Children's SLT Clinical Service Lead | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	20 January 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£61,631 - £68,623 per annum incl. HCAS (pro rata if P/T)
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	19 February 2026
Location:	Southall, UB1 2TJ
Company:	CNWL NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7733425/333-G-ECP-0664

Summary

Ealing Community Partners has an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated SLT to join a team of Paediatric SLT Clinical Leads, working with the Children’s Services Manager to manage a large, diverse and dynamic Paediatric SLT service. This team is part of Ealing Children's Services which hosts most of the community health services for the borough. The post holder will join the leadership team and also work closely with our partners in the voluntary, education and social care sectors.

This post is a fixed term maternity leave cover and would suit a progressive clinician who would like to further develop their leadership and management experience within a supportive team.

The post will focus predominately on the service development and delivery of SLT provision to school aged children with EHCPs in Mainstream schools, Additional Resource Provisions (ARPs) and Special Schools. It will involve joint service planning for children and young people with SEND with the local authority and designated clinical officer for health. The post will also oversee the tribunal service the LA commissions the service to provide.

Ealing Paediatric SLT Service sits within Ealing Community Partners which was created in 2019 and hosted by West London NHS Trust in partnership with CNWL NHS Foundation Trust.











You will be joining a dynamic team of SLT Clinical Service Leads who manage the provision of a full range of high quality, Universal, Targeted and Specialist Paediatric SLT services.

This post will focus on the operational management, clinical delivery and development of SLT provision to children and young people accessing the SLT Service across a range of community sites and educational settings. It will involve joint service planning with other key stakeholders working with these populations. The post holder will also be involved in the implementation of a revised service offer to children accessing SLT services in Ealing.

You will be part of an innovative and forward-thinking department who are committed to putting research into practice to improve patient outcomes. This post will be an ideal opportunity for a speech and language therapist looking to develop their leadership skills in paediatric speech and language therapy who also has values that align with those of our organisation and is passionate about making a difference to children and young people.

Ealing is home to one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse communities in London and we are committed to excellence in child and family centred care. We work closely with various disciplines and agencies in providing clinical care, quality improvement, teaching and training.

Our mission: Keeping children and young people's education, health and well-being at the centre of decision making to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Ealing SLT Department feel strongly that Continual Professional Development is central to the delivery of the service and the development of the staff who work within it. The department offers a wide range of opportunities for CPD and is committed to providing excellent levels of support and supervision such as: - weekly clinical service lead meetings, supervision sessions, journal clubs, specialism groups and whole department training days. We maintain strong links with Victoria Kilsby, Trust Head of Profession and ensure our staff are kept abreast of the opportunities available as part of the wider organisation of CNWL e.g. 21CLP Leadership Training.

We are a friendly team who are committed to providing care and services which are inclusive and treat everyone with respect. We work with CNWL's equality, diversity and inclusion network who work to ensure we are an actively anti-racist trust, children's service and SLT team. We are fortunate to work in Ealing, one of the most ethnically diverse boroughs in the UK, and are striving to ensure our team reflects the communities we serve. We seek to ensure we are allies with our LGBTQ+ colleagues and families as well as our neurodivergent colleagues and families. We have a dedicated focus on staff wellbeing as this is a priority.

JOB SUMMARY

To work jointly and collaboratively with the current SLT Clinical Service leads to: -


Provide clinical leadership and operational management, delivery and development of the Children’s Speech and Language Therapy Service (SLT) in Ealing.

Focus predominately on the service development and delivery of SLT provision to school aged children with EHCPs in Mainstream schools, Additional Resource Provisions (ARPs) and Special Schools.

Oversee the tribunal service the LA commissions the service to provide.

Directly support theClinical Services Manager and Professional Paediatric Therapy Lead in the operational and strategic management of Children’s SLT Services in Ealing.

Act as role model in specialist practice facilitating and supporting the delivery ofeffectivepatientcareand service development.



Develop partnership opportunities and joint workings with other clinical and non-clinicalprofessionals and liaise with other agencies as appropriate, particularly MDT colleagues,Children’sCentres,schools,socialservicesandSENeducationcolleagueswithintheLondonBoroughofEaling (LBE),and in adjacentboroughs.

Deliveroperational,clinicalandmanagerialoversightfortheChildren’s SLT Service. Duties include line management, recruitment, service development and redesign todeliver on newbusinessand integratedcareopportunities,asthese arise. This will involve joint service planning with the local authority and Designated Clinical Officer for health. As needed the post will also work in the CORE Health parts of the service.

Jointly be the CQC lead for the service, ensuring services are safe,caring, compassionate, effective and well led and that timely action plans are developedrelatingtoanyquality&safetyrisks/gapsidentified.

To work closely with the wider Ealing Children’s therapy service leads to ensure coordinated andeffective clinicaland managerialleadership.




This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Feb 2026

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