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Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

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Portsmouth City Council

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United Kingdom , Portsmouth

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Salary:

38682.00 - 46580.00 GBP / Year

Job Description:

The Portsmouth Integrated Learning Disability Service (PILDS) is recruiting a dynamic, enthusiastic and skilled full-time Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to join their innovative multi-disciplinary team (MDT). The service is nationally recognised for its fully integrated approach to health and social care support for adults with a learning disability, rated outstanding in its last two CQC inspections. The successful candidate will work as an autonomous practitioner, managing a varied caseload, assessing, diagnosing, and providing timely management of communication and dysphagia. As a core member of the ILDS, they will work on an array of exciting projects, making a real difference to the local community.

Job Responsibility:

  • Manage a caseload of adults with learning disabilities with complex communication difficulties and/or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (dysphagia)
  • Develop care plans and provide appropriate intervention using specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements and decision-making
  • Provide advice to others regarding the management and care of clients with communication and / or eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties (dysphagia)
  • Play a central advisory role within the multidisciplinary team regarding creative ways to involve service users and other parties in assessment and support
  • Work on an array of exciting projects, making a real difference to the local community
  • Co-develop creative initiatives to maximise positive outcomes and clinical excellence
  • Provide clinical support, as appropriate, and deliver diverse training, guidance and effective SLT solutions

Requirements:

  • Minimum of 2 years postgraduate SLT experience
  • Postgraduate qualification in dysphagia
  • Skills and competence to provide a specialist communication and dysphagia service
  • Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner
  • Ability to manage a varied caseload, assessing, diagnosing, and providing timely management of communication and dysphagia
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills
  • Ability to develop effective working relationships with clients, carers and their families
  • Ability to contribute to interagency / multi-disciplinary team working
  • Ability to evaluate outcomes of intervention and demonstrate clinical effectiveness
  • Ability to manage and prioritise own workload
  • Ability to be flexible
  • Ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team and other agencies
  • Ability to contribute to formal and informal training

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 15, 2026

Expiration:
January 25, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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