Bank Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist | Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust

Central London Community Healthcare (CLCH) is seeking a Bank Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist to work 2 ½ days per week, with flexibility across weekdays.

This role will require a candidate with specialism in Paediatric Dysphagia. This is a band 7 bank role and would also be suitable for an experienced Band 6 Speech & Language Therapist with paediatric dysphagia experience who is looking to progress their specialist skills.

You will provide a highly specialist speech and language therapy service to children with complex needs, working collaboratively with:

• Speech and language therapy colleagues
• Parents and carers
• Education staff
• Multidisciplinary health professionals

The main clinical duties of this role will require Specialised knowledge of paediatric therapy and management of dysphagia, eating, drinking and complex communication needs difficulties.

This is a great opportunity to

• Work flexibly within a supportive specialist team
• Act as a dysphagia specialist, with dysphagia forming the primary clinical responsibility of the role.
• Develop or consolidate advanced clinical skills
• Provide training and professional support to colleagues
• Make a meaningful difference for children with complex needs and their families

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, we would love to hear from you.

You will deliver specialist assessment and management of paediatric dysphagia, eating and drinking difficulties, and complex communication needs. You will apply advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice within paediatrics.

This role requires someone with specialist-level experience in paediatric dysphagia aligned with the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists Interprofessional Dysphagia Framework.

You will follow highly specialist assessment to use advanced clinical reasoning, analysis, assessment and re assessment skills and using a client-centered goal setting approach, to develop and provide individual Speech & Language Therapy treatments and programmes for children.

As an active member of the clinical team, you will provide a comprehensive Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapy service. Working within professional standards and clinical guidelines, promote best practice and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner including assessing and treating own caseload of patients and maintaining professional documentation.

Build and maintain key relationships with referring services (MDTs, primary & secondary care services, voluntary and third sector organisations) to facilitate appropriate referrals and an understanding of the role of the Speech & Language Therapist and the Multi-professional team

You will contribute to training, supervision, and support for speech & language therapists and other professionals.

We are proud to be one of the largest community healthcare providers in the country, with more than 4,500 colleagues caring for over four million people across London and Hertfordshire. Every day, our teams bring their skill, compassion, and determination to the people who depend on us.

What inspires us is at the heart of who we are: when we work together, we can help people move forward in ways that truly matter. Our teams support children as they take their first steps in life, and they stand beside adults as they rebuild strength, confidence, and independence. From newborn health visiting to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation, and palliative care, we are there for people through some of life’s most important moments.

Joining Central London Community Healthcare means becoming part of a community that lifts each other up. It means working in an organisation that values compassion, welcomes new ideas, and believes in the potential of every colleague. Your development matters here. Your wellbeing matters. Your voice helps shape the future of the care we provide.

We offer a competitive employment package because the work you do matters. At Central London Community Healthcare, you will join an inclusive organisation that invests in its people, supports development, and helps you thrive while delivering high-quality care.

Successful applicants will be required to demonstrate alignment with the Trust’s values - Accountability, Inclusion, Compassion, and Empowerment, alongside fulfilling the duties detailed in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.'

This advert closes on Thursday 7 May 2026