# Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Acute Stroke Unit

**Company**: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £45,953 to £54,254 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our Acute Stroke Unit at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. The successful candidate will assess, treat, and manage adults with acquired swallowing and communication disorders. They will work closely with the Highly Specialist SLT and the multidisciplinary team to provide high-quality patient care.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Assess, treat, and manage adults with acquired swallowing and communication disorders

- Work closely with the Highly Specialist SLT and the multidisciplinary team

- Provide swallowing and communication assessment, management, and therapy

- Develop competencies in Videofluoroscopy (VF) with twice-weekly clinics

- Participate in service development, continuing professional development, and clinical governance activities

- Supervise students and Band 5s as required

**Requirements:**

- Degree or MSc in Speech and Language Therapy

- Health Professions Council Registration to Practice

- Experience of working with adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties

- Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex information clearly

- Ability to assimilate and analyse complex clinical information

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary: £45,953 to £54,254 per annum

- Permanent, full-time position

- Opportunities for professional development and growth

## Skills

### Required
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Health Professions Council Registration
- Videofluoroscopy

### Nice to have
- Registered Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Engagement with special interest groups within Speech and Language

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