Barts Health NHS Trust

Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 22 May 2025

Job summary

Are you looking for a part time post in a friendly, supportive, and diverse team? We'd love for you to join us! We have a 3 day a week band 6 post. This post is especially suited to a therapist with a developing interest in working with children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs.

What we can offer you:

Lots of support - group clinical supervision, 1:1 line management, ad hoc informal office support and monthly clinical sharing sessions

The benefits of a large team - we well-resourced with assessments, intervention programmes and training packages that we share and adapt

You will have a clear timetable for your days

Rewarding clinical work in an interesting and busy borough in east London

Easy travel to your allocated school by public transport, cycling or walking

Proximity to green spaces like Victoria Park, canals and riverside areas, and our area includes Canary Wharf, Bethnal Green and Shoreditch

Holidays anytime across the year (but we can also offer term time only contracts if this is what you'd like to do)

Office base at Mile End Hospital with great transport links (Central, District, and Elizabeth Lines, DLR, overground trains, lots of bus routes and easy access from train stations like Stratford and Liverpool Street)

Inner London weighting (enhanced pay rates)

Main duties of the job

The post holder works as a member of the Speech and Language Therapy Children's Service. He / she works as a member of the team that provides support to children, young people and young adults (to 19 years) in mainstream secondary schools and colleges, across language resource provisions and alternative provisions. The post holder participates in the assessment and advice service as well as supporting a designatedcaseload of children and schools in line with the service priorities.

About us

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.

Details

Date posted

07 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,806 to £53,134 a year per annum inc pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

11 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

259-7190027RLH

Job locations

Mile End Hospital

London

E1 4DG


Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised degree in Speech and Language Therapy
  • Registered member of HCPC
  • Member of RCSLT
  • Theories, assessment and therapy techniques / approaches for children with complex communication disorders
  • Implications for delays / disorders within an educational setting

Desirable

  • special educational issues for client groups

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with a range of communication disorders in children, in community clinics and /or educational establishments.
  • Experience of working to provide the Special Educational Needs service with statutory assessment information
  • Experience of ensuring health and safety standards are followed
  • Experience of working collaboratively with a range of professionals to provide direct and indirect intervention for the client group.

Desirable

  • Clinical experience of working with bilingual families in deprived socio-economic inner city areas
  • Experience of providing training to education and health staff and parents and carers
  • Experience of working with adolescents
  • Experience of working with children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Recognised degree in Speech and Language Therapy
  • Registered member of HCPC
  • Member of RCSLT
  • Theories, assessment and therapy techniques / approaches for children with complex communication disorders
  • Implications for delays / disorders within an educational setting

Desirable

  • special educational issues for client groups

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with a range of communication disorders in children, in community clinics and /or educational establishments.
  • Experience of working to provide the Special Educational Needs service with statutory assessment information
  • Experience of ensuring health and safety standards are followed
  • Experience of working collaboratively with a range of professionals to provide direct and indirect intervention for the client group.

Desirable

  • Clinical experience of working with bilingual families in deprived socio-economic inner city areas
  • Experience of providing training to education and health staff and parents and carers
  • Experience of working with adolescents
  • Experience of working with children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Mile End Hospital

London

E1 4DG


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Mile End Hospital

London

E1 4DG


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Speech and Language Therapist

Clare Barker

clare.barker1@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

07 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£44,806 to £53,134 a year per annum inc pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

11 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

259-7190027RLH

Job locations

Mile End Hospital

London

E1 4DG


Supporting documents

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