Speech and Language Therapist
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
London, E9 6SRView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£38,488 to £46,852
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
25 October 2026
6 days leftJob description
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Homerton Band 5 rotation. The role offers the post holder to develop experience within our Adult Commun...
- To work across stroke, community and inpatient acute as part of a rotationalprogramme.
- Be responsible for a designated caseload of clients with communication and / orswallowing difficulties.
- Participate in the delivery of a Saturday service when on hospital based rotations andhelp support patients' recreational programmes by occasionally working evenings.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both documents please view the attachment/s on this page
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing and flourishing organisation serving the population of Hackney, East London, The City and beyond.
We are extremely proud of the fact that Homerton Hospital has recently attained the highest possible rating of "Outstanding" from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Our integrated Trust provides comprehensive hospital and community health services for its local population and a range of specialist services for a wider group of patients. In addition, the Trust manages services out of St Leonard's Hospital and the Mary Seacole Nursing Home.
Homerton aims to ensure equality and value diversity, and we are committed to inclusion for all of our staff. This is reflected in our policies, procedures and People Plan. All of our staff are expected to embody our Trust values at all times.
We are also committed, through our Fair Recruitment Standards, to ensuring all applicants are treated fairly.
Homerton has a proud tradition of supporting and developing its staff, including its well-regarded and valued nursing community, and all staff are able to take advantage of a great range of benefits.
Homerton is proud to have been included on the HSJ & Nursing Times Best Places to Work list.
Education Qualifications
Essential: - Degree level or equivalent qualification in SLT recognised by the RCSLT.; - Current HCPC Registration
Desirable: - Membership of RCSLT; - Full UK Licence to Practise Postgraduate training in dysphagia
Skills/abilities
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with patients presenting with communication / swallowing problems of neurological origin
- Ability to form therapeutic relationships with others who may be under stress and have complex challenging communication difficulties including behavioural and cognitive difficulties.
- Demonstrate empathy with patients, relatives, carers and colleagues ensuring effective communication is achieved particularly where barriers to understanding exist
- Demonstrate highly developed auditory and perceptual skills e.g. phonetic transcription, linguistic and acoustic analysis and be able to use these in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients.
- Able to set patient centred and SMART goals.
- Able to reflect and adapt practice to suit needs of individual patients.
- Excellent oral and written communication and reporting skills.
- Analysis and clinical reasoning skills.
- Basic understanding of Microsoft Windows applications.
- Ability to manage caseload and prioritise under pressure.
Desirable: - Teaching and presentation skills Counselling skills
Experience
Essential
- Experience of caseload management of patients with acquired neurological disorders [this may include student placement experience]
- Experience working as an integral member of a structured team [this may include student placement experience]
Desirable
- Experience of working with patients with cognitive impairment
- Experience of dysphagia management / Videofluoroscopy.
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team using joint goal setting
Knowledge
Essential: - Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues; - Good understanding of rehabilitation with neurological patients.
Desirable
- Knowledge of alternative and augmentative communication systems
- Knowledge of the health needs of a culturally diverse community
- Research methodology
- Knowledge of Speech and Language Therapy computer packages
Other requirements
Essential
- Commitment and adherence to the Equality Act
- Understanding of the Trust values
- Able to work flexibly, including some evenings and weekends
- Ability to travel independently within the local community
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
13 October 2026
Last checked
15 October 2026
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