Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Lead Speech & language Therapist

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Are you an experienced and motivated Speech and Language Therapist ready for a Band 7 clinical leadership role? We have an exciting opportunity to join our Integrated Community Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Service in Blackpool, supporting adults with stroke, acquired brain injury, and other neurological conditions in community settings.
About the Role
As Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist, you will provide specialist assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation for people with complex communication and swallowing difficulties, alongside professional leadership and support for the SLT workforce. Working with colleagues across acute and community pathways, you will help shape rehabilitation, promote evidence-based practice, and support people to maximize independence, participation, and quality of life. You will be part of a dedicated multidisciplinary team including case managers, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, rehabilitation assistants, a dietitian, an Advanced Clinical Practitioner, and another Clinical Lead SLT.
Responsibilities
- Provide visible clinical leadership for Speech and Language Therapy within our Integrated Community Stroke and Neurorehabilitation Service.
- Support the delivery of safe, effective, and person-centred care for adults following an acquired brain injury, neurological diagnosis, or stroke.
- Bring specialist expertise in the assessment and management of complex communication and swallowing difficulties.
- Work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues across community and acute pathways.
- Supervise and support junior staff and rehabilitation assistants.
- Contribute to service development, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice across the team.
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This is an excellent opportunity for a clinician with strong stroke and neurorehabilitation experience who is passionate about service improvement, collaborative working, and outstanding community care. Applications for full-time and part-time hours will be considered.
About the Trust
The Trust's Mission Is "Together We Care" Which Encompasses The Strategic Vision For Operating As a High Performing Organisation Within An Integrated Care System (ICS), Which Provides Quality, Safe And Effective Care. This Will Be Achieved In a Financially Sustainable Way Through Our Values-driven, Skilled And Motivated Workforce


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Our Values
- People-centred - Serving people is the focus of everything we do;
- Positive - having a "can do" response whatever the situation;
- Compassion - always demonstrating we care;
- Excellence - continually striving to provide the best care possible.
Our Values are drivers for the behaviours that all our staff strive to demonstrate.
The values and behaviours have been and continue to be embedded and communicated across the organisation via a number of initiatives - including our recruitment processes, corporate induction, team briefings, meetings, appraisals, and our annual awards ceremony.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Naomi Hodgkinson
- Job title: ICSNRS Service Manager
- Email address: naomi.hodgkinson2@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01253 953279
Lucy Williamson
Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist
Email: Lucy.Williamson19@nhs.net
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