Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk - Jobboard; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust in London seeks a highly specialist speech and language therapist to provide expert care for children with communication and feeding difficulties. The role involves assessment, training, and liaising with other professionals in various clinical settings. Candidates should possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to supervise others. A focus on quality improvement and training is essential for this position.

Qualifications

• Specialist knowledge in assessment, diagnosis and management of communication and feeding problems.
• Experience in working with children with varied medical backgrounds.
• Ability to provide training and supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist speech and language therapy services in inpatient wards and clinics.
• Share patient care responsibilities with team members.
• Contribute to research and audit activities.

Skills

Paediatric dysphagia

Tracheostomy care

Videofluoroscopy

Alternative and augmentative communication

Team-working skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

The post holder will be responsible for the provision of a highly specialist speech and language therapy service, involving the assessment, diagnosis and management of communication and feeding problems in children with communication and feeding/ swallowing difficulties related to their illness/ condition who may present with a wide range of co-existing aetiologies including neurological, cardiac and airway and, who may require a tracheostomy +/- ventilation. This will be on a variety of inpatient wards and in tertiary clinics, including videofluoroscopic swallow study clinic as a core part of the service. Providing education and delivering training will be core to the role. Line management and supervision will be provided by the Team Lead/ Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapists.

The role requires specialist knowledge and skills in paediatric dysphagia, infant feeding, tracheostomy, videofluoroscopy, acquired communication disorders, and alternative and augmentative communication. On the wards you will share the care of patients to ensure equity and therefore good interpersonal and team-working skills are essential. You will also be required to work in some specialist outpatient clinics, deliver training and be involved in quality improvement projects. Your job may include cross-site working at the Royal Brompton Hospital as our two hospitals have integrated.

You will liaise frequently and provide advice to community speech and language therapists and other professionals and are expected to contribute to research, development and audit activities. Providing support and clinical supervision to students, more junior speech and language therapists and volunteers is an important part of the post. You will be required to contribute to formal and informal undergraduate and post graduate teaching and training to speech and language therapists and other professionals.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK’s best known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.

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This advert closes on Sunday 3 Aug 2025