Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

st georges nhs trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

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Job summary

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist across our Community Clinics and Mainstream Schools teams. The post sits within the Children’s Therapies group, a supportive team with ongoing professional development.

You will contribute to high-quality evidence-based services for children and families, supervise junior SLTs and assistants, and help develop and evaluate service delivery while collaborating within

Qualifications

• Knowledge and/or experience of working with a diverse paediatric caseload.
• Experience working with parents of young children.
• Experience of supporting the evaluation of service delivery.
• Experience in delivering universal and / or targeted level offers to mainstream schools.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• To undertake specialist paediatric assessment of children on own caseload, who may have complex presentations and from this assessment to formulate a treatment plan and carry out this treatment as an autonomous practitioner.
• To work closely with parents/carers and school staff to support the child.
• To work closely with children's mainstream school and local inclusion teams and other relevant members of the MDT.
• To supervise and support undergraduate students, and be involved in teaching staff as well as those from other agencies.
• To support the implementation of evidence-based projects, including making recommendations for change in practice and participating in departmental research and audit as appropriate.

Skills

Paediatric caseload experience

Parent engagement experience

Service evaluation experience

Universal/targeted school offers

Multi-agency collaboration

Flexibility and independence

Enthusiasm and initiative

Neurodiversity framework understanding

Job description

Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist

Company:

Salary: £47,951 - £56,863 Per annum pro rata inclusive of HCAS (inner London)

A Vacancy at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

A fantastic opportunity has arisen across our Community Clinics and Mainstream Schools Speech and Language Therapy Teams. The teams are part of the wider Children's Therapies team, a supportive and dynamic team with many professional development opportunities.

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 an evidence based service for all our children and their families. You will have:

• Knowledge and/or experience of working with, a diverse paediatric caseload


• Experience working with parents of young children


• Experience of supporting the evaluation of service delivery


• Experience in delivering universal and / or targeted level offers to mainstream schools


• 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

The role will encompass supervision and and support of junior speech and language therapists as well as speech and language therapy assistants. The post holder will also support the development and evaluation of service delivery.

• To undertake specialist paediatric assessment of children on own caseload, who may have complex presentations and from this assessment to formulate a treatment plan and carry out this treatment as an autonomous practitioner.


• To work closely with parents/carers and school staff to support the child.


• To work closely with children's mainstream school and local inclusion teams and other relevant members of the MDT.


• To supervise and support undergraduate students, and be involved in teaching staff as well as those from other agencies.


• To support the implementation of evidence-based projects, including making recommendations for change in practice and participating in departmental research and audit as appropriate.

The St George's Children's Therapies team provide services across acute, community and school sites.

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for details of main responsibilities

This advert closes on Thursday 8 Oct 2026

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