Band 6 Speech and language therapist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust; Uxbridge (MA); On-site; USD 61,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust in Uxbridge is seeking a Band 6 speech and language therapist to join the Early Years team. The post involves assessing and treating pre-school children with speech, language and communication needs, delivering individual sessions and small group work.

You will provide guidance to parents and professionals, contribute to service development, and participate in regular supervision and reflective practice to ensure high quality care.

Qualifications

• Experience in paediatric speech and language therapy.
• Ability to assess and diagnose speech and language needs in young children.
• Experience delivering individual and group therapy for pre-schoolers.

Responsibilities

• To provide a specialist service to pre school children with speech language and communication needs.
• To be responsible for providing specialist assessment and diagnosis of children within Early Years settings
• To provide specialist ongoing therapy through individual therapy sessions and groups where appropriate
• To provide advice and training to parents and other professionals around early identification intervention and prevention.
• To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team

Skills

Paediatric SLT

Assessment & diagnosis

Group therapy

Job description

Band 6 Speech and language therapist | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

The Hillingdon Speech and Language Therapy department is a friendly, enthusiastic team where we strive to provide services of high quality for the diverse population of the London Borough of Hillingdon.

The service over the years has built up excellent relationships with parents, service users and the local authority. The Hillingdon paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Service is commended for continually developing their service based on evidence, feedback and innovations.

We have an opportunity for a Full Time band 6 speech and language therapist to work in our Early Years Team alongside our SLT Assistants

We are looking for enthusiastic, flexible and innovative therapists with a special interest and knowledge of working with children with a range of difficulties, to join the Early Years team. This post will require proficient skills in the assessment and management of pre school children, as well as working with other members of the team to support junior colleges and to continue to develop the service being offered. The appointed therapist will maintain up-to-date knowledge of national guidelines and policies related to service delivery.

• To provide a specialist service to pre school children with speech language and communication needs/ Speech disorders/Social communication differences
• To be responsible for providing specialist assessment and diagnosis of children within Early Years settings
• To provide specialist ongoing therapy through individual therapy sessions and groups where appropriate
• To provide advice and training to parents and other professionals around early identification intervention and prevention.
• To contribute to, and provide feedback about, possible developments in the team

We can offer you:

• A supportive, friendly team of speech and language therapy colleagues
• An identified buddy
• Regular supervision meetings with a senior therapist every 6 weeks, along with an annual appraisal
• Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, read articles together and share your experiences
• A busy but manageable caseload working with pre-school children
• Working with experienced assistants
• Opportunities to develop your clinical skills and knowledge through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists, membership of a SIG/CEN, opportunities to invite a senior therapist for a joint consultation

Come and join us and be one of the friendly and supportive 1500 Therapists / AHP’s in CNWL. We work in many different teams in both physical and mental health, as well as a number of specialist areas. You could have a career for life with us and maintain your dual skills.

CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes a Head of Therapies, an AHP associate director, Trust wide Professional Leads for all professional groups and borough and specialist professional leadership. This has the huge benefit of ensuring representation of our profession and therapies as a whole at all levels - both strategically and operationally.

Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession this enables us to invest in the development of our staff by providing excellent internal training as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. This ensures all our therapists reach their full potential at every stage of their career. Our commitment to research, audit and evidence-based practice is made possible by our strong links with local universities and our CNWL AHP Research Network.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are a priority for us in CNWL we expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective and open to culturally diverse CPD opportunities.

1.1To assess, develop and implementspecialistSpeech and Language Therapy treatment.

1.2To provide appropriatespecialistintervention and evaluate outcomes.

1.3 To demonstrate highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children.

1.4To facilitate relevant professionals/parents to carry out speech and language therapy programmes/strategies/advice

1.5To monitor the effectiveness of speech and language therapy programmes/strategies/advice being delivered by other relevant professionals/parents and adjust as necessary

1.6 To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment seeking advice as appropriate

1.7 To develop clear packages of care based on best practice and differential diagnosis and to usespecialistclinical knowledge to inform case management.

1.8 To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and outcome measures.

1.9 To keep up to date with new techniques and developments for the promotion and maintenance of good practice in own specialist clinical area.

1.10 To demonstrate the ability to reflect on practice with peers and supervisors and identify own strengths and development need

1.11To manage own complex caseload independently and to prioritise workload using specialist skills, accessing support as appropriate

1.12 To ensure that children, their families and schools are involved in the planning and implementationof their care

1.13To evaluate own delivery and to be accountable for own professional actions and decisions, and recognise own professional boundaries seeking advice as appropriate from supervisor/ team leader.

1.14 To report, in a timely manner, all concerns regarding Safeguarding issues to Team Leader or supervisor & to refer onto Social Services & Named Nurse for Safeguarding as appropriate, following the latest Safeguarding guidance/policy.

This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Oct 2026

Company: CNWL NHS Foundation Trust Salary: £45,953 - £54,254 Per annum incl. HCAS Hours: Full-time Location: Uxbridge, UB8 1UB Job type: Permanent Posting date: 14 Oct 2026 Closing date: 13 Nov 2026

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