Speech and Language Therapist - Dysphagia and Complex Communication | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	11 March 2026
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£38,682 - £46,580 per annum (plus HCAS)
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	10 April 2026
Location:	Walthamstow, E17 3LA
Company:	North East London NHS Foundation Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7863317/395-WF008-26-A

Summary

Are you a 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 an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our Dysphagia and Early Years Complex Communication Team.

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 Speech and Language Therapist in our service, you will deliver care to children, young people and their families in the community, schools and in the clinic setting.

You will be working within our well-established, supportive and dynamic Early Years Complex Communication and Dysphagia Team. You will provide assessments and interventions for children with complex communication needs, including implementing AAC. You will work in the dysphagia team working with children from the early years up to 19 years who are special schools.

You will also work in the joint assessment clinic with the multidisciplinary team, working with Paediatricians, Occupational Therapists and physiotherapists.

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.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by
the best people.

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 on
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.

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of
15%of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,714 and a
maximum payment of £5,941 - per annum, pro rata for part time

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.

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. When calculating the basic
salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not
included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI
Please see attached document regarding acceptable use of AI
during the recruitment process.


This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Mar 2026