• Job Description

  Req#: L0042-25-0180?language=en&page=858&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Come and join one of the UK's largest providers of complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

  Are you a dedicated and experienced Speech and Language Therapist ready to take the lead and make a real difference?

  At Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre, part of Active Care Group, we are passionate about transforming lives through exceptional care and rehabilitation. We are looking for a Lead Speech and Language Therapist to join our team and help empower individuals on their journey to recovery and independence.

  Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre specialises in delivering high-quality care for individuals with acquired brain injury, neurological conditions, and complex needs. Our patient-centred approach aims to inspire hope, rebuild lives, and enable meaningful progress.

  Main duties of the job

  Patients like James are a testament to the life-changing impact of our work. After suffering a traumatic brain injury, James arrived at Blackheath unable to communicate or even sit up unaided. With tailored therapies and unwavering dedication from our team, James regained his speech, mobility, and independence. Today, James describes his recovery as life-changing and shares his story to inspire others.

  Your Impact

  As the Lead Speech and Language Therapist, you will:

  Transform Lives: Design and implement evidence-based interventions that empower patients to overcome communication and swallowing challenges, helping them achieve their goals just as James did.

  Inspire Leadership: Provide clinical leadership, mentorship, and supervision to a skilled team of Speech and Language Therapists and Assistants.

  Drive Innovation: Lead service improvements and contribute to the development of cutting-edge therapies and practices.

  Collaborate Holistically: Work closely with our multidisciplinary team to create and deliver personalised care plans that address each patients unique needs.

  Foster Excellence: Promote continuous professional development within your team, nurturing a culture of growth, learning, and innovation.

  At Blackheath, you'll be part of a team that celebrates success stories like James's every day. Your work will have a direct and profound impact, helping patients rebuild their lives and regain independence.

  About us

  Active Care Group are a pioneering national provider of complex care services, delivering pathways and better outcomes for people. We have a collaborative and holistic approach to care underpinned by proven clinical and therapeutic expertise. We specialise in supporting young people and adults with complex needs to make positive progress and lead happier, more independent lives.

  Details

  Date posted

  12 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 8a

  Salary

  £57,564 to £63,043 a year

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  008646

  Job locations

  Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre

  London

  Greater London

  SE10 8AD

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  What you'll be working:

  This role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. However, we understand the importance of a positive work-life balance, and therefore, if you require some flexibility to suit your personal or professional needs, we encourage you to discuss this with us, and we will do our best to accommodate your preferences where possible.

  What you'll be doing:

  • Lead and manage the Speech and Language team, ensuring effective delivery of the highly specialist SLT service.
  • Plan and prioritise a complex clinical caseload.
  • Provide advanced specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing.
  • Take a lead role in diagnosis, problem formulation and planning of rehabilitation programmes within the MDT.
  • Provide intervention as part of an MDT approach and lead and implement MDT service developments.
  • Evaluate effectiveness of interventions using valid and reliable outcome measures and adherence to UKROC Database measures
  • Ensure effective and timely communication at all levels (with patients, families, the MDT and external agencies).
  • Develop and deliver in-service education and training programme for the wider MDT.
  • Keep people safe from harm and protect their human rights.

  As a member of the senior management team, you will promote a culture of openness and responsiveness to the views of patients and relatives, a philosophy of person-centred care and recovery, and an ethos of positive learning from incidents within a high performing service.

  What to look forward to:

  • Free Lunch on Duty
  • Birthday off
  • 25 days plus bank holidays
  • Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
  • Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
  • Free 24-hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
  • A salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
  • Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
  • We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
  • Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
  • Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
  • ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  What you'll be working:

  This role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. However, we understand the importance of a positive work-life balance, and therefore, if you require some flexibility to suit your personal or professional needs, we encourage you to discuss this with us, and we will do our best to accommodate your preferences where possible.

  What you'll be doing:

  • Lead and manage the Speech and Language team, ensuring effective delivery of the highly specialist SLT service.
  • Plan and prioritise a complex clinical caseload.
  • Provide advanced specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment and treatment of communication and swallowing.
  • Take a lead role in diagnosis, problem formulation and planning of rehabilitation programmes within the MDT.
  • Provide intervention as part of an MDT approach and lead and implement MDT service developments.
  • Evaluate effectiveness of interventions using valid and reliable outcome measures and adherence to UKROC Database measures
  • Ensure effective and timely communication at all levels (with patients, families, the MDT and external agencies).
  • Develop and deliver in-service education and training programme for the wider MDT.
  • Keep people safe from harm and protect their human rights.

  As a member of the senior management team, you will promote a culture of openness and responsiveness to the views of patients and relatives, a philosophy of person-centred care and recovery, and an ethos of positive learning from incidents within a high performing service.

  What to look forward to:

  • Free Lunch on Duty
  • Birthday off
  • 25 days plus bank holidays
  • Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
  • Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
  • Free 24-hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
  • A salary sacrifice Aegon 5% matched pension
  • Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
  • We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
  • Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
  • Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know
  • ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • HCPC registration
  • Postgraduate dysphagia training

  Experience

  Essential

  • Previous experience of working at Band 7 level in a neurorehabilitation setting
  • Supervision/leadership experience

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • HCPC registration
  • Postgraduate dysphagia training

  Experience

  Essential

  • Previous experience of working at Band 7 level in a neurorehabilitation setting
  • Supervision/leadership experience

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Active Care Group

  Address

  Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre

  London

  Greater London

  SE10 8AD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://activecaregroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Active Care Group

  Address

  Blackheath Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre

  London

  Greater London

  SE10 8AD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://activecaregroup.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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