Full job descriptionHighly Specialist Speech and Language TherapistBand 7Main area

Speech and Language Therapist
Grade

Band 7
Contract

9 months (Fixed Term Contract)
Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref

367-LD&F-101599
Site

Midshires
Town

Aylesbury
Salary

£49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata
Salary period

Yearly
Closing

13/09/2026 23:59
Values Based ScreenerAt Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a ’completion code’ by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.


Job overviewAn exciting development opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and innovative Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) to provide maternity cover in the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) in Buckinghamshire.
The successful candidate will work as an influential and integral member of a diverse multi-disciplinary specialist learning disability health team working to support adults with a learning disability with a health need.
You will be forward thinking and able to demonstrate sound clinical knowledge in the area of adult learning disabilities based on current evidence. You will autonomously undertake specialist assessments and interventions with individuals with both communication difficulties and dysphagia.
You receive regular clinical supervision and support from the Professional Lead Speech and Language Therapist, Community Team Manager and peers. You will be actively encouraged to participate in continuing professional development activities and service development.
Main duties of the jobRole summary:
To provide high quality, comprehensive Speech and Language Therapy assessment and intervention for specified service user group
To manage a caseload using evidence-based, person-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions in community settings
To provide this service to service users, who present with communication and/or dysphagia difficulties
To undertake supervision of junior staff and students as required
To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team
Working for our organisationHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ’Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesKey Relationships:
*To work with service users and carers
*To work with other members of Specialist Learning Disability Service
*To work with other stakeholders including Health Facilitation, Learning Disability in-patient services, Primary and Secondary Care Services, county council and any other relevant stakeholder group
*To link with other SLTs particular those in the Learning Disabilities and Forensic business stream
Duties and Responsibilities :
*To manage a mixed caseload, using evidence-based person centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions for the specified service user group
*To work as a member of the multidisciplinary team
*To maintain clinical records
*To develop skills and knowledge
Clinical Responsibility
*To assess, diagnose and develop treatment plans for service users, including those with - profound learning disabilities, additional sensory and/or physical disability, mental health diagnosis and/or challenging behaviour.
*To be responsible for managing a defined complex caseload with ongoing evaluation of clinical effectiveness
*To work with and be available to other SLTs and Assistant Therapy Practitioners (ATPs) for support and joint consultation regarding clinical practice as required
*To be an autonomous practitioner
*To work with service users and carers to identify SLT requirements as part of the overall care plan
*To plan and implement individual interventions, in collaboration with the service user and carer
*To monitor, evaluate and modify interventions with service users to ensure effectiveness of intervention and positive outcomes
*To have knowledge and understanding of the application of alternative and augmentative communication
*To have the skills needed to facilitate group work with service users
*To undertake complex risk assessment and risk management for individual clients
*To ensure that clients are consulted and involved in decision about their care
For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.
Person specificationPREVIOUS EXPERIENCEEssential criteria*Specialist knowledge and application of speech and language therapy assessments and interventions
*Detailed knowledge of evidence-based practice and its contribution to practice governance
*Extensive clinical experience and ability to demonstrate application of advanced clinical skills
*Ability to facilitate therapist, generic technician and student development through effective supervision
*Experience of working within a Learning Disability setting...