Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic SLT to join the Paediatric AVM Developmental Speech Disorders Team, based at the RNENTED Hospital in Huntley Street, for a fixed period of 12 months. The service has particular expertise in Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS).

The post holder will have responsibility to provide a tertiary level, highly specialist speech assessment, differential diagnosis, and therapy service. Assessment will involve multidisciplinary and /or individual clinics. Assessment and therapy will take place either face-to-face or via the remote video platform.

We require an HCPC registered therapist. The successful candidate will have robust specialist clinical experience in speech sound disorders (including CAS) and intervention tools (including the Nuffield Dyspraxia Programme) and will be able to work independently with patients with complex presentations. The post holder will demonstrate excellent communication skills and will liaise closely with the wider multidisciplinary paediatric AVM team, and with the referring SLTs. Professional support and regular supervision will be provided by the senior SLT.

As part of the interview process, the candidates will be asked to give a 10-minute presentation to the interview panel on a topic related to speech sound disorders. The title will be given upon invite to interview.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
• National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
• Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
• University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
• Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
• University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
• The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
• University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
  
  

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Shula Burrows Job title: SLT Clinical Lead Email address: [email protected]

If you would like to discuss this post further, please contact Shula Burrows (SLT Clinical Lead for the Developmental Speech Disorders Team) via [email protected] or Liz Stott (Head of SLT Audiovestibular Medicine) via [email protected]