Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

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The closing date is 12 January 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated speech and language therapist to join our Community SLT (Speech and Language Therapy) service within the Ealing borough of London, as a Band 7.

We are looking for an enthusiastic SLT with proven experience of working with adults with neurological conditions and within the community. You will join our dynamic & friendly team working with a Band 8a SLT, other B7 SLT's, B6 & B5 SLT's and SLT Assistant's to assess, manage and treat patients in the borough of Ealing who have either swallowing or communication difficulties.

This post offers you the opportunity to develop your leadership and supervision skills. You must have experience in assessment and management of swallowing and communication disorders in adults with acquired neurological conditions including Stroke, Head Injury; progressive neurological conditions; frailty; dementia & general medical conditions. This must include highly specialist skills in dysphagia management with relevant post graduate qualifications. The Speech and Language Therapy team are part of a larger MDT (ENable Team) specialist neurological team including OT, PT, Rehab Assistants, Nursing and Specialist MS/PD Nurses.

There are great opportunities for joint working, joint goal setting and regular in-service training.

This post is within the Ealing Community Adult SLT Team, where the Community SLT team are based across two work bases including Ealing Day Treatment Centre (EDTC SLT clinic site) and Clayponds Hospital (O/P SLT clinic site).The Ealing Adult SLT offer a service encompassing Clayponds Rehabilitation Hospital, Enable Long Term Conditions Team, Community Stroke Team, Nursing Home Service and Outpatient SLT.

There is close working with SLT colleagues across all our teams and with members of the wider MDT (including a GP led Care home service MDT for EDwAR patient discussion) and partnership organisations, ensuring the seamless transfer of care for our patients and adherence to excellent care pathways. The post-holder will be well supported & clinically supervised and supported by the 8a Community Adult SLT Team Leader.

Peer supervision will take place with the other Community Band 7 SLT lead. Whether you are a B7 therapist wishing to consolidate or broaden your skills base or, a B6 therapist looking for their first B7 post you will be nurtured, facilitated and empowered to achieve your full potential in this role. The successful candidate will have knowledge, skills and experience working with both dysphagia and communication patients, in an outpatients/community clinical setting.

The Ealing Adult SLT Team form part of the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust portfolio of services and we work closely with our colleagues within West London NHS Trust.

We can offer you:

• An opportunity to contribute and participate in innovative new work models to improve staff working & patient care:
  Current projects include an EDI dysphagia project;
  Care Home SLT pathway and virtual apts projects.
• An excellent support and supervision structure, including a Trust, SLT Lead
• Excellent professional development and ongoing training opportunities both internal and external.
• An interesting, manageable, caseload and waiting list
• Access to Talking Mats training
• Access to a department budget for resources and equipment including a specific Communications Aids Budget
• Fast, effective, IT and technology
• Excellent MDT working opportunities
• Good links to the Acute environment and access to VF
• Work from a purpose built location with free staff parking
• The opportunity to negotiate your work hours including flexible working

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If you meet the person specification criteria and have the appropriate clinical skills, together with commitment, energy and experience, then we would welcome hearing from you.

• To demonstrate specialist knowledge within this clinical specialism, underpinned by current evidence based practice.
• To manage a complex and specialist caseload independently demonstrating evidence of sound clinical judgment and outcome measures.
• To reflect on practice with peers and identify strengths and needs.
• To provide specialist second opinions and advice to more junior colleagues and other professionals in the field.
• To write appropriate reports and case notes, reflecting specialist knowledge.
• To communicate verbally and in writing with client/carer, assessment findings, diagnosis and therapy intervention plan reflecting specialist knowledge. This will include breaking bad news in a sensitive manner e.g. explaining to a stroke patient why they may not ever be able to eat or drink again.
• To negotiate with clients/other professionals around case management and to recognise potential breakdown and conflict when it occurs and resolve.
• To employ negotiation skills in…