Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapist
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Secondment: 12 months
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days per week, flexible working considered)
- Job ref
- 267-CH7275602
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Oxford Health Centre
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 per annum | pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist
Band 7
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
We actively support anti-racism, equality, diversity, and inclusion so, if you’re excited about this job opportunity and you meet our Trust values, but feel unsure about applying, then please get in touch and we will be happy to have a conversation with you.
We are also committed to increasing diversity in the workforce, that is why we actively encourage applications from those groups of people who are currently under-represented, which include amongst others: people with disabilities; men from all socio-economic backgrounds; people from diverse ethnic backgrounds; and people from the LGBTQIA+ community.
Good luck and we hope to hear from you.
Job overview
Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking to develop your leadership and management skills?
We’re seeking a skilled SALT to lead and manage a small team within the Oxfordshire Community SALT service. You’ll share responsibility for the daily management and clinical supervision of therapists across the county. Alongside leadership duties, you’ll carry a clinical caseload and oversee workload balance, ensuring staff are supported and targets are met.
Our clients typically present with acquired communication or swallowing difficulties and are seen at home, in care homes, or local clinics. You’ll provide highly specialist input and collaborate with acute and learning disability teams to ensure integrated, person-centred care. This role is embedded within a multi-disciplinary community and primary care team, requiring strong collaborative skills.
You should have a keen interest in service development and quality improvement. Working closely with the operational manager, AHP leads, and SALT leads, you'll help shape service direction and raise the profession’s profile. A valid driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
This is an excellent opportunity to grow your leadership within a supportive team culture that values CPD, supervision, and access to Trust-led leadership programmes.
Contact Louise Peart on 07920 244 928 to learn more or arrange a visit.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for the efficient management of referrals and monitoring of clinical caseloads in accordance with service objectives and targets and in conjunction with the clinical lead, AHP lead and operational manager.
- To ensure a responsive, high quality patient focused service is delivered initiating developments which demonstrate continuous improvement.
- Collaboration with clinical lead and operational manager to ensure efficient running of team and delegation of tasks to the appropriate person.
- To ensure the efficient and effective clinical management of the team, taking appropriate action to ensure the achievement of Key Performance Indicators.
- To support the recruitment of staff.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Mental Health First Aiders
- Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
- Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We have a strong emphasis on team working and continuing professional development and we will welcome your involvement in projects, audit, staff training and contributions to service development including ongoing use of telehealth. You will be well supported and encouraged to fulfil your potential through regular supervision, attendance at relevant training courses and ongoing review of self-led yearly objectives. You will have opportunity to network with speech and language therapists across the whole stroke pathway of care in Oxfordshire.
You will have regular access to:
- Clinical supervision
- Line management
- Clinical excellence groups
- Departmental meetings
- Peer support
- Specialist clinics such as video-fluoroscopy and voice clinics
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech & Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
- HCPC Registered
- Registered Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Evidence of training as clinical supervisor
Desirable criteria
- Registered member of RCLST
- MSc or other recognised long post graduate course linked to specialism
- Leadership Qualification
- Evidence of successful completion of significant specialist post graduate training, equivalent to Master’s level
- Post-grad dysphagia training
- Level C dysphagia competencies
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in neurological rehabilitation
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of stroke specialist experience
- Use of alternative and augmentative communication aids
Skills
Essential criteria
- Evidence of high level of specialist knowledge/assessment, management and intervention skills as a result of experience/ CPD
- Demonstrates excellent written presentation skills
- Demonstrates well established knowledge of specialist SLT assessment tools relevant to the specialist client group
- Demonstrates well established knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to specialist client group.
- Demonstrates excellent Interpersonal Skills
- Evidence of MDT Working
Desirable criteria
- Experience of developing and delivering group therapy
- Experience of developing and delivering training to carers
- Experience of developing and delivering in-service training to MDT
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Louise Peart
- Job title
- Clinical Lead SALT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920244928
- Additional information
At Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust we want to employ people not just with experience, but with the aptitude and motivation to succeed and whose values resonate with our own.
Therefore, if you don’t meet all the requirements of the role and are unsure about applying but are excited about the opportunity, please do get in touch. We will be happy to discuss the requirements in more detail ahead of making a written application.
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