Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job Summary

To provide a clinical and advisory SLT service to pre-school children, some school age children and young people with diverse speech, language, and communication needs. To provide a service across community clinics, children's centres and other early years settings. To work as part of an integrated team with Speech and Language Therapy Assistants and SLT colleagues. To participate in multi-disciplinary work with colleagues in health, education, parents / carers.

• Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.**
  
  

Main duties of the job

• To provide an assessment, diagnostic and treatment service for children referred to the community clinic/early years' service within the Borough of Bexley.
• To manage a caseload independently, accessing clinical/managerial supervision on a regular basis and to make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment, seeking advice when appropriate.
• To deliver care in line with the RCSLT/HCPC professional guidelines and standards.
• To be responsible for the planning, delivery, and evaluation of evidence-based therapy interventions. To monitor and review the progress of therapy programmes implemented and facilitate modifications of interventions / targets as appropriate.

To demonstrate specialist clinical skills in the assessment and treatment of speech sound disorders and stammering.

To contribute to the formulation and review/update of clinical care pathways.

To maintain professional competence through personal development and training. To be responsible for maintaining own professional registration and meet HPC Registration requirements maintaining a professional portfolio.

To reflect on clinical practice identifying strengths and needs and providing evidence of sound clinical practice.

To undertake mandatory training in line with Trust Policy and attend updates and study days as appropriate to the post.

To undertake relevant public health skills training and updates as required.

About Us

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, sc

hools 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
  
  

Details

Date posted

12 March 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,485 to £52,521 a year pa inc

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-7849200-CYP

Job locations

Erith District Hospital

Erith

DA8 3EE

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Please See Job Description For Full Details.

• Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.**
  
  

Job Description

Please see Job Description for full details.

• Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post.**
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

Education/Qualifications

• Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree qualifications or Equivalent
• Registration with HCPC-Licence to Practice
• Registered Member of Royal College of Speech & Language Therapist
• Evidence of successful completion of a range of generic and specialist short courses at post-graduate level
  
  

Essential

Experience

• Clinical experience (at least 2 years post-qualification experience) of assessment and intervention of speech, language communication difficulties in early years.
• Clinical experience of assessment and advice for children and young people (CYP) with speech, language, communication needs (essential), including speech disorders and stammering differences (desirable).
  
  

Desirable

• Clinical experience of stammering
• Clinical experience of speech disorders
  
  

Essential

Skills

• Excellent presentation skills, both verbal and written, of complex information to professionals and carers.
• Team player who is keen to be part of service innovation and development
• Fluent spoken and written skills in English.
  
  

Person Specification

Essential

• Excellent presentation skills, both verbal and written, of complex information to professionals and carers.
• Team player who is keen to be part of service innovation and development

Fluent spoken and written skills in English.

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).

Additional information

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Erith District Hospital

Erith

DA8 3EE

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Erith District Hospital

Erith

DA8 3EE

Employer's website

http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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