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St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 11 August 2025

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 therapist, split across our Clinics and Community Paediatric Dysphagia teams. We have a large team with SLTs across all bandings, SLTAs as well as admin support. We are consistently growing with new investment to continue to meet the communication/feeding needs of children in Wandsworth.

Main duties of the job

You will need:

Experience and specialist skills working with children in their early years with a range of communication needs.

Experience and specialist skills assessing, diagnosing, treating and managing a caseload of children with dysphagia (with support).

Ability to work flexibly and independently where necessary.

Enthusiasm, imagination and initiative.

Main duties:

To assess, diagnose, treat and manage a caseload of children with complex developmental delays/disorders in relation to feeding and dysphagia in a community setting (with support and supervision).

To assess, treat and manage children with a range of communication needs, with and without an EHCP, in clinic.

Support and supervision of SLT students and junior staff.

Opportunities to join working parties to develop your skills in service development.

About us

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, St George's Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, and many health clinics across the Wandsworth borough.

The Children's Therapy team consists of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech and language therapists. Therapists work in multi-disciplinary/multi agency teams across the borough of Wandsworth.

We have a range of working parties to ensure we are utilising best practice including:

  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Developmental Language Disorder
  • Gestalt Language Processing
  • Neurodiversity
  • Bilingualism

We are very proud of our inclusive and proactive team of therapists and assistants providing evidence based and informed intervention to Wandsworth's children.

We will provide:

  • The opportunity to work within a highly skilled and experienced team of Speech & Language Therapists
  • Access to a structured and supportive professional development process
  • Access to regular line management and clinical supervision
  • Wellbeing initiatives including craft and book clubs, away days and a newly started running club
  • A fully inclusive therapy team with an award winning Diversity and Inclusion working party

Details

Date posted

28 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£46,419 to £55,046 a year p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Inner)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

200-NN-7283013-AHP-Z

Job locations

Eileen Lecky Clinic

2 Clarendon Drive

Putney

SW15 1AA


Job description

Job responsibilities

**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

**Please see the attached supporting job description and person specification document, which contains more information about the role and requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
  • HCPC registration and RCSLT registration
  • NQP competencies completed

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience post qualification working as a Speech and Language Therapist
  • Relevant post graduate experience in assessment and intervention of children aged 1-12 years with a variety of speech, language and communication difficulties in school settings
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision
  • Experience of delivering trainings/courses to education staff
  • Experience with dysphagia

Knowledge

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group
  • Demonstrated knowledge of principles of effective working with families and application to practice and demonstrated ability to engage with and work effectively with parents and carers
  • Knowledge of assessment and management of dysphagia
  • Knowledge and practise of ND affirming approaches

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to identify own learning needs utilising the appraisal process and in line with personal and service development needs
  • Excellent ability to evaluate and reflect on own practice and experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
  • HCPC registration and RCSLT registration
  • NQP competencies completed

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience post qualification working as a Speech and Language Therapist
  • Relevant post graduate experience in assessment and intervention of children aged 1-12 years with a variety of speech, language and communication difficulties in school settings
  • Experience of providing clinical supervision
  • Experience of delivering trainings/courses to education staff
  • Experience with dysphagia

Knowledge

Essential

  • Extensive knowledge of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group
  • Demonstrated knowledge of principles of effective working with families and application to practice and demonstrated ability to engage with and work effectively with parents and carers
  • Knowledge of assessment and management of dysphagia
  • Knowledge and practise of ND affirming approaches

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to identify own learning needs utilising the appraisal process and in line with personal and service development needs
  • Excellent ability to evaluate and reflect on own practice and experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Eileen Lecky Clinic

2 Clarendon Drive

Putney

SW15 1AA


Employer's website

https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Eileen Lecky Clinic

2 Clarendon Drive

Putney

SW15 1AA


Employer's website

https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Team Lead

Faye Coles

faye.coles@stgeorges.nhs.uk

02087258065

Details

Date posted

28 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£46,419 to £55,046 a year p.a. pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Inner)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

200-NN-7283013-AHP-Z

Job locations

Eileen Lecky Clinic

2 Clarendon Drive

Putney

SW15 1AA


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