Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist, Learning Disabilities
The closing date is 18 November 2026

Job summary
The post holder will be joining the award winning Camden Learning Disabilities Service as part of an integrated community team. This post is covering 8 months of maternity leave and would be supervised by a senior SLT.

The post holder will work autonomously holding a complex caseload of both Dysphagia and Communication. They will be carrying out assessment and intervention/management plans as well as contributing to risk assessments and clinical pathway meetings.

Main duties of the job

• Dysphagia caseload; assessment, diagnosis, management plan and reviews
• Communication caseload: assessment, diagnosis and intervention planning
• Training; dysphagia training, person focused training relating to dysphagia or communication
• Clinical Pathways - to represent SLT on delegated clinical pathways such as dementia or complex health and offer advice and support to MDT colleagues
• Supervision of Band 3 SLT assistant

About us
The Whittington Hospital has a reputation as one of the safest hospitals in England. As an integrated care organisation, providing both hospital and community services, we offer a range of development opportunities along with attractive benefits to staff at all levels of our organisation. Our aim is to provide outstanding care. Care that is better coordinated, in the right place and designed around individual patient's needs. This means we can bring high quality services closer to home and speed up communication between community and hospital services, improving our patients' experience. We also have a highly regarded educational role, teaching more than 600 undergraduate medical students, nurses and therapists each year and providing a range of educational packages for postgraduate doctors and other healthcare professionals.

Details

• Date posted: 06 November 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 6
• Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year pro rata per annum including HCAS
• Contract: Fixed term
• Duration: 8 months
• Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
• Reference number: 220-WHT-4100-C
• Job locations: 5 Pancras Square, Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG, United Kingdom

Person Specification

• Qualifications (Essential): Degree in Speech and Language Therapy; NQT competencies passed including dysphagia
• Experience (Essential): Evidence of working with people who have a learning disabilities; Working with people who have dysphagia and LD; evidence of assessment and intervention for both dysphagia and communication
• Knowledge (Essential): Understanding health inequalities of people with learning disabilities and SLT role within this; Clinical assessment tools and interventions; Clinical pathways - the value and MDT working within this

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

• Employer name: Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
• Address: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG, United Kingdom
• Employer's website: https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

• Clinical Manager: Rene Relph
• Email: renerelph@nhs.net
• Phone: 02079756236

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