Specialist Speech & Language Therapist – Adult Community Neuro | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Woolwich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Woolwich is looking for a Speech and Language Therapist to provide specialist therapy for clients with communication and swallowing difficulties. This role involves independent assessment, treatment planning, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate should have experience in dysphagia management and be able to travel within the Borough of Greenwich. Competitive training and development opportunities are provided.

Qualifications

• Experience working independently in assessing and treating people with dysphagia is essential.
• Experience working in the community would be an advantage.
• Ability to travel independently around the Borough of Greenwich.

Responsibilities

• Provide a speech and language therapy service to adults with communication and swallowing difficulties.
• Assess, diagnose, and treat people with dysphagia; plan therapy programmes and discharge patients.
• Work independently in assessing and treating people with dysphagia.

Skills

Independent assessment and treatment of dysphagia

Community experience

Ability to travel independently

Job description

Overview

This post will enable the successful post-holder to develop their skills across 3 caseloads: Neuro Rehabilitation Team; Early supported discharge for Stroke; Community SLT (non-neuro).

We offer extensive support both from the SLT team and the wider multidisciplinary team. There is a well-developed supervision structure in place. Our service actively encourages ongoing professional development and you will be given the opportunity to attend a wide variety of internal and external training. You will have the opportunity to be involved in appraisal, development and supervision of junior staff and students.

Responsibilities

• Provide a speech and language therapy service to adults with communication and swallowing difficulties.
• Assess, diagnose, and treat people with dysphagia; plan therapy programmes and discharge patients.
• Work independently in assessing and treating people with dysphagia; access to videofluoroscopy and FEES; independently carry out videofluoroscopy.
• Work with specialist nurses and other health and social care practitioners to manage those with long term neurological conditions.
• Travel around the Borough of Greenwich independently to deliver services in the person’s place of residence, day centres, clinics or other settings.
• Supervise therapy assistant practitioners and Speech & Language Therapy students, and, if required, band 5 Speech & Language Therapists.
• Be involved in groups and innovative rehabilitation programmes including ICAP, EMST and sEMG where appropriate.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team including Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Neuropsychologists, Specialist Nursing and Rehabilitation Assistants.

Qualifications / Experience

• Experience working independently in assessing and treating people with dysphagia is essential for this role.
• Experience working in the community would be a distinct advantage.
• Ability to travel independently around the Borough of Greenwich.

About the Service

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’re Kind, We’re Fair, We Listen, We Care.

Role Context

To provide specialist speech and language therapy input to clients with communication and swallowing impairments due to acquired neurological disorders, as part of the Greenwich Neurorehabilitation Team. This may be Early Supported Discharge, general neurology, or general community SLT input. To work as a lone and autonomous practitioner in the community, and to manage a specialist caseload, including those with complex needs. Duties will include assessment, diagnosis, and therapy, planning therapy programmes and discharging patients. To work with specialist nurses and other health and social care practitioners to manage those with long term neurological conditions.

This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025