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Job requirements
Essential
31 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Ability to travel between sites in a time effective manner ideally car driver
- Experience
Post-graduate clinical experience within SLT within a range of clinical settings
- Experience
Experience working within neuro rehab
- Experience
Experience of working within an MDT
- Experience
Evidence of CPD
- Experience
Experience of working alone, demonstrating ability to organise work and manage time independently
- Skills and aptitudes
Evidence of a clear understanding of the role of the SLT in the acute and community setting
- Skills and aptitudes
Evidence of sound clinical knowledge and well-established assessment and intervention and management skills for speech/swallow/communication
- Skills and aptitudes
Able to work autonomously and use initiative
- Skills and aptitudes
Effective clinical reasoning skills
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to reflect on and appraise own practice
- Skills and aptitudes
Effective verbal communication skills with a range of patients and healthcare professionals regardless of complex or sensitive issues
- Skills and aptitudes
Effective written communication skills
- Skills and aptitudes
Good presentation skills
- Skills and aptitudes
Able to manage clinical caseload and prioritise effectively
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to work effectively within different teams both multi and uni-disciplinary
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to manage own time & meet deadlines
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to be proactive in service development
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to critically evaluate current research & apply to own practice
- Skills and aptitudes
Ability to recognise unacceptable behaviour and act on this appropriately
- Skills and aptitudes
Competent IT skills including Microsoft Office and electronic notes (EPR)
- Royal Free shared commitments
Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust shared commitments
- Personal qualities and attributes
Innovative and creative thinker
- Personal qualities and attributes
Ability to carry out with manual handling tasks in line with Trust guidelines
- Personal qualities and attributes
Excellent time management and organisational skills
- Personal qualities and attributes
Able to work effectively and efficiently as part of an MDT
- Personal qualities and attributes
Able to be flexible and creative in approach to achieve optimal outcomes
- Personal qualities and attributes
Professional attitude and behaviour
- Personal qualities and attributes
Competent IT skills
- Education and professional qualifications
Degree/graduate diploma in Speech and Language therapy
- Education and professional qualifications
Health Professions Council (HPC) registration
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working within the community setting
- Experience
Experience teaching/education of colleagues, multidisciplinary team and/or public/carers
- Skills and aptitudes
To be proactive in service development, liaising closely with the MDT in order to promote clinical excellence
- Education and professional qualifications
Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Education and professional qualifications
Member of a professional specialist interest group in neurological practice (CEN Clinical Excellence Network)
Job overview
To provide a high standard of Speech and language therapy to adults with a range of neurological conditions within the community in the borough of Barnet.
To assess and treat own caseload of patients as an autonomous and independent practitioner for patients who may have acute, chronic and/or complex neurological dysfunction and maintain appropriate patient records and statistics.
Responsible for acting as a case co-ordinator/ keyworker for allocated patients including organising and undertaking reviews for patients with progressive neurological conditions.
Supervise and teach members of the team including, students and rehab assistants as well as being involved in teaching of senior physiotherapists and other multidisciplinary team (MDT) staff.
Undertake and present evidence based projects and service improvement initiatives including departmental audit and service developments under the supervision of line manager and/ or Clinical Lead.
Main duties of the job
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and experienced Specialist Neurological Speech and language therapist to join our dynamic community neurological therapy team at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
The post will be based at the Neurological rehabilitation centre (NRC), within the Community Neurological Conditions Management Team (CNCMT), Edgware Hospital.
You will be joining an established community therapy team, and will have the opportunity to develop specialist skills in the assessment and treatment of complex neurological patients. You will be working as part of a specialist MDT, which includes the inpatient therapists based on the same site, and be involved in therapy in-service training and education programmes. You will be encouraged to participate in clinical governance and quality improvement activities.
The successful candidate is required to be able to demonstrate the Trust values, the responsibilities of the job description and person specification.
In this post you will gain valuable experience of working with patients with neurological conditions in a rewarding and well supported environment with a clear supervision structure.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Band 6 Specialist Neurological Speech and Language Therapist with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist role. The advertised salary is £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive of HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 28 Oct 2026.
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