Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist


Company:	st georges nhs trust
Salary:	£58,133 - £65,261 Pro rata inclusive of HCAS (Inner)
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	London, SW11 1SW
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	25 Jun 2026
Closing date:	5 Aug 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 SLT to join our community SLT team, working in our Mainstream Schools and Secondary Stammering Service for 7 months as maternity cover. This role is ideal for people who are interested in developing their leadership skills at Band 7 level and contributing to the development of the service.

We are a friendly, supportive team who pride ourselves on our commitment to creating an equal and inclusive working environment for people of all backgrounds providing and evidence informed and based service for all our families. You will have:

• Experience of, and highly specialist skills working with, a diverse paediatric caseload 4-16 years old

• Experience of supporting the evaluation of service delivery in Mainstream Schools (MSS) and Stammering Service

• Experience of developing and delivering universal and / or targeted level provision in MSS

• Ability to work effectively as part of a multi-agency team

• Ability to work flexibly and independently where necessary

• Enthusiasm, imagination, and initiative

• Understanding of the neurodiversity framework

• To contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of service delivery within MSS and Secondary Stammering Service

• To demonstrate highly specialist clinical skills in an area relevant to the team you work in

• To lead/supervise others within the service and to act as a resource and support for other therapists working with children with speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) including dysfluency.

• To be responsible for the management of a caseload of children with SLCN and dysfluency.

• To provide line management to junior staff and SLTAs and participate in and provide clinical supervision and support as required.

• To work with parents, carers, school staff and other agencies involved in the children’s care as well as part of a multi-agency team.

• To work as a member of the community paediatric Speech and Language Therapy Team.

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:

• DLD

• Selective Mutism

• Autism/Neurodiversity

• Bilingualism

• Hearing Impairment/Deafness

• SEMH

• Speech

• Stammering

• AAC

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

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

This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Jul 2026

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