Speech and Language Therapist - Dysphagia and Complex Communication | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

Are you a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist seeking a new role? At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. We flex to suit you; let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances. We are looking for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our Dysphagia and Early Years Complex Communication Team.

Waltham Forest offers a thriving community with good transport links. Speech and Language Therapists are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to children, young people and their families.

You will deliver care to children, young people and their families in the community, schools and in the clinic setting. You will work within our well-established, supportive and dynamic Early Years Complex Communication and Dysphagia Team, providing assessments and interventions for children with complex communication needs, including implementing AAC. You will also work in the dysphagia team with children from the early years up to 19 years who attend special schools.

You will participate in the joint assessment clinic with the multidisciplinary team, working with Paediatricians, Occupational Therapists and physiotherapists.

• Deliver care to children, young people and their families in the community, schools and the clinic setting.
• Provide assessments and interventions for children with complex communication needs, including implementing AAC, within the Early Years Complex Communication and Dysphagia Team.
• Work in the dysphagia team with children from the early years up to 19 years who are in special schools.
• Participate in the joint assessment clinic with the multidisciplinary team (Paediatricians, Occupational Therapists and physiotherapists).

• Values:
  We are kind;
  We are respectful;
  We work together with our communities.
• Starting with NELFT: induction for new starters, mandatory training, and an induction in Rainham, Essex.
• Probationary period applies.
• High Cost Area Supplement (HCAS) of 15% of basic salary (minimum £4,714, maximum £5,941 per annum, pro rata for part-time).
• Certificates of Sponsorship:
  We are a registered sponsor; eligibility under UKVI points-based system applies.
• Use of AI:
  See attached document regarding acceptable use during recruitment.
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