Job overview

We are recruiting a part-time Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist to join our well-established Children’s Therapy team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The role is ideal for an experienced therapist with advanced skills in assessing and supporting infants, children and young people with feeding, swallowing and communication disorders in acute or community settings.

This role offers the opportunity to further develop specialist skills across the general paediatric ward, PICU and specialist services. The post holder will also develop skills in delivering videofluoroscopy swallow studies within the West London Children’s Healthcare VFSS service for North West London.  

You will undertake advanced assessment and deliver tailored plans for children with diverse and complex needs, working closely with families, carers and the multidisciplinary team.
You will support the Clinical Lead, alongside other Band 7 therapists, in service development, coordination and evaluation. Multidisciplinary teaching for staff, parents and carers is an important part of the role. You will join a well led, supportive team with a strong focus on supervision, CPD and service improvement.

This is a 2-year fixed-term post funded by a research award, with potential for extension.

Main duties of the job

• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner.  
• To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques. 
• To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work. 
• To manage changes in service and staffing, both planned and unpredictable, and support and facilitate staff with caseload management. 
• To employ excellent presentation skills to promote multidisciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to a broad range of audiences, including other professionals and users. 
• Promote a culture of research awareness, research preparedness and activity in the team.
• To ensure own and direct reports’ Personal Development Plans (PDP) are in line with therapies and trust objectives. 
• To undertake other duties considered appropriate by Clinical Lead or therapy senior leadership team. 

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview. 

Environmental sustainability
Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.