Specialist Speech & Language Therapist Neurosciences

Imperial College Healthcare Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing

Staff recognition scheme

Cycle to Work

Car lease schemes

Season ticket loan

Onsite leisure facilities

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to provide a high-quality service to adult inpatients with neurological impairments. The role covers the Charing Cross Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit and HASU, with supervision and opportunities for CPD.

You will contribute to dysphagia and communication disorder management, support staff, and be involved in service development and training. A Saturday service pilot is included in a 6-month period.

Qualifications

• Degree accredited by RCSLT and HCPC registration are essential.
• Experience in neuro-rehabilitation and dysphagia management is required.
• Experience delivering training to multidisciplinary colleagues is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide a specialist SLT service to adult inpatients with communication and swallowing disorders due to neurological conditions.
• Work within MDTs on the Charing Cross Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit (CNRU) and HASU for rapid access to rehab.
• Receive supervision from a Band 7 SLT and develop independent caseload decisions.
• Support therapy support workers and supervise students on placement; participate in CPD.

Skills

Interprofessional collaboration

Communication skills

Autonomy

Clinical decision-making

Education

Degree accredited by RCSLT

HCPC registration

UK Registration / eligibility to work in NHS

Job description

Job summary
Are you passionate about providing a high quality Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) service to adult inpatients with neurological impairments? Are you looking for the chance to develop your career in a prestigious London Trust with access to highly skilled clinicians and multiple learning opportunities?
We are looking for a specialist SLT to join our service in a split post across the Charing Cross Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit (CNRU) - a 15 bedded level-2 neuro-rehab unit - and our Stroke Wards, primarily our HASU. The services have dedicated multidisciplinary teams in which SLT has a high profile. CNRU receives patients from across North-West London and from our local stroke units, major trauma centre, and neurology and neurosurgical wards.
As a valued member of the speech & language therapy and multidisciplinary teams, you will contribute to holistic inter-disciplinary working, further developing your clinical skills in the management of dysphagia and acquired communication disorders. You will be actively involved in service development and training of others. The post-holder will provide support to Therapy Support Workers as well as supervise students on placement. Staff are encouraged and supported to participate in CPD activities.
The postholder will participate in a pilot of a Saturday service within Stroke, providing approximately 3 Saturdays in a 6 month period, with a day off in lieu during the week.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be part of the multidisciplinary teams working on the Charing Cross Neuro-Rehabilitation Unit (CNRU) - a 15 bedded level-2 neuro-rehabilitation service provided to patients from North-West London boroughs - and rapid access to acute rehabilitation service to Stroke or Neurosciences wards.
• The post holder will provide a specialist SLT service to adult inpatients with disorders of communication and/or swallowing arising from acquired neurological conditions, underpinned by current evidence based practice.
• The post holder will receive regular support and supervision from a Band 7 SLT. They will continue to gain wider clinical experience and expertise through clinical support and be able to make independent clinical decisions concerning caseload management.
• The post holder will also develop skills across the other pillars of practice, including facilitating learning, leadership, and service development, both within SLT and across the wider MDT.

About us
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You'll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including 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. Please talk to us at interview.
Environmental sustainabilityClimate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people's health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

Details
Date posted: 11 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year
pa inclusive
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 290-MIC-2248
Job locations: Charing Cross Hospital
London
W6 8RF
United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
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

Person Specification

Education/ qualifications

Essential

• Degree accredited by Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT
• Current HCPC registration as a speech & language therapist
• Professional portfolio demonstrating relevant experience and achievements
• Registration with RCSLT
• Experience of working at post-graduate level with adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders, arising from neurological aetiologies.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience of delivering training programmes to multidisciplinary colleagues.
• Experience of participation in clinical governance activities.
• Experience of working in a bedded neuro-rehabilitation unit
• Experience of working in acute stroke
• Experience of supporting therapy support workers (assistants) and/or students on placement
• Specialist level of clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the management of adults with swallowing and communication disorders requiring acute and subacute neuro-rehabilitation setting; underpinned by current models of best practice.
• Competent Level C dysphagia practitioner ('RCSLT dysphagia training and competency framework') ie able to manage a dysphagia caseload independently - or equivalent (eg operating at Proficient Level of SLT EDS Competency Framework 2025)
• Ability to use specialist knowledge to make appropriate independent clinical decisions, with access to a supervisor, reflecting on practice and demonstrating evidence based practice
• Ability to negotiate with client/carer and medical/AHP teams around individual case management, prioritisation and clinical risk management
• Able to work effectively on own initiative and within a team, contributing to team goals and initiatives as required.
• Certification of basic videofluoroscopy competencies (including participating in clinics & writing joint reports)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Address: Charing Cross Hospital
London
W6 8RF
United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.imperial.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist
Karima Collins
[e-mail]
02033111760