Job Title: Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Agency: East London NHS Foundation Trust
Location: United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 56,276 to 63,176 £ / Year

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Job summary

Are you an experienced SaLT who is looking to extend your clinical leadership skills? We are a dynamic mental health AHP service, looking for someone who can bring in highly specialist SaLT skills and knowledge and transfer this to a community and inpatient setting. This is a permanent post and the ideal post holder will be comfortable working in the community and in an inpatient ward.

East London Foundation Trust is looking for a HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist (SaLT), to join the City & Hackney mental health team for working age adults. Joining an MDT working with individuals with mental health issues, some of whom are Autistic. Experience working within Mental Health settings is essential for this role.

Dysphagia experience is highly desirable.

Main duties of the job

• To provide clinical leadership, supervision and professional development support for junior speech and language therapists and students based within C&H MH
• To provide expert advice and highly specialist speech and language therapy assessment and intervention for adults with mental Health and their carers/families.
• Highly specialist assessment and advice on feeding/dysphagia and management of complex cases.
• To ensure that speech and language therapy input within C&H reflects current best practice and is evidence-based.
• To collate both quantitative and qualitative information regarding speech and language therapy referrals, interventions and outcomes and use this information to inform service development.
• To be actively involved in service development initiatives both within forensics and in the wider context, providing an expert speech and language therapy perspective.
• To promote integrated and collaborative working both within and across forensics, ELFT and with external providers.
• To work closely with SaLT Manager, Lead Clinicians, Senior Practitioners and other disciplines within forensics; Primary and Secondary health services; social care teams, and other organisations that support people with mental health in C&H

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

Essential

• BSc in Speech and Language Therapy
• Masters in a relevant subject or evidence of significant postgraduate study
• Registration with HCPC
• Membership of RCSLT
• Recognised qualifications/training in specialist areas relevant to the role

Desirable

• Clinical Supervisory Skills training
• Quality improvement training

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-qualification experience as a SaLT
• Post-qualification experience working with mental health
• Participation in service/systems development
• Substantial supervision experience
• Experience in clinical governance activities
• Substantial experience in design and delivery of training
• Substantial experience working within MDT teams

Desirable

• Experience working in LD & Autism settings
• Experience participating in Quality Improvement projects
• Participation in research/development

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

• Good understanding of national strategy, guidance and key standards in own specialist area and their application in practice
• Specialist clinical knowledge in own area, particularly Communication management
• Clinical Governance and its application in practice.
• oSafeguarding and its application in practice

Desirable

• Care Programme Approach and its application in practice
• Research and Development Methodology
• Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and their application in practice.

Closing Date: 23 August 2026

How to Apply;

Interested and qualified candidates should:
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