Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust; Edgware; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in community healthcare is seeking a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join their dynamic team. This full-time role offers the opportunity to work with diverse adult cases, providing vital rehabilitation and support to individuals with speech and swallowing difficulties. The position allows for flexible working options and includes a comprehensive induction, training, and development opportunities to enhance your career. If you are passionate about making a difference in community health and enjoy working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, this role could be the perfect fit for you.

Benefits

Car lease scheme

Flexible working options

Training and support

Qualifications

• Recognized Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent.
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses relevant to speech/language issues.

Responsibilities

• Maintain responsibility for an individual clinical caseload within multidisciplinary teams.
• Provide assessment and rehabilitation for adults with communication and swallowing difficulties.

Skills

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Therapeutic Interventions

Auditory Discrimination

Education

Speech and Language Therapy Degree

License to Practise

Basic Dysphagia Training

Tools

Assessment Tools

Job description

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Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Band 6

Main area Speech and Language Therapist Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 824-NORTH-7172343

Site Edgware Community Hospital Town Edgware Salary £42,939 - £50,697 Per Annum, inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 13/05/2025 23:59

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - and Hertfordshire.

We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic SLT to work with us in Barnet, in our Adult Planned Care Service and one of the following, Early Supported Discharge, Rehabilitation Wards, Parkinson’s Service or Ageing Well.

The service is currently in the process of forming a Band 6 rotation which will comprise a split role. Part time static post in Planned Care including clinical triage, and part time rotation through the above named services. The successful candidate will be entered into the rotation once it is rolled out.

The Planned Care service provides assessment and rehabilitation for adults with an acquired speech, language, communication and/or swallow difficulties both home and out-patient clinic settings. We work closely with other healthcare professionals, services and agencies and wider CLCH adult community services.

Working within a cohort of SLTs, this post creates a great opportunity for someone who is conscientious and adaptable to deliver forward thinking, progressive rehabilitation to patients in their own home as well as in a clinic environment.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills and be able to demonstrate an adaptable approach whilst meeting guidelines and standards.

You will form an essential part of a dedicated, knowledgeable SLT team that regularly engages with team and individual clinical supervision, frequent in-service training sessions as well as peer support that spans across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

You will maintain responsibility for an individual clinical caseload within the wider multidisciplinary teams that you are a part of, supporting people with communication and swallowing difficulties.

Patients are seen in their own homes or community settings including clinics at Finchley Memorial Hospital, Child’s Hill and Vale drive, with the main office base being located at Edgware Community Hospital. All team members are fully agile working, enabling blended in-person and virtual sessions to be delivered as best meets client needs.

Working for our organisation

Just as we care about our patients’ wellbeing, we care about yours!

We can offer you:

• A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
• Car lease scheme *T&C’s apply
• Flexible working options
• Training, support and development in your career

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree Qualification or equivalent
• License to Practise from the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists.
• Evidence of registration with the HCPC
• Basic Dysphagia Training or equivalent experience
• Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses relevant to speech/language/communication issues for adults
• Counselling skills training
• Other appropriate courses relevant to the case-load

Experience

• Appropriate experience of working with an adult case-load, including work with broad range of acquired neurological conditions including complex dysphagia
• Experience of working with adults requiring home enteral tube feeding
• Team work, in a multidisciplinary context.
• Experience of working with relatives and carers.
• Experience of provision of training packages
• Experience in supervision of junior staff/support workers
• Experience of working in acute and community settings (including care homes)
• Appropriate experience of working with an adult case-load, including work with broad range of acquired neurological conditions including complex dysphagia
• Experience of working with adults requiring home enteral tube feeding
• Team work, in a multidisciplinary context.
• Experience of working with relatives and carers.
• Experience of provision of training packages
• Experience in supervision of junior staff/support workers
• Experience of working in acute and community settings (including care homes)

Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge of stroke and neurological and degenerative illnesses and their management, national policies and procedures.
• Well established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions around issues surrounding disability and rehabilitation. Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group as outlined above.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written. Good auditory discrimination skills and ability to transcribe speech phonetically
• Membership of relevant Special Interest Group

Other

• Ability to travel around the community and visit patients in a variety of settings, in hospital and at home, with ease. Clean current UK driving licence.
• Able to meet the required IT Skills for the post

Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification

Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.

Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.

At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.

We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:

Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)

Race Equality Network

Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.

Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Nina Morton Job title Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Lead Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07584614384