# Speech & Language Therapist Complex Needs & Dysphagia (including ABI)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sirona care & health CIC.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sirona care & health CIC
- **Location:** Sirona Care and Health
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist
- **Salary:** £49387.00 to £56515.00
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 26.25 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-26T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-28T14:18:20.015Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8324375
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8324375?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://sirona-cic.org.uk/

## Job Content

### Job overview

Are you passionate about working with children with complex needs? We are looking for an experienced, dysphagia qualified Speech and Language Therapist to manage a caseload of children aged 0-18 with complex eating, drinking, swallowing and communication needs, including those resulting from acquired brain injury (ABI). You will be supported by the Clinical Lead for Dysphagia and the School Age Complex Needs Team Lead. You will also have support from the neurorehabilitation Speech and Language Therapy Lead at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.

The Children’s Therapy Services identify, assess, support and manage the health needs of children and young people aged 0-18 years, working closely with children and their families in health settings and family homes; and with education colleagues in early years and school settings.

You will work across Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire supporting pre-school children with complex needs and their families in the community, as well as children of all ages with ABI. Strong dysphagia competencies and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) knowledge are required. You will see children for uni-professional appointments and as part of our multi-disciplinary child centred assessments.

### Main duties of the job

- A highly specialist clinical practitioner, being a source of expertise, providing support, supervision, teaching, advice and consultation across BNSSG. You will offer highly specialist clinical expertise within complex needs and dysphagia and carry your own highly specialist caseload.
- You will triage new referrals to the team alongside other band 7 practitioners, according to agreed referral criteria.
- You will be responsible for line managing junior colleagues
- You will independently manage the small ABI caseload across BNSSG, liaising with the hospital neurorehabilitation team as required.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

### 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

### Qualifications and Training

**Essential**

- Post-graduate dysphagia qualification
- HCPC Registration
- Degree level qualifications recognised by RCSLT

### Skills, Knowledge and Experience

**Essential**

- Experience working with children with complex needs
- Experience working in paediatric dysphagia
- Experience of line management
- Experience as a Children’s Therapist with significant experience of working in a community setting
- Ability to implement treatment of children and young people with highly complex developmental, neurological and/or sensory conditions

**Desirable**

- Experience working with children with ABI
- Under 1s dysphagia competencies
- Experience of working with children/ young people who require adapted / alternative methods of communication (e.g. Makaton)

## Documents

- [job description (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10646563)
- [employees benefits (pdf, 4.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2102)
- [application guidance (pdf, 352.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2466)

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