Specialist Speech & Language Therapist: Sponsorship Available

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

An exciting opportunity as emerged to join the Oxleas Adult Autism Service as we seek to appoint a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our service within the new Community Autism Service (CAS) and the Autism Acute Support Team (AAST) working with Autistic adults with complex mental health difficulties and without a learning disability.

CAS is a newly established service focused on delivering specialist community-based support to autistic adults without a learning disability and without a mental health condition that would make them eligible for other services. AAST is a long-established service supporting autistic adults without a learning disability who are admitted to acute care due to a mental health crisis.

The post will be split across both teams, with a strong emphasis on close collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and on delivering high-quality assessment and intervention for individuals with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN).

Main duties of the job

  • To manage own caseload of patients within CAS and AAST

  • To line manage/clinically supervise SaLT Co-workers, SaLT Assistant and SaLT Students as needed

  • To deliver high quality Speech and Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis and intervention to patients in partnership with their families/carers and the MDT;

  • To act as part of the multi-disciplinary mental health team and represent the Speech and Language Therapy Service at Team/Directorate meetings/working parties.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Professional SaLT qualification
  • Member of RCSLT
  • HCPC Registration

Experience

Essential

  • Completed RCSLT NQP competencies
  • Previously working in a health MDT

Desirable

  • Previously worked as a SaLT within an Autism service
  • Previously worked as a SaLT in mental health

Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Knowledge of the relationships/interactions between Autism – Speech, Language and Communication Needs – Mental Illness

Desirable

  • Awareness of a range of specialist assessment tools

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: 27 August 2026

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