Senior Speech and Language Therapist | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 02 Ionawr 2026 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £56,276 - £63,176 per annum inc (pro rata) |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 01 Chwefror 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | London, E1 4DG |
| Cwmni: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7712137/259-7712137RLH |
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We are looking for an experienced speech and language therapist to join our schools’ team as an Autism Specialist. This post is 3 days a week and you would hold a small clinical caseload and provide a range of support for the school-based speech and language therapists in our team. This support would consist of activities like:
· Training SLTs or school staff on a range of topics linked to autism
· Supervision of junior SLTs in the team
· Joint sessions with school based SLTs to provide advice and support on complex cases
· Quality checking EHCP advice and supporting staff to write high quality reports
· Ensuring our service is offering up to date, evidence-based advice and support in the area of Autism and Social Communication Differences.
You will have a key role in our Autism pathway across mainstream schools (primary and secondary) and link up with colleagues in our Under 5s SCD team along with professionals in Educational Psychology and the Phoenix Outreach Team.
The Community Children’s Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Service sits in the Specialist Community Children’s Services within the Children and Young People’s Division of Barts Health NHS Trust. It offers a community-based service to the children of Tower Hamlets and is delivered predominantly in clinics, schools, pre-school settings and service users’ homes. It aims to address the communication and eating and drinking needs of the child population through the provision of universal, targeted and specialist level services. Services are commissioned by a range of commissioners including the Clinical Commissioning Group, Local Authority and Individual Schools.
The post holder is an autonomous and highly specialist practitioner who provides assessment, diagnosis, prognosis and intervention in the management of children and young people with social communication difficulties or a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). S/He will work flexibly within the team to meet the needs of children in mainstream schools and community settings.
The post holder provides clinical support in the specialist area of social communication disorders and ASD, and clinical supervision to junior speech and language therapists. This will include providing support for SLTs writing Education, Health and Care Needs Assessment advice. S/He will be required to line manage speech and language therapists.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
This advert closes on Sunday 25 Jan 2026