporting the team lead of a small, dedicated team of SLTs within the planned therapy service, providing them with support and supervision. You will work collaboratively with partners in acute and community services, to establish an integrated whole systems approach. This role will be the perfect opportunity for you to develop strategic and system thinking, working alongside system partnersin acute and community sectors to deliver integrated care, that is person centred and meaningful. You will enable challenging conversations facilitating realistic, safe, and effective patient care, with carers, patients and both within the team and across system partners. Physical EffortThere is a requirement for;o Sitting, standing, and walking during every working day.o Repetitive movements on a regular basis.o Pushing/pulling of wheelchairs or transfer equipment as required.o Moving and handling of equipment daily.o Driving between patient visits Mental EffortThere is a requirement to carry out assessments, perform documentation and provide reports on a daily basis.It is expected that the post holder may be interrupted by carers/family/patient whilst carrying out assessment.It is expected that whilst in the office there may be interruptions from colleagues.There will be a requirement to be able to;o Check documents.o Analysing statistics or carrying out calculations.o Carry out assessments and complete documentation.o Maintain contemporaneous patient recordso Preparing reports/letters.o Carrying out non-clinical fault finding. For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements. We would welcome an informal chat or visit from anyone who would like to know more about the role, contact Helen Fracchia, Speech & Language Therapist 07554330716 For this post, you will need to hold a full UK driving license and have access to the use of a car. Please note that an international driving license is not accepted. Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested. For further details of the role please see the attached job description.