Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Transformation Unit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 58,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in London is seeking a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Band 7) to join our Community and Clinics Team. This role offers leadership opportunities and a chance to develop service development skills.

You will work with a diverse paediatric caseload aged 4-11, contribute to evaluation of service delivery, supervise junior staff and SLTAs, and collaborate with parents, schools and other agencies in a multi-disciplinary setting.

Qualifications

• Experience with children with special needs in educational or multi-disciplinary settings.
• Experience supervising junior staff and therapy assistants.
• Knowledge of standardised assessment tools.
• Understanding of neurodiversity affirming framework.
• UK professional registration is required.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development, implementation, and evaluation of service delivery within the Community and Clinics Service.
• Demonstrate highly specialist clinical skills in an area relevant to the team.
• Lead or supervise others within the service and provide clinical supervision.
• Manage a caseload of children with developmental speech and language delays and social communication difficulties.
• Provide line management to junior staff and SLTAs and participate in supervision.
• Work with parents, carers, school staff and other agencies as part of a multi-agency team.
• Work as a member of the community paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Team.

Skills

Paediatric caseload 4-11 years

Leadership / supervision

Multi-agency teamwork

Neurodiversity framework

Independent working

Education

UK professional registration

Job description

Employer St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Queen Mary's Hospital Town London Salary £58,133 - £65,261 Per annum pro rata inclusive of HCAS (inner London) Salary period Yearly Closing 09/10/2026 23:59

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Band 7

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 SLT to join our community SLT team, working in Community and Clinics Team. This role is ideal for people who are interested in developing their leadership skills at Band 7 level and contributing to the development of the service.

We are a friendly, supportive team who pride ourselves on our commitment to creating an equal and inclusive working environment for people of all backgrounds providing and evidence informed and based service for all our families. You will have:

• Experience of, and highly specialist skills working with, a diverse paediatric caseload 4-11 years old
• Experience of supporting the evaluation of service delivery
• Experience of supporting newly qualified practitioners/SLTAs
• Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-agency team
• Ability to work flexibly and independently where necessary
• Enthusiasm, imagination, and initiative
• Understanding of the neurodiversity framework

Main duties of the job

• To contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of service delivery within the Community and Clinics Service
• To demonstrate highly specialist clinical skills in an area relevant to the team you work in
• To lead/supervise others within the service and to act as a resource and support for other therapists working with children with speech, language, and social communication difficulties.
• To be responsible for the management of a caseload of children with developmental speech and language delays/disorders and social communication difficulties
• To provide line management to junior staff and SLTAs and participate in and provide clinical supervision and support as required.
• To work with parents, carers, school staff and other agencies involved in the children’s care as well as part of a multi-agency team.
• To work as a member of the community paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Team.

Working for our organisation

The Children’s Therapy team consists of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists. Therapists work in multi-disciplinary/multi agency teams across the borough of Wandsworth.

We have a range of project based working parties to ensure we are utilising best practice including:

• Diversity and Inclusion
• Social emotional and mental health (SEMH)
• Supporting children who use echolalia to communicate

We are very proud of our inclusive and proactive team of therapists and assistants providing evidence based and informed intervention to Wandsworth’s children.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification

Person specification

Experience

• Experience of working with children with special needs in an educational or multi-disciplinary setting (e.g. clinic)
• Experience working with therapy assistants and delegating
• Experience supervising junior members of staff

Knowledge

• Knowledge of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group
• Well established knowledge of a range of standardised and functional assessment tools relevant to the client group
• Understanding of the neurodiversity affirming framework and how this applies to working with children with SLCN

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.