Senior Speech and Language Therapist - Adult Acute | Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a motivated Speech & Language Therapist to join their Adult Acute team at Hammersmith Hospital. The role requires significant clinical experience in acute settings and the ability to deliver high-quality and evidence-based service. Responsibilities include providing service to adult patients with communication and swallowing disorders, supporting junior colleagues, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Benefits include career development and flexible working options. The position is fixed-term and requires flexibility in location.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing programs

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Significant clinical experience in acute settings is essential.
• Flexibility to provide cross-site cover.
• Knowledge of multidisciplinary team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high quality, evidence-based responsive service.
• Support junior colleagues and participate in MDT training programmes.
• Collaborate with community partners and other hospital teams.

Skills

Experienced in acute clinical settings

Ability to influence and inspire

Communication skills

Job description

Position Overview

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHNT) is looking for a motivated and experienced Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) who exemplifies our Trust values to join the Adult Acute SLT team at our Hammersmith hospital site for a fixed term period. The site team is 3.0 wte (Band 8a, Band 7 and Band 6) and the post holder will join our wider SLT service of over 30 wte SLTs working across the Trust.

The post‑holder will provide a specialist clinical SLT service to adult inpatients with communication and/or swallowing disorders resulting from acquired neurological, medical and surgical conditions of an acute or chronic nature.

Hammersmith Hospital is a specialist hospital offering a range of services including renal, haematology, cancer (including upper GI), critical care and cardiology/cardiothoracic.

The successful candidate must be flexible and adaptable as they may be required to provide cross‑site cover. Significant clinical experience in acute settings is essential, as well as the ability to influence, inspire and build relationships across disciplines.

Interested? Contact me via email to arrange a chat.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high quality, evidence‑based responsive service and support junior colleagues while working as an integrated member of the multidisciplinary team, providing assessment and management plans to adult acute inpatients. Participate in service improvement projects including MDT training programmes.
• Be supported by the Adult SLT Clinical Lead for the HH site and work closely and collaboratively with other adult SLTs and teams across the organisation, which includes Adult Acute at St Mary's Hospital (SMH) and Adult Acute, Stroke & Neuro‑rehab, Head & Neck, Voice and Laryngology/Airways teams based at Charing Cross Hospital (CXH). The SLT service receives academic support from the Clinical Academic SLT. Work alongside site‑based therapy and wider MDT colleagues, and collaborate with community partners.

Benefits

Benefits include career development, flexible working, wellbeing, staff recognition scheme, and optional benefits such as Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part‑time or job share.

Further Information

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025.