Specialist Speech & Language Therapist: Paediatrics

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare organization is seeking a dedicated Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist to join their dynamic children's therapy team in London. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with infants and young people facing communication and swallowing disorders, providing specialized assessments and tailored treatment plans. The successful candidate will be supported by a Clinical Lead and will engage in multidisciplinary teaching to enhance service delivery. With a commitment to career development and flexible working options, this position promises a fulfilling career path in a collaborative environment focused on patient care.

Benefits

Career Development Opportunities

Flexible Working Options

Staff Recognition Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Car Lease Schemes

Season Ticket Loan

Onsite Leisure Facilities Membership

Qualifications

• Degree in Speech and Language Therapy required.
• State registration with the Health Professions Council essential.
• Significant clinical experience in relevant area preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for complex patient presentations.
• Develop and deliver individualised therapy management programmes.
• Collaborate with multi-agency professionals to support patients and families.

Skills

Speech and Language Therapy

Clinical Reasoning

Multidisciplinary Teamwork

Patient Assessment

Communication Disorders Management

Education

Degree in Speech and Language Therapy

State Registration with the Health Professions Council

Clinical Educators Course

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Specialist Speech & Language Therapist: Paediatrics, London

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Trust wide

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

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Yes

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Posted:

29.04.2025

Expiry Date:

13.06.2025

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Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist to join our well-established Children's therapy team. We are seeking a Speech and Language Therapist with experience and advanced skills in working with infants, children and young people with feeding and swallowing disorders and communication disorders in an acute or community setting.

This is an excellent opportunity to further develop your skills working with an acute case load in a general paediatric ward and PICU. If the candidate is competent with videofluoroscopic swallow studies there would be an opportunity to work in this clinic.

The post holder will be responsible for performing advanced assessment of infants and young people with diverse presentations and complex conditions, to develop and deliver an individualised management/treatment programme. The post holder will assist the Clinical Lead in contributing to the planning, coordination, development and evaluation of the service. Multidisciplinary teaching forms an essential part of service delivery to staff and parents/carers to support management of feeding, swallowing and communication disorders in a culturally diverse population.

You will be well supported by the Clinical Lead Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist. We have a strong commitment to clinical supervision and CPPD with opportunities to contribute to audit, service evaluation and improvement projects.

Main duties of the job

• To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques.
• To work both independently and within a team structure, demonstrating leadership to manage own and team caseload. To efficiently manage a caseload and organise this effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
• To formulate and deliver an individualised and specialist care plan / therapy management programme based on advanced knowledge of evidence based practice, advanced clinical reasoning skills and a wide range of specialist treatment options. As a specialist clinician to provide a second opinion where required.
• To take into account cultural, linguistic, medical, emotional, psychological and physical factors that may prevent this engagement and utilise resources available to facilitate communication.
• To assess patient understanding of management/treatment proposals, to support improved engagement with intervention. To help to motivate carers/family & patient, to maximise rehabilitation potential and to ensure an understanding of their condition.
• To work collaboratively with multi-agency professionals to develop comprehensive support plans for patients and their families living with complex conditions.

Working for our organisation

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. .

Detailed job description and main 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

• Degree (or equivalent) in Speech and Language Therapy
• State registration with the Health Professions Council
• Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
• Clinical Educators course or equivalent
• Membership of the Professional Organisation
• Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
• Management skills or leadership training

Experience

• Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area
• Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent
• Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter-agency working
• Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures
• Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices
• Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post
• Leadership of a therapy team
• Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment
• Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care
• Clinical research experience
• Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

• Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management of relevant conditions
• Advanced skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of relevant conditions
• Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills
• Advanced knowledge of relevant conditions
• Advanced knowledge of the evidence base of the relevant therapy area
• Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors health/illness behaviours
• Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management
• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively
• Able to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations
• Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision
• Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis
• Negotiation and conflict resolution skills

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