Highly Specialist Team Lead Speech and Language Therapist
| Posting date: | 15 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 January 2026 |
| Location: | Margate, CT1 4BG |
| Company: | East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7559215/344-9215DCB |
Summary
A Vacancy at East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for an energetic, self-motivated Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to lead our QEQM SLT team on a fixed-term contract covering Maternity leave. If you are enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated, then we would love you to join our team at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust.
Due to maternity leave and vacancy, we are looking for a self-motivated and dynamic SLT who is able to lead a small team and deliver highly specialist SLT services for our patients. You will be able to engage key hospital stakeholders with distant supervision, directing the service delivery on-site at QEQM.
We take pride in the work we do to support people with communication and swallowing difficulties to reach their potential. Are you looking for the next challenge in your career? If so, this is a great opportunity to play a key role in supporting our SLT services at QEQM.
We are a friendly, hard-working team who get together regularly for team meetings, clinical supervision and CPD. We provide a high quality SLT service across three busy acute hospital sites.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a motivated and progressive SLT service who are continuously striving towards best-practice care. We are passionate about providing high quality care for our patients.
We form part of close MDT working on all the wards and the therapy team are key team members in the rehabilitation of patients and discharge planning. We firmly believe that developing our staff is key to success; we have a dynamic and progressive training and development ethos, providing excellent opportunities to enhance your knowledge and competencies, nurturing your personal and professional development by encouraging and supporting you to reach your full potential. As the organisation is moving towards a skills based workforce, the future opportunities are endless!
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Dec 2025
We are looking for an energetic, self-motivated Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to lead our QEQM SLT team on a fixed-term contract covering Maternity leave. If you are enthusiastic, dynamic and motivated, then we would love you to join our team at East Kent Hospitals University Foundation Trust.
Due to maternity leave and vacancy, we are looking for a self-motivated and dynamic SLT who is able to lead a small team and deliver highly specialist SLT services for our patients. You will be able to engage key hospital stakeholders with distant supervision, directing the service delivery on-site at QEQM.
We take pride in the work we do to support people with communication and swallowing difficulties to reach their potential. Are you looking for the next challenge in your career? If so, this is a great opportunity to play a key role in supporting our SLT services at QEQM.
We are a friendly, hard-working team who get together regularly for team meetings, clinical supervision and CPD. We provide a high quality SLT service across three busy acute hospital sites.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a motivated and progressive SLT service who are continuously striving towards best-practice care. We are passionate about providing high quality care for our patients.
We form part of close MDT working on all the wards and the therapy team are key team members in the rehabilitation of patients and discharge planning. We firmly believe that developing our staff is key to success; we have a dynamic and progressive training and development ethos, providing excellent opportunities to enhance your knowledge and competencies, nurturing your personal and professional development by encouraging and supporting you to reach your full potential. As the organisation is moving towards a skills based workforce, the future opportunities are endless!
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Please scroll down to access the full Job Description and Person Specification located in 'supporting documents'.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Dec 2025