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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
14 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of independently managing clients with dysphagia.
- Experience
Post-registration experience of working with adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties.
- Experience
Experience of teaching / education (planning, delivering and evaluating training to others).
- Experience
Experience of working successfully within a multidisciplinary team.
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent interpersonal skills, including observation, listening and empathy skills.
- Knowledge and Skills
Negotiation and problem solving skills.
- Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrates good analytical and reflection skills.
- Knowledge and Skills
Good presentation skills, both written and verbal, including ability to write clear and concise reports.
- Knowledge and Skills
Good organisational and prioritisation skills.
- Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrates ability to be a good team member
- Knowledge and Skills
Awareness of the roles of other professionals relevant to the client group.
- Education / Qualification/ Training
Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
- Education / Qualification/ Training
Health Professions Council – License to Practice.
- Education / Qualification/ Training
Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
Desirable
6 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience of working in a community setting.
- Experience
Experience of use and interpretation of video-fluoroscopy swallow assessment.
- Experience
Experience of assessment for and use of alternative and augmentative communication systems.
- Experience
Experience of supervising less experienced staff and SLT students.
- Education / Qualification/ Training
Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses.
- Education / Qualification/ Training
Membership of relevant Special Interest Groups / Clinical Excellence Networks.
Job overview
To provide specialist speech and language therapy assessment and management to children and young people aged 8–18 on the ARFID Pathway, focusing on the oral-motor, sensory and mealtime aspects of Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) and complex feeding presentations.
To provide specialist assessment and management of children with oral-motor, sensory-based feeding difficulties and, where relevant, dysphagia, in line with current level of competencies and seeking supervision and support from senior colleagues (including Paediatrics) as needed.
To contribute specialist SLT formulation and intervention (including Sequential Oral Sensory (SOS) approach and sensory-based desensitisation work) to the ARFID MDT, working alongside Psychology, Dietetics, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Paediatrics and Psychiatry within the structured, time-limited (6–8 session) treatment model.
Main duties of the job
- To independently manage a complex ARFID caseload proportionate to a 0.4 WTE role, prioritising according to clinical need and pathway capacity.
- To contribute to monitoring and evaluating the SLT contribution to the ARFID Pathway and provide progress reports as necessary.
- To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice from senior SLT and paediatric colleagues as appropriate.
- To work within defined departmental and national protocols/policies, RCSLT professional standards and code of conduct.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To work closely with paediatrics, dietetics, psychology, nursing, OT and other statutory and voluntary sector staff to ensure a high standard of client care.
- To communicate complex, condition-related information from assessment, care plans and prognosis to clients, carers, families and members of the MDT/other professionals or agencies.
- To contribute specialist SLT/sensory knowledge to MDT review meetings, discharge planning, case discussions and other meetings central to client care.
- To demonstrate the ability to communicate the role of speech and language therapy within the ARFID Pathway to visitors, students, other professionals, carers, clients and the general public.
- To work closely with clients, carers, families and other professionals in agreeing decision-making relevant to the child's care.
- To demonstrate empathy with clients, carers, families and colleagues, ensuring effective communication is achieved, particularly where high anxiety around eating creates barriers to engagement.
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 Speech and Language Therapist - ARFID Pathway with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist role. The advertised salary is £47,951 - £56,863 PA. The contract type is 12 months (12 months fixed term). The application deadline is 14 Sep 2026.
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