Highly Specialist Children's Speech and Language Therapist

Bromley Healthcare; Bromley; Hybrid; GBP 56,000 - 63,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension schemes

Cycle-to-work

Discounts at retailers

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Bromley Healthcare is advertising a Highly Specialist Children's Speech & Language Therapist role. This fixed-term maternity cover is 12 months at 30 hours per week, offering senior level responsibilities within the Children\'s SLT service.

The post holder will work with the Service Lead to coordinate care across the borough, provide specialist opinions, and develop service improvements while collaborating with health professionals and tertiary centres. NHS terms apply.

Qualifications

• Qualified Speech and Language Therapist with HCPC registration.
• Member of SIG.
• Experience and evidence of external/internal training up to master’s level in relevant field.

Responsibilities

• Lead on specialist SLT service development and program delivery.
• Provide assessment and intervention packages for children with communication and/or swallowing disorders.
• Collaborate with service lead and multidisciplinary teams to coordinate care across the borough.
• Communicate complex information to patients, carers and other professionals.
• Support service development and supervise junior staff as required.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation skills

Analytical skills

Organised

Driving license

Education

Speech and Language Therapy degree

Membership of SIG

Job description

Highly Specialist Children's Speech and Language Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area Highly Specialist Children's Speech & Language Therapist Grade NHS AfC: Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (30 hours per week for 12 months) Hours Part time - 30 hours per week Job ref 848-BHC-281-26

Site Phoenix Children's Resource Centre Town Bromley Salary £55,524 - £62,652 inc HCAS pa pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 14/10/2026 23:59

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.

Employees of Bromley Healthcare whose role maybe at risk will receive priority consideration.

Applicants for roles involving driving responsibilities will be required to provide proof of business insurance.

Bromley Healthcare recognises the use of AI but job applicants are advised to ensure their applications are reflective of their skills, knowledge and experience. Where AI has been used in the job application this will need to be declared by the applicant explaining the type of AI used and its purpose, please use the supporting statement section to specify your use of AI.

Job overview

Highly Specialist Children's Speech & Language Therapist

Fixed term Contract for 12 months - 30hrs a week

Due to an ever-increasing demand for our services, Bromley Healthcare's Children's SLT Service is continuing to expand our fantastic and supportive team. We are excited to be advertising this role to provide maternity cover for 12 months at a senior level in the service and look forward to hearing from SLTs with experience keen to take their next career move.

We can offer:

• 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

Proposed interview date 20th October 2026

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 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 / he will be able to lead on new service developments in their field. The post holder will carry out duties as required, as outlined in the Job Description.

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

1. To ensure the development of a competitive and highly skilled speech and language therapy team.
2. To work with the service lead to ensure that that tiered service provides a tiered model of service delivery offer universal, targeted and specialist services.
3. To develop the portfolio of assessment and intervention options.
4. To work with the service lead to develop a long term plan for service
development and expansion.
5. To deliver a range of specialist speech and language therapy assessment and intervention packages.
6. To develop and provide a specialised speech and language therapy service to patients referred with communication and/or swallowing disorders.
7. To make a differential diagnosis based on evidence from assessment, leading to decisions about intervention/treatment.
8. To communicate complex condition related information, from assessment to patients/clients, carers, families and members of the multi disciplinary team/other professions.
9. To maintain sensitivity at all times to the emotional needs of patients/clients and their carers, in particular when imparting potentially distressing information.
10. To negotiate and work closely with patients/clients, carers, families, and other professionals, agreeing decision- making and prioritisation relevant to the seeking advice from manager/supervisor for more complex cases.
11. To initiate and provide a variety of treatment options according to patients needs,
including the use of interpreters as appropriate.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Speech and Language Therapy degree
• Membership of SIG

Professional Registration

• HCPC Registered Speech and Language Therapist
• Registered member of RCSLT

Experience

• Evidence of appropriate external and internal training up to master's level as appropriate to specialism
• Membership of relevant CEN

Skills

• 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.
• UK Driving Lisc & access to a car for work

We are dedicated to caring for our service users and their loved ones, as well as ensuring the wellbeing of our colleagues. That's why we strongly encourage all colleagues to avail themselves of the Coronavirus vaccination.

To get a sense of what it's like to work with Bromley Healthcare, you can visit our YouTube channel at the following link: YouTube Channel .

Salary is determined by NHS experience and current banding/pay point. External applicants will begin at the entry point of the salary scale in line with NHS terms and conditions.

At Bromley Healthcare, we are fully committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where all colleagues feel supported, nurtured, and celebrated. Discrimination of any protected characteristic is not tolerated. Diversity and inclusion are key components of our People Strategy, as an equal opportunities employer, we are particularly eager to enhance Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) representation across Bromley Healthcare, especially at senior levels.

We welcome applicants with a disability. We are able to support reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process, please let us know if you require any.

We understand the importance of balancing work and life, so we offer our staff a variety of flexible working options from day one. These include:

• Compressed hours
• Part-time
• Job shares

We encourage you to discuss this with your hiring manager, who will take your individual circumstances into account alongside the service needs.

We eagerly anticipate welcoming you to a rewarding career with Bromley Healthcare. Please note that all offers of new employment with Bromley Healthcare are subject to a three-month probationary period.

Bromley Healthcare recognises the use of AI but job applicants are advised to ensure their applications are reflective of their skills, knowledge and experience. Where AI has been used in the job application this will need to be declared by the applicant explaining the type of AI used and its purpose, please use the supporting statement section to specify your use of AI.

Bromley Healthcare CIC is an NHS community provider and an integral part of the NHS family. However, we pride ourselves on being different; as a co-owned social enterprise, Bromley Healthcare CIC is owned by its employees. This ensures that our staff remain under NHS Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions and are members of the NHS pension scheme (provided they are eligible). If not, we offer the Nest or Scottish Widows pension schemes.

• Please ensure you check your emails regularly, as this is our primary mode of communication throughout the recruitment process. As a general guideline, interviews typically occur within 2 weeks of the closing date.
• When providing employment reference details, please ensure you provide accurate work-related email addresses so references can be promptly sought when progressing your application. Your referees must be individuals known to you in a line manager or professional lead capacity.
• All staff identified as AT-RISK who meet the requirements of the post will be prioritized accordingly.
• The Trust utilizes the TRAC systems recruitment platform to administer all stages of the recruitment process, meaning that shortlisting information will not be communicated via NHS Jobs.
• Bromley Healthcare reserve the right to close adverts earlier than first published.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.