# Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Learning Disabilities

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Whittington Health NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Whittington Health NHS Trust
- **Town:** London
- **Region:** London
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 Per Annum including HCAS
- **Contract type:** 8 months (Fixed term 1.0wte, could consider flexible working and part time working)
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-02T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-17T09:31:19.362Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Whittington_Health_NHS_Trust/Learning_Disabilities_adults/Learning_Disabilities_adults-v8130815
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8130815?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.whittington.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The post holder will be joining the award winning Camden Learning Disabilities Service as part of an integrated community team.  This post is covering 8 months of maternity leave and would be supervised by a senior SLT.

The post holder will work autonomously holding a complex caseload of both Dysphagia and Communication.  They will be carrying out assessment and intervention/management plans as well as contributing to risk assessments and clinical pathway meetings.

### Main duties of the job

- Dysphagia caseload; assessment, diagnosis,  management plan and reviews
- Communication caseload: assessment, diagnosis and intervention planning
- Training; dysphagia training, person focused training relating to dysphagia or communication
- Clinical Pathways - to represent SLT on delegated clinical pathways such as dementia or complex health and offer advice and support to MDT colleagues
- Supervision of Band 3 SLT assistant

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the Job Specification and Job Description for more details on the main responsibilities

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Understanding health inequalities of people with learning disabilities and SLT role within this
- Clinical assessment tools and interventions
- Clinical pathways - the value and MDT working within this

### Experience

**Essential**

- Evidence of working with people who have a learning disabilities
- Working with people who have dysphagia and LD
- evidence of assessment and intervention for both dysphagia and communication

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- NQT competencies passed including dysphagia

## Documents

- [whittington employment promise (pdf, 22.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=839)
- [whittington probationary policy (pdf, 298.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=621)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 392.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10464683)

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