Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in London seeks a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join their Adult Learning Disabilities team. The role involves delivering high-quality assessment and intervention, managing a caseload, and contributing to a multidisciplinary team. Ideal candidates will have relevant registrations and experience in the field, with opportunities for specialization. This is a full-time position offering a supportive environment focused on improving the quality of life for individuals with learning disabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience working with people with learning disabilities.
• Further CPD training or qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality assessment and intervention for clients with learning disabilities.
• Manage own caseload and supervise SaLT Co-workers.
• Plan and deliver training courses.

Skills

Communication

Presentation Skills

Teamwork

Education

RCSLT & HCPC Registration

Tools

AAC

Job description

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Band 6

Main area Adult Learning Disabilities Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 277-7191228-ALD

Site The Woolwich Centre Town Greenwich Salary £42,939 - £50,697 pa inc Salary period Yearly Closing 09/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 30/06/2025

Job overview

Do you want to work in a supportive environment of health and social care professionals who are dedicated to helping people with learning disability to engage and participate in their local community and improve their quality of life while maintaining good work/life balance?

Greenwich CLDT has received new funding to recruit a full-time Band 6 position within a well-established Adult Learning Disability (ALD) Speech and Language Therapy Team. This post will be part of a team that includes a Band 7, Band 6s and SaLT Co-worker who work as part of a robust group of AHPs (psychiatry, psychology, physical health and mental health nurses, physios, OTs, art and music therapists) alongside their social work colleagues in an integrated CLDT.

Main duties of the job

To work as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist within the Adult Learning Disability Directorate, delivering high quality assessment and intervention to young people and adults with Learning Disabilities and their carers, with a particular focus on Transition.

We are looking for an enthusiastic therapist to come and join our well respected and innovative Adult Learning Disability (ALD) Directorate Speech and Language Therapy service. Therapists play an essential role within each Borough's multi-agency community ALD team and contribute to a number of clinical pathways delivering high quality care to people with learning disabilities and their carers. There is opportunity to develop a specialism, such as transition work for young people entering adult services, within the team depending upon your interests and the needs of the service.

Please contact if you have any questions or want more information about the post.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Task and Responsibilities

• To manage own caseload of clients with Learning Disabilities and with communication and/or eating and drinking difficulties
• To line manage/clinically supervise SaLT Co-workers, SaLT Assistant and Specialist Support Workers and students as directed by Functional Team Manager and Professional Lead for ALD SaLT
• To deliver high quality Speech and Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis and intervention to people with Learning Disabilities in partnership with their families/carers
• To plan and deliver training courses
• To act as part of the multi-disciplinary Learning Disability teams and represent the Speech and Language Therapy Service at Team/Directorate meetings/working parties.
• To carry out and interpret specialist assessments of the communication skills and needs of people with learning disabilities including those with complex/challenging needs and their carers
• To diagnose the communication impairments of people with learning disabilities including those with complex/challenging needs
• To carry out and interpret specialist assessments of the eating and drinking (dysphagia) skills and needs of people with learning disabilities including those with complex/challenging needs
• To diagnose eating and drinking impairments of people with learning disabilities including those with complex/challenging needs
• To plan, implement and monitor specialised packages of care including direct therapy, advice and training
• To demonstrate well-developed specialist communication and presentation skills at all times
• To adapt spoken and written information to suit the communication needs of the listener/audience
• To liaise with other members of the Multi-Disciplinary Learning Disability and Transitions Teams
• To maintain close links with School, College, Day and Residential Service and Staff/Managers
• To develop and deliver specialist presentations and training to a range of audiences including Service Users, carers, staff and Professional colleagues, in both small and large groups
• To adapt information to meet the specific communication needs of people with learning disabilities by identifying and producing accessible versions
• To maintain clinical records in accordance with local standards
• To provide letters and reports as necessary in accordance with local standards

Person specification

Qualifications

• RCSLT & HCPC Registration

Experience

• Has worked as part of a MDT
• Working with people with learning disability in any role

Skills and Knowledge

• Further CPD training or qualifications
• Knowledge of specialist software or AAC

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process. We also discourage overuse of AI during the application process because this can negatively impact the quality of your application and may hinder your chances of being shortlisted. Thank you.

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 Mikaela Szollosi Job title Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 02089214860