Specialist Speech & Language Therapist | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	27 January 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£38,682 - £46,580 per annum (plus HCAS)
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	26 February 2026
Location:	Hainault, IG7 4DF
Company:	North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7763798/395-HV179-25-A

Summary

We are pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join our team within NELFT. We are looking for an enthusiastic, innovative and motivated individual to join our friendly department as part of our band 6 rotation scheme on a permanent basis.

The post holder will work within the Adult Speech and Language Therapy team and have the opportunity to provide an effective service to patients across NELFT community sites, including the diverse London boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge.

The rotations include a range of community and inpatient rehab settings including, Community Neurology, Stroke Rehab inpatients, Community Head and Neck Cancer, and Community Voice/Dysphagia. Each rotation is 9 months long.

While experience of previous work with all of these client groups would be advantageous, we encourage applications from those who have worked with a sub-section of them. Support will be given by our senior specialist therapists to effectively support and develop further competency in managing client groups where you have less experience.

The successful candidate will have a great opportunity to gain new skills and experience, and work in an exciting and dynamic team. They will be working with adults experiencing a range of acquired disorders of communication and/or swallowing. They will work closely with other MDT staff to ensure holistic patient care. The ideal candidate must be able to work independently as well as part of a team and have good time management and prioritisation skills.

Adult Speech and Language Therapy are a respected and integrated part of the multidisciplinary team, with a positive record of developing innovative and patient centred services. The service runs weekly community videofluoroscopy and FEES clinics, and a monthly joint voice/swallowing clinic with ENT. The team pioneered a student supported Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programme and were highly commended in the HSJ awards for their development of community laryngectomy care. The team is supporting clinical research projects and collaborating with local system partners to improve communication accessibility of services. CPD is actively supported through regular clinical supervision with senior speech and language therapists, appraisals and excellent training opportunities. The post holder will be encouraged to participate in service development initiatives.

To find out more about what we have been doing, why not follow us @NELFTAdultSLT ?



Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers, we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They are:
• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.





Probationary Period



This post will be subject to a probationary period.



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 meet the executive team and senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing, and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex





Detailed Job Description and Main responsibilities

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.

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Use of AI

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This advert closes on Tuesday 10 Feb 2026