Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 6,000; Full time

Job summary

A NHS healthcare provider is looking for a qualified Speech and Language Therapist to join their Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team in London. You'll provide comprehensive services to children with communication difficulties, working in schools and community settings. Ideal for established Band 5 or experienced Band 6 therapists seeking new challenges. Flexible working arrangements available.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

High Cost Area Supplement

Comprehensive induction program

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified speech and language therapist.
• Experience with children presenting with speech, language, communication, and feeding difficulties.
• Ability to work in diverse settings like schools and clinics.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive therapy service to clients with communication needs.
• Organize and prioritize own workload.
• Deputize and delegate in the absence of the team manager.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary support for clients.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Teamwork

Organizational skills

Experience with children

Education

Qualified Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

Are you a qualified speech and language therapist seeking a new role?

At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. We flex to suit you, let us know if we can accommodate a flexible working arrangement to suit your personal circumstances.

We are looking for a speech and language therapist to join our diverse Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team in the London borough of Redbridge. Redbridge is a great place to live and work – a thriving community with an abundance of amenities and good transport links. You can find out more about the area and the services that we provide to local residents on our careers website – www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk.

You will be working as part of a friendly, diverse and supportive team to provide a service for children presenting with a range of speech, language, communication and feeding difficulties within pre‑school settings, community clinics and schools. As part of your role, you will provide assessments and deliver intervention and training to upskill parents, carers and education staff. You will have lots of opportunities to develop and specialise in a number of areas relating to the caseload, including Autism and AAC.

This post will ideally suit an established Band 5 speech and language therapist looking for a new challenge or an experienced Band 6 speech and language therapist ready to diversify their career.

Speech and Language Therapists are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to our patients.

As a Speech and Language Therapist in our Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Team, you will deliver care to service users in the community, clinics and education settings.

Responsibilities

• To provide a comprehensive Speech and Language Therapy Service to clients referred with social communication needs and speech and language disorders in a range of settings such as schools, community clinics and the child development centre to include assessment, diagnoses and treatment.
• To be responsible for organising and prioritising own workload in the day‑to‑day allocation of work.
• To deputise when required in the team manager’s absence and delegate appropriately to junior colleagues.
• To contribute to multidisciplinary support for clients with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties.
• To provide feedback and advice to parents/carers, family members, and members of the multidisciplinary team regarding communication needs and strategies to facilitate development.
• To develop and deliver training and support packages.
• To regularly attend supervision and commit to the supervision process as a means for developing reflective and clinical decision‑making skills.

Our Values 2025 – 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co‑produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT places a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop‑in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a maximum payment of £5,941 – per annum, pro rata for part time).

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points‑based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High‑Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI during the recruitment process.

This advert closes on Sunday 7 Dec 2025.