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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