Specialist Speech and Language Therapist – Deafness | Barts Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 27 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £46,419 - £55,046 per annum inc |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 March 2026 |
| Location: | London, E1 4DG |
| Company: | Barts Health NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7839083/259-7839083RLH |
Summary
Come and join our award winning innovative, creative, forward thinking and supportive childrens therapy team. If you are interested in deafness and have a child centred/ child led therapy approach this may be the role for you.
The post holder will work across a range of ages and settings with babies, children and young people with a range of types and degrees of deafness, age range 0-19 years. You will join a well-established community integrated therapy team, where you will be supported by a very experienced specialist in deafness alongside experienced speech and language therapists, Occupational therapists and physio therapists.
The integrated therapy team has a person centred, evidence based, and participation focused approach to support for children, young people and families. You will be joining a well-established multi-disciplinary team for deaf CYP in Tower Hamlets, working particularly closely with teachers of the deaf.
Experience of using sign in your work is particularly valuable. We also have close links with several cochlear implant centres. You will have opportunity to work with children with both hearing aids and cochlear implants in this role. You will also be providing support to children who will often have additional speech and language needs alongside deafness, so experience of a wide range of assessment and therapy approaches for all types of communication needs is particularly valuable to this role.
To be the Speech and Language Therapist responsible for managing different designated caseloads of children with communication delays / disorders within the Deafness Team (aged 0-19years). The children on the caseloads have communication difficulties arising from a hearing loss that may be with or without the presence of other difficulties, including learning, health and / or emotional and behavioural problems.
The post-holder is responsible for managing his/her own designated caseloads within both teams. The Post-holder is required to offer a number of specialist packages of care including direct 1:1 and group therapy, indirect therapy and written therapy programmes. The Post-holder must have an understanding of the Special Educational Needs Code of Practice and provide specialist reports, including advice for the Statutory Special Educational Needs procedure. S/he liaises with school staff, parents / carers and professionals in voluntary and other organisations as necessary. The Post-holder attends and / or provides reports and support for inter-agency case conferences about specific clients.
The post-holder provides both formal and informal training and support for parents / carers, school staff and other professionals from Health, Education, Social Services and voluntary agencies as appropriate.
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 15 Mar 2026