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Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Sidcup, DA14 6LT

Salary

£45,953 to £54,254

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

15 September 2026

14 days left

Job description

An exciting opportunity as emerged to join the Oxleas Adult Autism Service as we seek to appoint a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join ou...

  • To manage own caseload of patients within CAS and AAST
  • To line manage/clinically supervise SaLT Co-workers, SaLT Assistant and SaLT Students as needed
  • To deliver high quality Speech and Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis and intervention to patients in partnership with their families/carers and the MDT
  • To act as part of the multi-disciplinary mental health team and represent the Speech and Language Therapy Service at Team/Directorate meetings/working parties.

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

  • We're Kind
  • We're Fair
  • We Listen
  • We Care

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional SaLT qualification
  • Member of RCSLT
  • HCPC Registration

Experience

Essential

  • Completed RCSLT NQP competencies
  • Previously working in a health MDT

Desirable

  • Previously worked as a SaLT within an Autism service
  • Previously worked as a SaLT in mental health

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Knowledge of the relationships/interactions between Autism - Speech, Language and Communication Needs - Mental Illness

Desirable

  • Awareness of a range of specialist assessment tools

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

1 September 2026

Last checked

1 September 2026

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About the employer

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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

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