field_remote_option

field_job_employment_type

job_industry

field_job_occupational_field_parents_all

job_organization_name

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Join Our Team as a Speech and Language Therapy Lead</strong></p><p>At QEF, we provide specialized speech and language services for clients with complex disabilities under the care of CRC. You will be responsible for:</p><ul><li><p>Assessing and treating language, speech, swallowing, and cognitive communication disorders.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Offering training and guidance to colleagues, families, and carers for holistic client care.</p></li></ul><ul><li><p>Collaborating with CRC's specialist multi-disciplinary team to deliver effective speech and language therapy services.</p></li></ul><p><strong>We are able to offer a tier 2 visa sponsorship (for applicants that they are already in the UK)</strong></p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <p><strong>ABOUT YOU</strong></p><p>You are passionate about speech and language therapy</p><p>Our Values and Behaviours inspire you</p><p>You hold a degree or diploma in Speech and Language Therapy with up to date HCPC registration</p><p>You are a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy adhering to professional guidelines</p><p>You have post-graduate experience and knowledge of therapeutic interventions for physical and neuro-rehabilitation, as well as experience in dysphagia, communication, and voice management.</p><p>You maintain an up-to-date professional portfolio with relevant post-graduate courses and CPD.</p>  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Step
into a leadership role in our state-of-the-art 48-bed rehab unit! Were looking
for a dynamic, motivated, and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to
lead our team. </p><p>

We
are committed to providing top-tier, evidence-based rehabilitative care. You'll
work with a diverse range of clients, many with complex neurological
disabilities, as part of a large multi-disciplinary team where your role as
Speech and Language Therapy Lead is pivotal. Reporting to the Head of Clinical
Services, youll be a key player in our senior leadership team, dedicated to
delivering the highest standards of patient-centered care</p><p><strong>BENEFITS</strong></p><p>25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with service)</p><p>Pension and Life Assurance (4 times basic salary)</p><p>Westfield Healthcare Cash back scheme &amp; shopping discounts</p><p>Free on-site parking</p><p>Blue Light Card</p><p>Range of training opportunities provided to ensure career development.</p><p><strong>BEING PART OF QEF MEANS</strong></p><p>Promoting QEFs Equal Opportunities policy.</p><p>Being an active team player.</p><p>Being an ambassador of QEFs Values and Behaviours</p><p> - Everyone Matters,</p><p> - Everyone Works Together,</p><p> - Everyone Makes a Difference.</p><p><strong>DISABILITY CONFIDENT EMPLOYER</strong></p><p>QEF is proud to be an equal opportunities employer</p><p>We guarantee to interview all applicants who meet the criteria fora vacancy and to consider each applicant on their ability to do the job</p><p>Please contact HR if you require any reasonable adjustment(s) for the application process or interview stage on <a href="mailto:HR@QEF.org.uk" target="_blank">HR@QEF.org.uk</a> or on 01372 841 144</p>      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>08 September 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £46,148 to £52,809 a year
      
        plus excellent benefits
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Full-time,
        
      
        
          Part-time,
        
      
        
          Flexible working
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>B0117-25-0020</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Leatherhead Court</p>
      <p>Woodlands Road</p>
      <p>Leatherhead</p>
      <p>Surrey</p>
      <p>KT22 0BN</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Reporting to the Head of Clinical Services you will hold accountability and responsibility for the SLT provision to all clients within our rehabilitation centre.</p><p>Leading and managing a specialist SLT team in a brand new state of the art rehabilitation centre. The team comprises band 6 and band 5 SLTs, an SLT assistant and we are proactive to have students.</p><p>To contribute to the continued development of a high quality SLT therapeutic service</p><p>To provide specialist dysphagia assessment and intervention to clients who require, utilising compotenceis and experience at a senior practitioner level.</p><p>To provide highly skilled communication assessment and intervention to all our clients with acquired brain injury, such as stroke, ABI and other neurological conditions, utilising compotenceis and experience at a senior practitioner level.</p><p>Delivering 1:1 and group SLT sessions to a range of clients and creating accessible communication and swallowing guidance for the wider MDT.</p><p>Conducting skilled mental capacity assessments independently or jointly with other professionals, as appropriate.</p><p>Having a key-worker role managing and overseeing a specific clients whole journey at QEF, liasing with families, being a single point of contact for all queries, co-ordinating care and discharge packages.</p><p>Advocating on clients behalf in a range of situations, eg. when writing reports, CHC forms and complex DST meetings where highly skilled reporting and ability to deal with questioning is necessary.</p><p>Closely working with the wider multi-disciplinary team PTs, OTs, Psychology team, dietitian, nursing, carers, kitchen staff, activity co-ordinators. Also working with outside agencies, such as social workers, safeguarding, expert witnesses, lawyers, neuro-navigators, DST assessors.</p><p>Working with the Head of Clinical Services and senior management on service development, quality improvement projects and clinical audit</p><p>Providing clinical supervision and expert advice to SLT staff as well as SLT students on placement.</p><p>Responsible for the recruitment within the SLT department with opportunity to support in the recruitment process of the wider CRC staffing remit</p><p>Managing the Speech and Language Therapy team to include sickness absence, performance, appraisals, probationary periods in line with QEF policy</p><p>Supporting and leading on the emphasis on learning and reflective practice within the SLT as well as wider team, providing and participating in training and learning.</p><p>Actively jointly working with our catering company, manager and dietitian to provide high standard of catering in line with IDDSI framework</p>  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Reporting to the Head of Clinical Services you will hold accountability and responsibility for the SLT provision to all clients within our rehabilitation centre.</p><p>Leading and managing a specialist SLT team in a brand new state of the art rehabilitation centre. The team comprises band 6 and band 5 SLTs, an SLT assistant and we are proactive to have students.</p><p>To contribute to the continued development of a high quality SLT therapeutic service</p><p>To provide specialist dysphagia assessment and intervention to clients who require, utilising compotenceis and experience at a senior practitioner level.</p><p>To provide highly skilled communication assessment and intervention to all our clients with acquired brain injury, such as stroke, ABI and other neurological conditions, utilising compotenceis and experience at a senior practitioner level.</p><p>Delivering 1:1 and group SLT sessions to a range of clients and creating accessible communication and swallowing guidance for the wider MDT.</p><p>Conducting skilled mental capacity assessments independently or jointly with other professionals, as appropriate.</p><p>Having a key-worker role managing and overseeing a specific clients whole journey at QEF, liasing with families, being a single point of contact for all queries, co-ordinating care and discharge packages.</p><p>Advocating on clients behalf in a range of situations, eg. when writing reports, CHC forms and complex DST meetings where highly skilled reporting and ability to deal with questioning is necessary.</p><p>Closely working with the wider multi-disciplinary team PTs, OTs, Psychology team, dietitian, nursing, carers, kitchen staff, activity co-ordinators. Also working with outside agencies, such as social workers, safeguarding, expert witnesses, lawyers, neuro-navigators, DST assessors.</p><p>Working with the Head of Clinical Services and senior management on service development, quality improvement projects and clinical audit</p><p>Providing clinical supervision and expert advice to SLT staff as well as SLT students on placement.</p><p>Responsible for the recruitment within the SLT department with opportunity to support in the recruitment process of the wider CRC staffing remit</p><p>Managing the Speech and Language Therapy team to include sickness absence, performance, appraisals, probationary periods in line with QEF policy</p><p>Supporting and leading on the emphasis on learning and reflective practice within the SLT as well as wider team, providing and participating in training and learning.</p><p>Actively jointly working with our catering company, manager and dietitian to provide high standard of catering in line with IDDSI framework</p>    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Degree in Speech &amp; Language Therapy.</li>
        
        <li>Additional training in Dysphagia.</li>
        
        <li>Ongoing CPD record relevant to TBI.</li>
        
        <li>Ongoing membership with the RCSLT.</li>
        
        <li>Registration with HCPC</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience with adult neurologically impaired adults.</li>
        
        <li>Working with carers.</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_3">
        
          Knowledge and skills
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>A good standard of literacy and numeracy.</li>
        
        <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li>
        
        <li>Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.</li>
        
        <li>Good decision making and problem solving skills.</li>
        
        <li>Excellent clinical skills</li>
        
        <li>Ability to manage a small team of Speech and Language Therapists</li>
        
        <li>Team working</li>
        
        <li>Excellent knowledge of neuro speech and language therapy</li>
        
        <li>Knowledge of augmentative and alternative communication</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Degree in Speech &amp; Language Therapy.</li>
          
          <li>Additional training in Dysphagia.</li>
          
          <li>Ongoing CPD record relevant to TBI.</li>
          
          <li>Ongoing membership with the RCSLT.</li>
          
          <li>Registration with HCPC</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience with adult neurologically impaired adults.</li>
          
          <li>Working with carers.</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_3">
          
            Knowledge and skills
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>A good standard of literacy and numeracy.</li>
          
          <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li>
          
          <li>Competent in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.</li>
          
          <li>Good decision making and problem solving skills.</li>
          
          <li>Excellent clinical skills</li>
          
          <li>Ability to manage a small team of Speech and Language Therapists</li>
          
          <li>Team working</li>
          
          <li>Excellent knowledge of neuro speech and language therapy</li>
          
          <li>Knowledge of augmentative and alternative communication</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Leatherhead Court</p>
      <p>Woodlands Road</p>
      <p>Leatherhead</p>
      <p>Surrey</p>
      <p>KT22 0BN</p>
    
  

  
    <br>
    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://qef.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://qef.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Queen Elizabeth’s Foundation for Disabled People</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Leatherhead Court</p>
          <p>Woodlands Road</p>
          <p>Leatherhead</p>
          <p>Surrey</p>
          <p>KT22 0BN</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://qef.org.uk/" target="_blank">https://qef.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

NHS Jobs

Speech & Language Therapist Lead Band 7

<h2>Job summary</h2>
  <p><strong>Are you a dedicated, compassionate mental health professional committed to providing great care? Do you want the chance to help shape a new and genuinely innovative service for the women of Kent and Medway?</strong></p> <p>We're creating Kent and Medway's first, and only, NHS Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for women, and are seeking a talented Art Psychotherapist to help us deliver this vital service.</p> <p>Please note that the <strong>start date for this post will be in March 2026</strong>, to allow for sufficient time for onboarding, induction, and training before the anticipated arrival of the first patient in April 2026.</p> <p>As an Art Psychotherapist you will provide specialist art psychotherapy services to females with complex and longstanding mental health problems. You will undertake high quality direct and indirect specialist interventions and facilitate art and psychodynamic therapy groups as part of a treatment program which is flexible and sensitive to the needs of the client group, using a variety of art materials in a therapeutic and creative way.</p> <p>If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for, come and join our diverse and compassionate team committed to delivering excellent care and support for service users and their loved ones.</p> <p>This role comes with a High Cost Area Supplement: 5% of basic salary, subject to a min. of £1303 per year and a max. of £2198 per year (divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly). The salary listed is inclusive of the High-Cost Area Allowance.</p>



  <h3>Main duties of the job</h3>
  <ul>  <li>You will be offering art psychotherapy to patients on an individual and group basis to support the therapeutic environment on the ward and support patients to manage their distress and facilitate stabilisation.</li>  <li>You willas hold a consultation and leadership role in the ward, developing skills in assessment and practice within a group context.</li>  <li>You will have skills to intervene via a range of formats e.g. ward groups, staff consultation, families/carers and the MDT.</li> </ul>



  <h3>About us</h3>
  <p>Working in a PICU is very rewarding but we want to be honest and share that it is demanding too. It is likely to be needed by people with severe and complex mental health conditions (e.g. Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder and may be associated with Personality Disorder, Substance Misuse and PTSD).</p> <p>While emotionally challenging, the opportunity to support critically unwell women back to their communities, ensuring 'right care, in the right place, at the right time', is immense, and your skilled, multidisciplinary, team will be there to support you.</p> <p>You would be working as part of a team of mental health experts, dedicated to making sure the most unwell women in our communities have the same access to specialist care as men.</p> <p>We are recruiting now to make sure our new female PICU team is in place with enough time to train, form team bonds and prepare. So you can all make a profound difference to patient outcomes from day one.</p> <p>We also offer ongoing professional development to help you adapt and progress your career, including bespoke training and a comprehensive induction program.</p> <p>At KMPT, we are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.</p>


      
        
  <h2>Details</h2>
  <h3 id="date_posted_heading">Date posted</h3>
  <p>12 September 2025</p>

  
    <h3>Pay scheme</h3>
    <p>Agenda for change</p>

    
      
        <h3>Band</h3>
      
      <p>Band 7</p>
  
  

  
  
    <h3>Salary</h3>
    <p>
      £50,008 to £56,908 a year
      
        per annum, inclusive of High Cost Area allowance, pro rata
      
    </p>
  
  

  <h3 id="contract_type_heading">Contract</h3>
  <p>Permanent</p>

  

  
    <h3 id="working_pattern_heading">Working pattern</h3>
    <p>
      
        
          Part-time
        
      
    </p>
  

  <h3 id="reference_number_heading">Reference number</h3>
  
  <p>380-AC0744</p>
  

  
    
      
        <h3 id="employer_location_heading">Job locations</h3>
      
      
      <p>Little Brook Hospital</p>
      <p>Bow Arrow Lane</p>
      <p>Stone, Dartford</p>
            <p>DA2 6PB</p>
      <br>
      
        
      
    
  

      

      
  
    <h2>Job description</h2>
    <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
    <p>Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.</p>
  

  
    
      
        Job description
      
    
    
      <h3>Job responsibilities</h3>
      <p>Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.</p>
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Person Specification</h2>
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_1">
        
          Qualifications
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Art psychotherapist with HCPC registration</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Additional training in EUPD</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
    
      <h3 id="skill_category_2">
        
          Skills &amp; Experience
        
      </h3>
      
      <h4>Essential</h4>
      <ul>
        
        <li>Experience of working with Adults with mental health issues presenting with a range of clinical diversity, including personality disorder</li>
        
      </ul>
      
      
        <h4>Desirable</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working with  females in PICU environment</li>
          
        </ul>
      
    
  


  
    
      
        Person Specification
      
    
    
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_1">
          
            Qualifications
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Art psychotherapist with HCPC registration</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Additional training in EUPD</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
      
        <h3 id="skill_category_2">
          
            Skills &amp; Experience
          
        </h3>
        
        <h4>Essential</h4>
        <ul>
          
          <li>Experience of working with Adults with mental health issues presenting with a range of clinical diversity, including personality disorder</li>
          
        </ul>
        
        
          <h4>Desirable</h4>
          <ul>
            
            <li>Experience of working with  females in PICU environment</li>
            
          </ul>
        
      
    
  



      
  
    <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
    <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
  

  

  
    <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
    <p>
      Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
      <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
    </p>
  


 
  
    
      
        Additional information
      
    
    
      
        <h3 id="dbs-message">Disclosure and Barring Service Check</h3>
        <p>This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.</p>
      

      

      
        <h3 id="uk-registration">UK Registration</h3>
        <p>
          Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see 
          <a href="https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/working-health/overseas-health-professionals" target="_blank">NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).</a>
        </p>
      
    
  


      
  
    <h2>Employer details</h2>
    <h3>Employer name</h3>
    <p>Kent &amp; Medway NHS &amp; Social Care Partnership Trust</p>
    <h3>Address</h3>
    
      
      <p>Little Brook Hospital</p>
      <p>Bow Arrow Lane</p>
      <p>Stone, Dartford</p>
            <p>DA2 6PB</p>
    
  

  
    <br>
    <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
      
        <p><a href="https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>
      
  

  
    
    
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    
  



  
      
        <h2>Employer details</h2>
        <h3>Employer name</h3>
        <p>Kent &amp; Medway NHS &amp; Social Care Partnership Trust</p>
        <h3>Address</h3>
        
          
          <p>Little Brook Hospital</p>
          <p>Bow Arrow Lane</p>
          <p>Stone, Dartford</p>
                    <p>DA2 6PB</p>
        
      

      
        <br>
        <h3 id="employer_website_heading">Employer's website</h3>
          
            <p><a href="https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk" target="_blank">https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)</a></p>

3 Speech and Language Therapist Jobs in England