Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
| Posting date: | 24 September 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: | 10 October 2025 |
| Location: | Southport, PR8 6PN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9409-25-0799 |
Summary
You will be an integral member of the wider multidisciplinary team, which includes medical, nursing and therapy staff. You will also work as an essential and valued member of the Acute Medical and Surgical SLT Team. The successful applicant will be managed by the Clinical Therapy manager within General Medical and Surgical Therapies team but will receive clinical support and supervision from the wider SLT service. This position presents an excellent opportunity to cultivate your clinical, service development and supervisory skills. The successful applicant will lead on the development and implementation of care pathways, departmental policies, and protocols, and provide training, direct, and indirect support to other professionals relating to communication and swallowing disorders. They will supervise and manage clinical practice as required, including SLTs, SLT students and other staff working in their clinical area. At Southport Hospital we hold regular Videofluoroscopy clinics and are implementing the MBSImP protocol. We also have an established FEES service. For the right candidate there is potential for development opportunities in this area. Continuing Professional Development is essential and actively encouraged, and there are multiple opportunities to develop and acquire new skills, such as: Regular clinical supervision Regular in-service training Regular SLT team meetings Relevant external training Attendance at relevant CENs Access/ exposure to FEES and VF See attached job description and personal specification. We would welcome informal discussions and visits to further discuss this newly created post and the opportunities we can offer as a team. Please contact Heather Woodcock (Lead for Acute Medical and Surgical SLT Team) on 01704 704361 for more information.