# Specialist Speech & Language Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-speech-and-language-therapist/ec2786cf-1b8c-4cd3-92df-8aa2ee402a2b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-speech-and-language-therapist/ec2786cf-1b8c-4cd3-92df-8aa2ee402a2b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Dartford - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 pa inc - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-12T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-25T12:43:17.142Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Sidcup/Oxleas_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Adult_Learning_Disabilities/Adult_Learning_Disabilities-v8066834 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8066834?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.oxleas.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity as emerged to join the Oxleas Adult Autism Service as we seek to appoint a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our service within the new Community Autism Service (CAS) and the Autism Acute Support Team (AAST) working with Autistic adults with complex mental health difficulties and without a learning disability. CAS is a newly established service focused on delivering specialist community-based support to autistic adults without a learning disability and without a mental health condition that would make them eligible for other services. AAST is a long-established service supporting autistic adults without a learning disability who are admitted to acute care due to a mental health crisis. The post will be split across both teams, with a strong emphasis on close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and on delivering high-quality assessment and intervention for individuals with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN). ### Main duties of the job - To manage own caseload of patients within CAS and AAST - To line manage/clinically supervise SaLT Co-workers, SaLT Assistant and SaLT Students as needed - To deliver high quality Speech and Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis and intervention to patients in partnership with their families/carers and the MDT; - To act as part of the multi-disciplinary mental health team and represent the Speech and Language Therapy Service at Team/Directorate meetings/working parties. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities See  attached Job description and Person Specification for details of main responsibilities for this role. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity as emerged to join the Oxleas Adult Autism Service as we seek to appoint a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our service within the new Community Autism Service (CAS) and the Autism Acute Support Team (AAST) working with Autistic adults with complex mental health difficulties and without a learning disability. CAS is a newly established service focused on delivering specialist community-based support to autistic adults without a learning disability and without a mental health condition that would make them eligible for other services. AAST is a long-established service supporting autistic adults without a learning disability who are admitted to acute care due to a mental health crisis. The post will be split across both teams, with a strong emphasis on close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and on delivering high-quality assessment and intervention for individuals with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN). ## Job Description To manage own caseload of patients within CAS and AAST To line manage/clinically supervise SaLT Co-workers, SaLT Assistant and SaLT Students as needed To deliver high quality Speech and Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis and intervention to patients in partnership with their families/carers and the MDT; To act as part of the multi-disciplinary mental health team and represent the Speech and Language Therapy Service at Team/Directorate meetings/working parties. ## Responsibilities See attached Job description and Person Specification for details of main responsibilities for this role. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Completed RCSLT NQP competencies - Previously working in a health MDT **Desirable** - Previously worked as a SaLT within an Autism service - Previously worked as a SaLT in mental health ### Qualifications **Essential** - Professional SaLT qualification - Member of RCSLT - HCPC Registration ### Skills and Abilities **Essential** - Knowledge of the relationships/interactions between Autism - Speech, Language and Communication Needs - Mental Illness **Desirable** - Awareness of a range of specialist assessment tools ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1847) - [privacy notice for staff (pdf, 268.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1659) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 504.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10358197) - [important additional information for candidates (please read carefully) (pdf, 160.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1656) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.