Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist: Sponsorship Available

North London NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

At North London Foundation Trust, we are committed to improving the physical health of our service users and are passionate about addressing the health inequalities faced by those with mental health needs.

We are looking for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist with a special interest in working with service users whilst in acute mental health care. You will be equally passionate about addressing inequality and committed to working alongside other AHPs to improve the physical health therapy offer. The post holder will have an exciting opportunity to influence and shape future SLT provision across the care group.

We have four acute sites in the Trust across Highgate, Edgeware, Haringey and Enfield. Your flexibility to work across these sites and to respond to need is essential.

Development and quality improvement will be embedded as part of this role. We have close working relationships with our local physical health provision and will ensure these posts do not become isolated but are fully linked in with the North London wide offer. The post holder will be part of the SLT professional networks in NLFT, including the SLT leadership group and will have access to professional supervision from an SLT. Additionally the post holder will be encouraged to access the SLT Mental Health Network and other relevant CENs.

If this sounds exciting to you, like it does to us, please apply!

Main duties of the job

  • The Physical Health Therapies Team will provide Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Dietetics and Podiatry services. The team will work in collaboration with established AHP teams and other physical health colleagues within the care group to deliver physical health interventions for adult service users in acute mental health wards within the North London NHS Foundation Trust.
  • The postholder will provide clinical, operational, and professional leadership and management of speech and therapy within the Physical Health Therapies Team, and help lead on the design, delivery, and development of high-quality care within this new service in line with advances in evidence-informed practice, digital transformation, etc.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree-level professional qualification in Speech and Language Therapy
  • High level post-graduate courses in related area of expertise
  • Registered member of RCSLT and HCPC

Skills

Essential

  • Specialist level of clinical skills – able to conduct appropriate assessment, diagnosis and treatment for communication difficulties and dysphagia
  • Demonstrate an ability to manage and prioritise own workload across a designated area as required, responding to unpredictable changes to patients and staffing levels
  • Demonstrable clinical leadership skills, able to develop, lead, manage and support staff
  • Able to apply latest research evidence and evaluative thinking in practice

Experience

Essential

  • Extensive post-grad experience of managing complex caseloads in acute settings
  • Demonstrate a working knowledge and experience of clinical governance with examples of participation in projects for the improvement of patient care and service developments, including leading on projects as required.
  • Recognised post graduate qualification in dysphagia management e.g. RCSLT dysphagia competencies and/or post graduate dysphagia training

Desirable

  • Experience of working within mental health, CAMHS, secure care or learning disability environment

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 25 October 2026

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