Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 8.30-4.30)
- Job ref
- 824-ONW-7303800
- Employer
- Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Willesden Centre for Health and Care
- Town
- Willesden
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Speech & Language Therapist Adult Community
Band 6
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 11 London Boroughs - Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Hounslow, Kensington and Chelsea, Merton, Richmond, Wandsworth, Westminster - 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.
Job overview
We’re looking for an enthusiastic, forward-thinking Speech and Language Therapist to join our Adult Community SLT service in Brent, a vibrant, multicultural borough in North West London.
Based at the Willesden Centre for Health & Care and Wembley Centre for Health & Care, you’ll work across outpatient and domiciliary settings, supporting adults with a wide range of complex communication and swallowing needs, including progressive neurological conditions.
You’ll benefit from:
- Strong links with local MDTs and acute SLT colleagues
- Opportunities to develop specialist skills (e.g. LSVT, stammering)
- Involvement in service development, QI, research and audit
- A highly supportive team culture, with regular supervision and CPD
- Leadership of junior staff, helping shape the next generation of SLTs
We also provide cover to our local rehab wards as needed and are committed to sustainable, patient-centred care.
For informal enquiries, contact Alexia Petrova, Clinical Lead SLT: [email protected]
Main duties of the job
This Band 6 role sits within the Adult Community SLT team in Brent.
You’ll manage your own caseload across domiciliary and outpatient settings, supporting adults with communication and swallowing needs, many of whom speak English as an additional language.
You’ll assess and treat clients in their homes, clinics, care homes, and community sites, with access to VFS/FEES as needed.
You’ll work closely with the local MDT, contribute to rehab ward input at Willesden Centre if required, and supervise junior staff. Regular supervision and professional development opportunities are embedded in the role.
Working for our organisation
Just as we care about our patients’ well-being, we care about yours!
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As an autonomous practitioner, you’ll provide person-centred care and lead on assessment, therapy, and specialist advice for adults with communication and swallowing difficulties.
You’ll collaborate with referrers, families, carers, and colleagues across health, social care, and voluntary sectors to deliver effective interventions and integrated care plans.
You’ll also contribute to clinical governance, audits, QI, and service development. Training others on SLT best practice is part of the role. You’ll receive regular supervision and CPD, and support the development of the Brent SLT team by supervising students and junior colleagues.
Please refer to Job description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree or equivalent
- Registration with HCPC
- Registration with relevant professional body
- 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
- Management of neurological and long term conditions
- Assessment & treatment of complex clients with speech, language, communication needs and dysphagia
- Working with carers & MDT
- Writing reports and maintaining case notes
- Delivering and evaluating training
- Management of own caseload
- Applying the principals of research methodology through clinical audit
- Developing reflective clinical practice in self
Desirable criteria
- Member of a relevant CEN
- Experience of working in acute and community settings as well as in nursing homes.
- Experience of supervising junior members of staff
- Stammering training
- LSVT training
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
- Demonstration of good analytical and reflection skills
Other
Desirable criteria
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Alexia Petrova
- Job title
- Clinical Lead - Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07884753760
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