# Bank Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Paediatric Dysphagia

**Company**: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £29.73 an hour
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Speech and Language Therapist with specialist expertise in paediatric dysphagia to join our Bank. As a Bank Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Paediatric Dysphagia, you will provide flexible support to our paediatric Speech and Language Therapy services.

The successful candidate will have a recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree or equivalent, a Health Care Professionals Council Licence to Practice, and current registered membership of HCPC and RCSLT. You will also have evidence of competency level C or above of the RCSLT Dysphagia Competency Framework.

The main duties of the job will include:

- Providing specialist assessment and management of children with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties

- Developing and delivering individualised, evidence-based care plans

- Managing a complex paediatric dysphagia caseload independently

- Providing specialist advice to families, carers and other professionals

- Working collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team

- Identifying and managing clinical risks relating to feeding and swallowing

- Maintaining accurate clinical records and contributing to service quality

- Supporting colleagues through specialist advice and knowledge sharing

In return, we offer a competitive employment package, including a salary of £29.73 per hour, 12.07% holiday pay, and unsocial hours payment (if applicable).

This is a bank position, offering flexible working patterns, including full-time and part-time opportunities.

## Skills

### Required
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Paediatric Dysphagia
- Dysphagia Management
- Multidisciplinary Teamwork
- Clinical Risk Management
- Record Keeping

### Nice to have
- Infant Training Courses
- Advanced Dysphagia Qualification
- Postgraduate Paediatric Dysphagia Training
- Specialist Short Courses in Dysphagia Management

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