Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist - Autism diagnostic | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 24 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,148 - £52,809 plus HCAS per annum (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, E17 3LA |
| Company: | North East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7268753/395-WF043-25 |
Summary
Are you a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist seeking a new role?
At NELFT, we have the perfect opportunity for you. And 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 Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our Social Communication Clinic team, this is our diagnostic pathway for social communication differences for children under five.
Waltham Forest 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.
Speech and Language Therapists are core to the efficient service delivery that we provide to children, young people and their families.
As a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in our service, you will deliver care to children and their families in our clinic setting.
You will be a part of the autism diagnostic team in our Social and Communication Clinic, here you will work alongside the MDT team including paediatricians and educational psychology in clinic assessing children under five with social communication differences.
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place 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 in 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. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735 per annum pro rata).
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.
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 closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
This advert closes on Tuesday 8 Jul 2025