# Paediatric Speech & Language Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-speech-and-language-therapist/ec03e630-f4c6-43a7-a93e-169163667523 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/paediatric-speech-and-language-therapist/ec03e630-f4c6-43a7-a93e-169163667523.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Adult Mental Health Services - Tower Hamlets Directorate - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Salary:** £36,943 - £44,900 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (mon- friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-01T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-13T17:01:10.408Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/London/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_services/Community_services-v8365160 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8365160?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity for a newly qualifying or an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our growing children's speech and language therapy team. ### Main duties of the job We have opportunities to work across the service including Early Years, mainstream schools and complex needs. Your role will involve working across no more than two parts of the service. Sessions will be allocated depending on experience and interest. Within the Schools Team, the caseload is varied, split between delivering a core service and a buy in service into the schools. There are opportunities within pre-school, primary and secondary settings where we work in close partnership with school staff to provide a 3 tier model of universal, targeted and specialist support for children, young people and their families. Training for school staff and families is a crucial part of the service we deliver. Within the Early Years service you will be seeing children within clinics and nurseries. We deliver 1-1 dynamic assessments/ intervention and provide parent workshops and groups in our Family hubs and Children’s centres. Within the complex needs service you will be working with children and families in a clinic setting and/or in a specialist resource or special school setting. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We are part of a multi-disciplinary therapies team who work to deliver a high quality service for the children of Newham and their families. Within the Child Development Service, the team work closely with multidisciplinary partners such as Dietitians, Paediatricians, Occupational therapists, Physiotherapist and Specialist nurses, For full details please refer to the attached job description and person specification ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Willing and able to work flexibly across sites ### Experience **Essential** - Relevant experience at undergraduate/post graduate level ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal skills – including observation, listening and empathy skills - Negotiation and Problem-solving Skills - Good presentation skills, both written and verbal including ability to write clear and concise reports - Working knowledge of relevant information technology - Good organisational skills - Demonstrates ability to be a good team member - Knowledge of relevant assessment tools - Skills in planning, assessing and implementing relevant intervention - Awareness and sensitivity to the needs of clients from a range of ethnic and linguistic backgrounds **Desirable** - Understanding of local issues relevant to delivery of a Speech & Language Therapy service ### Education/ Qualification **Essential** - Recognised Speech and Language Therapy Degree/Post graduate degree Qualification or equivalent - Health Professions Council – Licence to Practise **Desirable** - Registered Member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists ## Documents - [jd band 5 (pdf, 328.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10692251) - [elft strategy 2026 (pdf, 421.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3090) - [elft staff benefits (pdf, 653.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3107) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) - [staff nurses support programme (pdf, 131.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1108) - [elft staff benefits leaflet new (pdf, 465.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3106) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.