Job summary
- Main area
- .
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 848-BHC-090-26
- Employer
- Bromley Healthcare
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Phoenix Children's Resource Centre
- Town
- Bromley
- Salary
- £53,751 - £60,651 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 02/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 22/04/2026
Employer heading
Children's Speech and Language Therapy Dysphagia Lead
NHS AfC: Band 7
Bromley Healthcare, a community interest company, delivers a diverse range of services encompassing community nursing (e.g., district nursing, health visiting, specialist nursing) and therapy services catering to individuals across all age groups. Stemming from the community provider unit of NHS Bromley, we boast extensive experience in serving the Bromley populace over many years.
Working at Bromley Healthcare offers a fulfilling experience. Our distinctive service delivery approach and commitment to hearing every employee's voice ensure a gratifying career journey. As a Social Enterprise, we embrace an innovative approach to healthcare delivery, combining the traditional strengths of the NHS, such as robust training and development opportunities, with the flexibility to reinvest surpluses into community initiatives.
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Job overview
- In-service training and the opportunity to apply for external courses
- Regular whole-team CPD meetings and small clinical supervision groups
- Regular line management as well as ad-hoc support from colleagues
- Access to clinical specialists for specialist opinions and support
- Opportunities for career progression
- Admin support from our Care Co-ordination Centre
- Flexible working
- Opportunities for developing leadership skills
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with the Service Lead for Children's Speech and Language Therapy and they will join the other highly specialist speech and language therapists in coordinating care across the borough. They will be able to offer support and specialist opinion appointments for therapists in their specialism. The post holder should have excellent skills in working with babies and children with dysphagia and a range of communication difficulties.
The post holder will have excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively and creatively within the Children's SLT team, with other health professionals and Tertiary Centres. She / hewill be able to lead on new service developments in their field. The post holder will carry out duties as required, as outlined in the Royal College of Speech
and Language Therapists Inter-professional dysphagia framework-Specialist Dysphagia Practitioner level. External supervision from a consultant dysphagia practitioner will be arranged.
Working for our organisation
Bromley Healthcare, as a community interest company, offers an extensive array of services ranging from community nursing, including district nursing and health visiting, to specialised nursing care, along with therapy services catering to individuals across various age groups.
Compensation is contingent upon NHS experience and current banding/pay point.
We provide an outstanding benefits package, which includes pension schemes, discounted gym memberships, a cycle-to-work scheme, access to home furnishings and electronics, access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP), discounts at various high street retailers, eligibility for the Blue Light Card, the opportunity to apply for low-interest personal loans, and an excellent lease car scheme. Additionally, we are continuously striving to enhance our employee benefits offerings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To develop and provide a specialist speech and language therapy service to babies and young children referred with communication and/or swallowing disorders, within a narrow specialist field or across a broad complex generalist field.
To make a differential diagnosis including complex cases based on evidence from assessment, leading to decisions about intervention/treatment.
To make specialist clinical decisions following the assessment of complex cases.
To carry out specialist procedures and use of equipment as appropriate e.g tracheostomy management and speech synthesisers. Refer for videofluroscopy assessments.
To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to patients/clients, carers, families and members of the multi disciplinary team/other professionals.
To maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of patients/clients and their carers in particular when imparting potentially distressing information.
To initiate and provide a variety of treatment options according to patients needs, including the use of interpreters as appropriate.
To negotiate and work closely with clients, carers , other professionals and families agreeing decision-making and prioritisation relevant to the plans based on best practise, for more complex cases.
To use forms of alternative and augmentative communication e.g. signing,
symbols, speech synthesisers as indicated from assessment, to maximise the
To demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families and colleagues, aiming to achieve effective communication, particularly where barriers to understanding exist.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Speech and Language Therapy degree
- Courses and experience to a Specialist Dysphagia Practitioner level with babies and small children ( as described in the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Inter professional dysphagia framework
Professional Registration
Essential criteria
- HCPC Registered Speech and Language Therapist
- Registered member of RCSLT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of appropriate external and internal training up to master's level as appropriate to specialism
Desirable criteria
- Membership of relevant CEN
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including observation, listening and empathy.
- Highly developed negotiation and problem solving skills with clients, carers and other professionals.
- Excellent analytical skills with use of wide knowledge necessary for case load management, assessment and therapy relevant to client group e.g. prioritisation, ability to compare and contrast relative benefits of specialist therapeutic interventions.
- Well-organised, reflective practitioner.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Amber Copsey
- Job title
- Service Lead for Children's SLT
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07738 119 786
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