Clinical Lead Specialist SLT

Job description

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary's, Queen Charlotte's & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Love clinical practice? Ready for your next leadership challenge? Why choose between the two?

Join us as a Band 8a Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist at Hammersmith Hospital, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, combining a substantial clinical role with leadership of our small, friendly site-based adult acute SLT team.

We're looking for an experienced SLT who embodies our Trust values and wants to remain firmly rooted in clinical practice while leading the delivery and development of SLT services across this nationally recognised specialist hospital.
You'll manage a varied, specialist caseload of adults with complex swallowing and communication needs across all medical and surgical bed/wards, including critical care, renal, haematology, cancer, upper GI and cardiology, as well as contributing to FEES and videofluoroscopy.

Alongside this, you'll lead our 3.0 WTE team, support staff development, oversee quality and operational delivery, contribute to education and training, and drive service improvement and innovation.

You'll work closely with the wider MDT and be part of Imperial's 40+ strong SLT service, with support from fellow clinical leads and the Clinical Service Lead, plus opportunities within our rich clinical, academic, research and teaching environment.
If you want to lead and develop services without giving up the clinical work you love, this could be the role for you.

Main duties of the job

• The Clinical Lead will provide clinical and managerial leadership which inspires motivates and empowers therapists in the delivery of excellent patient experience.
• They will be responsible for the day-to-day operational service planning and delivery of their therapy service. They will be clinically accountable for delivery of the clinical service within area of responsibility and for the operational planning of a safe, effective service.
• They will support the clinical service lead with the development and delivery of innovative service improvement projects focussed on improving quality of care and patient outcomes. They will support the clinical service lead in the strategic development of the service.
• They will support staff development from a clinical and non-clinical perspective acting as a good role model. In partnership with their clinical service leads, finance and human resources colleagues, they will deliver department plans which drive efficiency and quality initiatives across the Division. They will support the delivery of the Department's business plan.
• They will provide the clinical service lead with assurance of proactive management of clinical and cost improvement plans, ensuring appropriate actions are taken to mitigate or respond to identified risks.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environme