Senior Specialist SLT - Autism Care & Impact

NHS Jobs; Watford; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High Cost Area Allowance

Job summary

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is seeking a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to specialise in autism within the CYP Therapies service. You will work to deliver high-quality care, provide supervision, and contribute to transforming autism pathways across the county.

The post requires advanced communication, clinical reasoning and organisational skills, with autonomous work and a commitment to staff development.

Qualifications

• Advanced communication and clinical reasoning essential.
• Ability to champion the needs of children and young people.
• Experience with autism pathways and ADOS-2 desirable; training available.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate professional supervision groups and provide supervisory support to colleagues.
• Lead and contribute to upskilling the wider CYP Therapies workforce.
• Support the redesign and implementation of the autism diagnostic pathway within HCT.

Skills

Advanced communication

Clinical reasoning

Organisational skills

Autism awareness/experience

Teamwork

Education

Registration with HCPC

Tools

ADOS-2 training

Job description

Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust is seeking a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to specialise in autism within the CYP Therapies service. You will work to deliver high-quality care, provide supervision, and contribute to transforming autism pathways across the county.

The post requires advanced communication, clinical reasoning and organisational skills, with autonomous work and a commitment to staff development.