Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Adult Speech & Language Therapist
- Grade
- 7
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - Various
- Job ref
- 824-BANK-LIT1353
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Honeypot Lane Health Centre
- Town
- Stanmore
- Salary
- £26.30 Basic pay + HCAS + 12.07% Holiday pay
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 05/09/2025 11:00
Employer heading
Band 7 SALT ONW
7
Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is one of the largest community healthcare organisations in London and Hertfordshire, providing our services to diverse communities/boroughs in 14 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster, Hillingdon, Sutton, Kingston - and Hertfordshire.
We are rated Good by the Care Quality Commission and are ranked among top NHS employers. Community healthcare is our focus and our passion. We champion the role of community health professionals to make sure our patients get great care closer to home.
At Central London Community Healthcare, we promote equality and foster an inclusive environment where our diverse workforce feels they belong and are treated with fairness, respect, and dignity, enabling everyone to reach their full potential.
CLCH aims to create a culture where staff feel supported, valued and respected for what they do and where the values we seek to show to our patients are the same values we show to each other, in line with the NHS People Plan and Our NHS People Promise and our own strategic Equality values and objectives.
Job overview
Job Purpose - Monday - Friday 8:30-4:30
This post has responsibility for leading a team of SLTs providing domiciliary and outpatient care to patients in the Borough of Harrow. The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner providing highly specialist speech and language therapy services to a community caseload of clients with complex needs. A significant proportion of these clients will have English as an additional language (EAL). They will be expected to manage their own caseload, providing second opinions and specialist advice working within professional standards. To support with the management of patients with dysphagia they will have access to VFS/FEES if required.
Main duties of the job
· To clinically supervise / provide day to day management of clinical staff providing community and outpatient services and ensure that the appropriate appraisal systems are in place for all team members
· To participate in recruitment, selection and induction of staff for the Adult Speech Language Therapy Team
· To provide regular clinical and professional advice, support, and supervision to Assistants, newly qualified, Band 5 and Band 6 Speech & Language Therapists within the Adult Speech & Language Therapy Community Team, as appropriate.
· To facilitate the development of more junior colleagues’ problem solving/negotiation skills formally & informally via peer review/ one-to-one coaching
· To participate in Individual Performance Appraisals for more junior Community Team staff on an annual basis and to facilitate staff in achieving their objectives.
Working for our organisation
Professional Standards
All staff must comply with the Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) NHS Trust Staff Code of Conduct and demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours. Senior Managers must also comply with the NHS Code of Conduct for Managers, based on the Nolan principles of public accountability. All staff employed in recognised professions are required to ensure they work to the professional standards and/or Codes of Practice set out for their professional group. In addition, staff are required to demonstrate the Customer Care Standards of the organisation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To prioritise and manage a highly complex mainly neurological caseload independently making differential diagnosis & clinical management decisions on the basis of evidence from assessment frequently weighing up complex clinical management decisions in the context of conflicting clinical indicators.
· To analyse auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of client’s communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness in the home, at work and other relevant settings
· To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by developing and implementing Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Treatment evidence based practice programmes providing thorough evaluation of clinical outcomes.
· To use clinical judgement and highly specialist skills to evaluate deterioration in client’s health status communicating effectively the appropriate professionals in a timely manner
· To demonstrate skills in motivating clients and /or carers to engage in the therapeutic process.
· To develop clear unidisciplinary / multidisciplinary clinical protocols based on best practice. To demonstrate high level of clinical effectiveness by use of evidence-based practice and outcome measures.
· To actively participate and take a lead on SLT Triage for new referrals as required.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent
- Registration with relevant professional body
- Registration with HCPC
- Dysphagia competent
Desirable criteria
- Registration with Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Evidence of further study e.g. postgraduate degree, short courses relating to community setting
Experience
Essential criteria
- Assessment & treatment of complex clients with speech, language, communication needs and dysphagia
- Writing reports and maintaining case notes
- Applying the principals of research methodology through clinical audit
- Experience of supervising junior members of staff
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in acute and community settings as well as in nursing homes.
- Member of a relevant CEN
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of assessment tools relating the neurological/community client group with speech, language, communication and dysphagia needs.
- Knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions relating to the neurological/community client group with speech, language, communication and dysphagia needs.
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy
- Able to work as part of a team and remain calm under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Car Driver
- Car owner
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Shanelle Green
- Job title
- Bank recruitment business partner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02039378322
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