# Speech and Language Therapist

**Company**: Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: £58,133 to £65,261 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are pleased to advertise this fixed-term contract for a Speech and Language Therapist to cover maternity leave in the adult Speech & Language Therapy service at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. The post is based on our acute stroke unit and includes involvement in Videofluoroscopy clinic and management of rehabilitation patients with a tracheostomy.

The successful candidate will be an autonomous practitioner, capable of providing highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy services. They will manage a complex caseload independently, provide second opinions and advice for junior staff, and contribute to collaborative working with patients, carers, and colleagues.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing highly specialist SLT input to the acute stroke unit

- Analysing complex medical information and implementing appropriate SLT assessment and treatment

- Participating in multidisciplinary tracheostomy management and videofluoroscopy clinic

- Delivering training within the hospital setting to other professionals, patients, and carers

- Contributing to team meetings, working parties, and departmental audits

The Trust offers a salary of £58,133 to £65,261 per annum, inclusive of HCAS, and a range of benefits.

To be eligible, candidates must be qualified Speech and Language Therapists with current HCPC and RCSLT registration, extensive postgraduate experience, and Level 3 Videofluoroscopy and RCSLT Tracheostomy competencies.

## Skills

### Required
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Videofluoroscopy
- Tracheostomy management
- Multidisciplinary teamwork
- Service development and audit
- Teaching and training
- Evidence-based practice

### Nice to have
- Member of clinical interest group and/or network relevant to the post

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