Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Team Lead Dysphagia

Overview

In this role you lead the operational and strategic development of our dysphagia services for school-age children across Surrey. You will balance a specialist clinical caseload with line management and supervision of SLTs, shaping practice through evidence-based approaches. You’ll collaborate across Surrey to ensure high-quality services in mainstream and specialist schools and support student placements. This is a mission-driven opportunity to improve outcomes for children with SLCN and dysphagia within a large, supportive team. A clear hook: you’ll drive service development in schools and work within a robust professional network to advance practice.

Pay / Benefits

• 42-week term-time contract
• flexible working around school core hours
• paid RCSLT membership and HCPC fees
• comprehensive supervision and CPD programme
• employee assistance programme
• pension

Responsibilities

• Hold a specialist clinical caseload and provide supervision and line management to SLT colleagues
• Offer high-quality dysphagia supervision and support therapists through competencies
• Promote evidence-based clinical practice and keep teams informed of current research
• Contribute to operational and strategic development of school-based services across Surrey
• Support a friendly, collaborative team across mainstream and specialist schools and supervise student placements
• Foster cross-Surrey collaboration to maintain high-quality clinical practice
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary colleagues to align service delivery with local education needs
• Provide training, observation, and shadowing opportunities to less experienced staff

Key requirements

• Essential five+ years post-graduate experience in SLT
• Experience working in schools and understanding of English education system, National Curriculum, SEND code
• Experience of line management and supervising others including NQTs, assistants, students
• Experience in a multidisciplinary team and in influencing practice in large teams
• Commitment to ongoing learning, evidence-based practice, and research
• Strong organisation and prioritisation skills
• Ability to build relationships with families and education providers and manage complex cases

• leadership
• team collaboration
• effective communication
• dysphagia expertise and competencies
• clinical supervision
• evidence-based practice

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