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Job requirements
Essential
26 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience working within a Multidisciplinary Team
- Experience
Experience with service development and service evaluation
- Experience
Experience providing teaching and training for members of the MDT, patients, families etc.
- Experience
Experience using evidence based practice and outcome measures
- Experience
Experience providing complex specialist dysphagia assessment and management
- Experience
Experience providing complex specialist communication assessment and management
- Trust Values
Putting patients first
- Trust Values
Responsive to patients and staff
- Trust Values
Open and honest
- Trust Values
Unfailingly kind
- Trust Values
Determined to develop
- Personal qualities
Awareness of professional and personal boundaries
- Personal qualities
Able to maintain prolonged periods of concentration
- Personal qualities
Ability to cope with stressful working situations, including aggressive patients / relatives
- Skills and knowledge
Understanding of NHS policies relevant to SLT and the value of clinical governance
- Skills and knowledge
Ability to work on autonomously and as part of a team
- Skills and knowledge
Specialist assessment and management knowledge for adults with complex dysphagia
- Skills and knowledge
Specialist assessment and management knowledge for adults with complex communication and / or voice impairment
- Skills and knowledge
Ability to communicate effectively in a highly emotive clinical setting
- Skills and knowledge
Ability to identify and assess clinical risk accordingly
- Skills and knowledge
Highly effective written and verbal communication
- Education and qualifications
Qualified Speech and Language Therapist
- Education and qualifications
Current HCPC registration
- Education and qualifications
Current RCSLT registration
- Education and qualifications
Membership of Clinical Interest Group relevant to the post
- Education and qualifications
2 years post graduate experience relevant to the post
Desirable
2 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Experience with Videofluoroscopy, with evidence of the relevant competencies
- Experience
Experience with tracheostomy weaning and management, with the relevant competencies
Job overview
This is a fixed term contract to cover a 12 month secondment, within the adult Speech and Language Therapy service at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to manage a complex SLT caseload independently, providing second opinions and advice for junior staff when required. They will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will be expected to work collaboratively with patients, carers, and colleagues, the voluntary sector and Social Services in regards to the planning and delivery of care.
Provision of specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessment and management to adult inpatients, based on the acute wards at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job description for the full role and 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.
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This advert is for Speech and Language Therapist with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital 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 per annum incl. HCAS. The contract type is Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment cover). The application deadline is 21 Sep 2026.
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