Senior Specialist SLT - Early Years Lead (0-5)

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

1:1 monthly supervision

Appraisal and CPD

Team learning programme

Protected service development time

Regular team away days

Supervise junior staff

Monthly team meetings

MDT working

Audit and service quality improvement

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for the Early Years service, focusing on children aged 0–5 in Newham. You will lead the EYS team alongside the Clinical Lead and Band 7 leads, providing highly specialist SLT across clinics, Education settings and Community venues.

You will drive service improvement, supervise junior staff, and contribute to joint planning and multi-agency work to support families from diverse backgrounds.

Qualifications

• Specialist assessment and therapy for under-5s with speech, language and communication needs.
• Experience working with diverse cultural/linguistic backgrounds.
• Desirable experience in autism diagnostic work but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead and update care pathways and training for parents and partner agencies.
• Jointly manage shared team caseloads and allocate work fairly across the EYS team.
• Provide services for children 0–5 with speech, language and communication needs across settings.
• Deputise for EYS Clinical Lead and Band 7 EYS leads when appropriate.
• Train education staff and partner agencies within Newham.

Skills

Specialist SLT

Early Years

Multi-agency working

Autism knowledge

Job description

East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for the Early Years service, focusing on children aged 0–5 in Newham. You will lead the EYS team alongside the Clinical Lead and Band 7 leads, providing highly specialist SLT across clinics, Education settings and Community venues.

You will drive service improvement, supervise junior staff, and contribute to joint planning and multi-agency work to support families from diverse backgrounds.