# Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

**Company**: Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Sidcup
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £45,953 to £54,254 a year pa inc
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Join our innovative Speech and Language Therapy team and make a real difference in the lives of adults with learning disabilities.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking to further develop their specialist clinical skills within a supportive, forward-thinking service.

You will work as part of the Bromley Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT), delivering high-quality care as part of a multi-disciplinary service to adults with learning disabilities and their carers.

**Job Responsibilities:**

- Manage own caseload of clients with Learning Disabilities and with communication and/or eating and drinking difficulties

- Line manage/clinically supervise SaLT Co-workers, SaLT Assistant and Specialist Support Workers as directed by Functional Team Manager and Professional Lead for ALD SaLT;

- Deliver high-quality Speech and Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis, and intervention to people with Learning Disabilities in partnership with their families/carers;

- Act as part of the multi-disciplinary Learning Disability teams and represent the Speech and Language Therapy Service at Team/Directorate meetings/working parties.

**Requirements:**

- Professional Speech and Language Therapy Qualification

- Member of R.C.S.L.T

- Member of HCPC

- Previous experience in Learning Disability in any clinical or support role

- Knowledge of a range of appropriate assessment tools and therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group

- Knowledge of AAC systems

- Basic dysphagia experience/training

- Experience implementing SaLT therapy recommendations

- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team member and to co-ordinate/organise project work as required

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary: £45,953 to £54,254 a year pa inc

- Permanent, full-time position

**About Us:** Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care, care for people with learning disabilities, and mental health care.

## Skills

### Required
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Learning Disabilities
- AAC systems
- Dysphagia

### Nice to have
- Experience of supervising others

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