Highly Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist
| Posting date: | 21 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £54,320 - £60,981 pa pro-rata incl HCAS (inner) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 June 2025 |
| Location: | London, SW15 6HL |
| Company: | st georges nhs trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7150494/200-NN-7150494-AHP-Y |
Summary
A Vacancy at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 SLT at Paddock Special School. This role is ideal for people who are interested in developing their clinical skills at Band 7 level and contributing to the development of the service.
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 and evidence informed and based service for all our families. You will have:
• Experience of, and specialist skills working with, a diverse paediatric caseload 4-18 years old
• Experience in developing and delivering universal and / or targeted level offers to special schools and/or resource bases
• 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
• To contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of service delivery within the Special Schools team.
• To demonstrate highly specialist clinical skills in an area relevant to the team you work in
• To lead/supervise others within the service and to act as a resource and support for other therapists working with children with speech, language, and social communication difficulties.
• To be responsible for the management of a caseload of children with learning difficulties social communication difficulties
• To provide line management to junior staff and SLTAs and participate in and provide clinical supervision and support as required.
• To work with parents, carers, school staff and other agencies involved in the children’s care as well as part of a multi-agency team.
The Children’s Therapy team consists of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists. Therapists work in multi-disciplinary/multi agency teams across the borough of Wandsworth.
We are very proud of our inclusive and proactive team of therapists and assistants providing evidence based and informed intervention to Wandsworth’s children.
**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Jun 2025
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 SLT at Paddock Special School. This role is ideal for people who are interested in developing their clinical skills at Band 7 level and contributing to the development of the service.
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 and evidence informed and based service for all our families. You will have:
• Experience of, and specialist skills working with, a diverse paediatric caseload 4-18 years old
• Experience in developing and delivering universal and / or targeted level offers to special schools and/or resource bases
• 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
• To contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of service delivery within the Special Schools team.
• To demonstrate highly specialist clinical skills in an area relevant to the team you work in
• To lead/supervise others within the service and to act as a resource and support for other therapists working with children with speech, language, and social communication difficulties.
• To be responsible for the management of a caseload of children with learning difficulties social communication difficulties
• To provide line management to junior staff and SLTAs and participate in and provide clinical supervision and support as required.
• To work with parents, carers, school staff and other agencies involved in the children’s care as well as part of a multi-agency team.
The Children’s Therapy team consists of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists. Therapists work in multi-disciplinary/multi agency teams across the borough of Wandsworth.
We are very proud of our inclusive and proactive team of therapists and assistants providing evidence based and informed intervention to Wandsworth’s children.
**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements. Please ensure your application refers to the job description and person specification**
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Jun 2025
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