Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 16 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £50,008 - £56,908 per annum (inclusive of high-cost area supplement) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 March 2026 |
| Location: | Dartford, DA2 6PB |
| Company: | Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7810485/380-FR0633-A |
Summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to work in our Low Secure Forensic Services. If you're a motivated, forward-thinking Speech and Language Therapist, this is your opportunity.
We need you to lead our high-quality, person centred communication and dysphagia interventions for service users with complex forensic, learning disability and neurodiverse needs.
You will play a vital role within a supportive multidisciplinary team, shaping pathways, driving improvements and providing clinical leadership to junior staff and students.
If you are passionate about making a meaningful difference, committed to recovery-focussed practice and ready to contribute to innovative AHP-led developments we'd love to welcome your expertise and help you grow your specialist career with us.
The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
As a Clinical Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, you will lead the delivery of specialist assessments and interventions for service users within the Low Secure Unit who present with complex speech, language, communication and swallowing needs.
Patients within these services will present with a range of mental health diagnoses but may also present with comorbidities including neurodiversity, learning difficulties substance misuse or cognitive differences.
You will undertake detailed formulations, identify strengths and areas of need, and develop personalised, recovery-focused treatment plans that promote engagement, independence and safety.
Working collaboratively you will provide expert clinical input to support risk management, capacity assessments and decision-making, ensuring high-quality, evidence-based care aligned with national guidelines and professional standards.
In addition to managing a complex caseload, you will provide clinical leadership across the service. You will actively participate in clinical meetings, audits, and quality improvement initiatives, to shape service development in line with the Trust’s AHP strategy.
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.
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You will also deliver training, promoting effective communication environments, and ensuring robust governance of SLT practice within the team.
This is a dynamic and influential post, offering the opportunity to drive positive change and improve outcomes for service users with highly specialist needs.
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.
We are serious about diversity and inclusion, and we are working hard to build this into our DNA. We warmly welcome applications for any of our roles from people from diverse backgrounds, and we are proactively encouraging applications from under-represented communities for our more senior roles, like this one.
This advert closes on Monday 2 Mar 2026
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