Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist - Acute General Medicine
Location
Oxford, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
8/19/2025
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Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated, highly skilled, creative, and leadership oriented SLT to join the Inpatient Adult Team at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. The post is a Band 7 grade, on a fixed term (12 month), 1.0 WTE (37.5 hrs/week) contract, providing cover for a period of maternity leave.
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting and managing the Acute General Medicine Inpatient workstream. This workstream provides clinical cover for a large footprint of the John Radcliffe Hospital, including general inpatients, trauma, respiratory, Geratology, and the Oxford Heart Centre, as well as clinical supervision and rota coordination of SLT cover at the Horton General Hospital. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and developing the inpatient provision for Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES), and Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFS) services. Finally, they will supervise and support professional development of their colleagues.
The successful candidate will receive routine support from the SLT Service Manager and encouraged to work with their Band 7 Clinical Lead SLT colleagues for peer support, who similarly provide operational and clinical leadership across the other SLT workstreams.
Our supportive SLT team is committed to excellence in clinical practice and service delivery. We are excited about the positive impact this post will have on patient care and our continued growth as a department.
The post holder will be the Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist for the Acute General Medicine workstream based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. They will play a key leadership role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care for patients covered by this workstream, including patients with complex dysphagia and communication needs. The successful applicant will provide direct clinical supervision, coordination, and professional development for SLT colleagues, including SLT support provided for Horton General Hospital (Banbury).
They will be an established and collaborative member of the OUH Adult SLT Department, which includes other specialist workstreams including Acute Stroke, Acute Neurosciences, Voice/ENT, Head and Neck Cancer, and Critical Care. In addition, working closely with SLTs across the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System.
The post holder will be responsible for leading service developments and innovation in collaboration with the SLT Service Manager and peer Band 7 Clinical Leads, in particular leading on developments to the OUH VFS and FEES inpatient services.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles
Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Charlotte (Charlie) Howland Job title: Adult Speech Therapy Service Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01865743137
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting and managing the Acute General Medicine Inpatient workstream. This workstream provides clinical cover for a large footprint of the John Radcliffe Hospital, including general inpatients, trauma, respiratory, Geratology, and the Oxford Heart Centre, as well as clinical supervision and rota coordination of SLT cover at the Horton General Hospital. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and developing the inpatient provision for Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES), and Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFS) services. Finally, they will supervise and support professional development of their colleagues.
The successful candidate will receive routine support from the SLT Service Manager and encouraged to work with their Band 7 Clinical Lead SLT colleagues for peer support, who similarly provide operational and clinical leadership across the other SLT workstreams.
Our supportive SLT team is committed to excellence in clinical practice and service delivery. We are excited about the positive impact this post will have on patient care and our continued growth as a department.
The post holder will be the Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist for the Acute General Medicine workstream based at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. They will play a key leadership role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care for patients covered by this workstream, including patients with complex dysphagia and communication needs. The successful applicant will provide direct clinical supervision, coordination, and professional development for SLT colleagues, including SLT support provided for Horton General Hospital (Banbury).
They will be an established and collaborative member of the OUH Adult SLT Department, which includes other specialist workstreams including Acute Stroke, Acute Neurosciences, Voice/ENT, Head and Neck Cancer, and Critical Care. In addition, working closely with SLTs across the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care System.
The post holder will be responsible for leading service developments and innovation in collaboration with the SLT Service Manager and peer Band 7 Clinical Leads, in particular leading on developments to the OUH VFS and FEES inpatient services.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence, and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
In 2023 NHS England launched its first sexual safety charter, and our Trust proudly signed it. We pledge zero tolerance for inappropriate sexual behaviour and commit to the ten core principles
Oxford University Hospitals promotes a safe, respectful hiring environment.
If you want to make a difference with us, come and join our team. Together, we will uphold the highest standards of care and professionalism.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Charlotte (Charlie) Howland Job title: Adult Speech Therapy Service Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01865743137
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