Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
| Posting date: | 17 December 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: | 04 January 2026 |
| Location: | London, SE17EH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9196-25-1934 |
Summary
1. To provide independent clinical management of acute inpatients requiring assessment and rehabilitation of complex communication and swallowing disorders, with the aim of restoring optimum function or offering compensatory strategies. This will include assessing the patients needs for alternative/augmentative communication where appropriate. 2. To regularly participate in videofluoroscopic examinations of swallow, analyse and report findings to the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) regarding implications for management and design specialised therapeutic programmes of care. 3. To be a Specialist Speech and Language Therapy resource for members of the MDT in the management of communication/swallowing disorders. 4. As a core member of the MDT, to participate in team meetings, ward rounds and family meetings. Where appropriate to propose and assist in the implementation of policy/service development. 5. To develop training programmes relevant to communication/swallowing disorders and deliver these aspects in the on-going training programme for the members of the MDT on the acute wards. 6. To contribute and take a lead as appropriate in the organisation of training for nursing staff on the acute wards. To train staff and carers to facilitate the communication and swallowing skills of the patient including the use of alternative and augmentative communication.