Speech and Language Therapist
| Posting date: | 12 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,419.00 to £55,046.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46419.00 - £55046.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 August 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW12 9HS |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9294-25-0419 |
Summary
To provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, direct and indirect intervention for clients with complex speech, language and communication disorders, who may have challenging behaviour and or a mental health diagnosis To provide specialist assessment, diagnosis, direct and indirect intervention for clients with complex dysphagia To use investigative skills and a broad knowledge of standardised assessments together with sound, analytical clinical reasoning skills in order to form a baseline measure or differential diagnosis from which to plan a programme of intervention. To use a holistic, client-centred approach, gathering and synthesising information from other professionals and parents/carers, in order to ensure that intervention packages are best suited to the client, family and place of delivery. To liaise with other colleagues and professional groups to refer clients for further investigation and/or second opinion as required such as Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, specialist centres, out of borough specialists. To assess clients using clinical/technical skills including listening, phonetic transcription and analysis, linguistic profiling based on linguistic models of development, social communication analysis, use of AAC such as signing and use of electronic communication aids and a range of formal and psychological assessment tools. To demonstrate acute observational skills in working with clients with profound and multiple learning disabilities who display subtle communication. To develop and implement specialised Speech and Language treatment plans for individuals and groups as well as to advise others regarding the management and care of clients with communication needs and oro-motor difficulties. To provide detailed and clear SLT targets and programmes fully integrated into the clients multidisciplinary aims and goals across multiple environments or agencies (college, school, day centre, clients own home, workplace, psychiatric wards, local community etc.) in consultation with carers and staff. The post holder will demonstrate clear clinical reasoning and use therapeutic activities and techniques and strategies which are meaningful and appropriate to the clients cognitive ability level and social cultural and educational background. To empower parents, carers and staff in understanding the nature of the clients disability or dysfunction and the impact of this on their learning, communication and behaviour. This will enable the clients environment to best support his difficulties and potential development. To ensure clinical effectiveness of intervention packages by evaluating evidence based practice and outcome measures, where there may be conflicting or inconclusive evidence or where families or educational settings are requesting specific approaches. To independently manage and prioritise a defined caseload, balancing own workload of both direct and indirect contacts. To be skilled in establishing and maintaining sustained communication with a client, building trust to such a level that samples of speech, social interaction and language can be elicited as a key part of assessment and treatment procedures. To manage the emotional consequences of working with clients with distressing conditions and be aware of the needs, demands and pressures on their families. To provide therapy intervention for clients taking account of the impact of communication breakdown on the clients emotional wellbeing, mental health, functional ability, life chances, family dynamics and social and educational inclusion.