# 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
- **Location:** The Whittington Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £47,951 - £56,863 pro rata 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:** 2026-10-09T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-25T16:40:38.144Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/Whittington_Health_NHS_Trust/Learning_Disabilities_adults/Learning_Disabilities_adults-v8324771
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8324771?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

### 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.

## 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=10646783)

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