Specialist Childrens Speech & Language Therapist - Band 6

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Dietitian to provide an evidence-based service for children with speech, language, and communication challenges. The role involves working collaboratively with families and multidisciplinary teams to enhance children's development and create supportive therapeutic pathways. Successful candidates will enjoy attractive benefits, professional development opportunities, and work within a respected organization in a vibrant community environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Dedicated training schemes

London high cost area supplement

Qualifications

• Evidence-based service to children with speech, language, communication, and swallowing difficulties.
• Ability to work in partnership with children and families and other professionals.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support children with speech, language, and communication needs.
• Assess, diagnose, and treat children with communication difficulties.

Skills

Paediatric therapy

Speech and language therapy

Communication skills

Education

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

NHS AfC: Band 6 Main area Dietitians Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract 0 days (Bank) Hours Part time - 22.5 hours per week (3 days a week) Job ref 343-7633195-AHP-DNM Site Community based, Green Wrythe Lane Town Carshalton Salary £24.61 - £39.38 Bank Rates depends on shift Salary period Hourly Closing 31/12/2025 23:59

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At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.

Job Overview

The post holder will provide an evidence-based service that anticipates and responds to the needs of children with speech, language, communication and swallowing difficulties. They will work in partnership with children and their families and with other professions and agencies to reduce the impact of these difficulties on childrens social and emotional development, their learning and their ability to participate in daily life.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for the management of a caseload of children a range of speech language and communication difficulties
• To provide support to children with a range of speech, language and communication needs under supervision from more specialist and senior team members.
• To assess, diagnose, treat and manage a caseload a caseload of children a range of speech language and communication difficulties
• To provide support and training to families and education / nursery staff as needed to enable SLT programmes to be implemented as part of childrens therapy package.
• To be involved in the development of the SLT service including a range of pathways to support therapy delivery from preschool into primary aged placements.
• To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate.
• To work across agreed clinical populations; to manage the implementation of a service that is targeted to need; to improve health and life chance outcomes for children, by giving every child the opportunity to develop their potential.

Working for our organisation

To demonstrate a well developed knowledge of paediatric therapy for both eating and drinking and communication skills, underpinned by current evidence based practice.

• To manage a specialist and highly complex clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner.
• To use and demonstrate highly specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements / decision making for complex case management and advise others on the same, often in the absence of robust evidence base.
• To make appropriate differential diagnoses and highly specialist clinical decisions based on assessment findings.
• To contribute to and when appropriate coordinate applications for AAC devices including funding requests.
• To work in partnership with the education SLTs to research and implement the use of AAC devices within school.
• To develop clear care plans and pathways based on best practice and to update these according to departmental standards.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To assess, develop and implement Specialist Speech and Language Therapy Treatment.
• To demonstrate a well developed knowledge of paediatric therapy, underpinned by current evidence based practice.
• To manage a caseload including more complex needs independently, prioritising own workload.
• To develop skills in motivating clients, carers, families and members of the multidisciplinary team / other professionals to engage with the therapeutic process.
• To develop the ability to reflect on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of a clients communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.
• To use specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements / decision making for case management.
• To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment, seeking advice as appropriate.
• To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multidisciplinary team / other professionals.
• To develop clear care plans based on best practice and to update these according to departmental standards.
• To write reports reflecting specialist knowledge according to departmental standards.

Our mission: to put the patient first by delivering great care to every patient, every day.

There’s never been a better time to join the Epsom and St Helier team. Our hospitals are facing a bright and busy future, and our staff have a proven track record in providing high quality, compassionate care for our patients.

Boasting incredible staff benefits and dedicated training schemes, working for us will not only take your career forward, but could help to transform the lives of our patients and visitors.

We offer all employees some fantastic staff benefits, and are the only hospitals in Surrey to offer staff the London high cost area supplement. Our hospitals also benefit from great locations, so whether you're attracted to the bright lights of the city or the countryside of Epsom Downs, both are within easy reach.