# Specialist Speech and Language Therapist: Paediatrics > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-speech-and-language-therapist-paediatrics/8572de05-681f-48cb-801c-ffa432109743 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-speech-and-language-therapist-paediatrics/8572de05-681f-48cb-801c-ffa432109743.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - **Town:** London - **Region:** London - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £58,133 - £65,261 pa inclusive - **Contract type:** Fixed term: 24 months (End date TBC) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-10T09:42:54.469Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8071029 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8071029?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.imperial.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are recruiting a part-time Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist to join our well-established Children’s Therapy team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The role is ideal for an experienced therapist with advanced skills in assessing and supporting infants, children and young people with feeding, swallowing and communication disorders in acute or community settings. This role offers the opportunity to further develop specialist skills across the general paediatric ward, PICU and specialist services. The post holder will also develop skills in delivering videofluoroscopy swallow studies within the West London Children’s Healthcare VFSS service for North West London. You will undertake advanced assessment and deliver tailored plans for children with diverse and complex needs, working closely with families, carers and the multidisciplinary team. You will support the Clinical Lead, alongside other Band 7 therapists, in service development, coordination and evaluation. Multidisciplinary teaching for staff, parents and carers is an important part of the role. You will join a well led, supportive team with a strong focus on supervision, CPD and service improvement. This is a 2-year fixed-term post funded by a research award, with potential for extension. ### Main duties of the job - To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. - To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques. - To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work. - To manage changes in service and staffing, both planned and unpredictable, and support and facilitate staff with caseload management. - To employ excellent presentation skills to promote multidisciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to a broad range of audiences, including other professionals and users. - Promote a culture of research awareness, research preparedness and activity in the team. - To ensure own and direct reports’ Personal Development Plans (PDP) are in line with therapies and trust objectives. - To undertake other duties considered appropriate by Clinical Lead or therapy senior leadership team. ### Detailed job description and main 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 overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. ## Job Details We are recruiting a part-time Specialist Paediatric Speech and Language Therapist to join our well-established Children’s Therapy team at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The role is ideal for an experienced therapist with advanced skills in assessing and supporting infants, children and young people with feeding, swallowing and communication disorders in acute or community settings. This role offers the opportunity to further develop specialist skills across the general paediatric ward, PICU and specialist services. The post holder will also develop skills in delivering videofluoroscopy swallow studies within the West London Children’s Healthcare VFSS service for North West London. You will undertake advanced assessment and deliver tailored plans for children with diverse and complex needs, working closely with families, carers and the multidisciplinary team. You will support the Clinical Lead, alongside other Band 7 therapists, in service development, coordination and evaluation. Multidisciplinary teaching for staff, parents and carers is an important part of the role. You will join a well led, supportive team with a strong focus on supervision, CPD and service improvement. This is a 2-year fixed-term post funded by a research award, with potential for extension. ## Job Description To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work, including management of patients in your care and undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigative and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques. To plan and organise time efficiently and effectively with regard to patient management and use of time. To be accountable for the designated area of work. To manage changes in service and staffing, both planned and unpredictable, and support and facilitate staff with caseload management. To employ excellent presentation skills to promote multidisciplinary and interagency liaison and collaborative practice to a broad range of audiences, including other professionals and users. Promote a culture of research awareness, research preparedness and activity in the team. To ensure own and direct reports’ Personal Development Plans (PDP) are in line with therapies and trust objectives. To undertake other duties considered appropriate by Clinical Lead or therapy senior leadership team. ## 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 overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant recent clinical experience in relevant clinical area - Evidence of a broad base of clinical experience at Band 6 level or equivalent - Significant experience of working as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team and inter agency working - Experience of multidisciplinary goal planning, development of care pathways and using outcome measures - Experience of organising and implementing training programmes for therapists, MDT members, support workers, students and apprentices - Experience of service development/change management - Experience in implementing evidence based practice in speciality - Experience of on-call and weekend working in an acute hospital (if required for job role) **Desirable** - Previous Band 7 or equivalent experience in relevant post - Leadership of a therapy team - Recent, relevant work in an NHS environment - Experience of using clinical governance framework to monitor and improve quality of patient care - Clinical research experience - Experience of planning and managing service improvement activities ### Education/ Qualifications **Essential** - Degree (or equivalent) in Speech and Language Therapy - State registration with the Health Professions Council - Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area - Clinical Educators course or equivalent **Desirable** - Membership of the Professional Organisation - Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality - Relevant Postgraduate clinical qualification - Management skills or leadership training ### Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities **Essential** - Advanced knowledge of assessment and treatment approaches for the effective management of relevant conditions - Advanced skills in the appropriate application of a range of techniques and approaches to the management of relevant conditions - Advanced clinical reasoning and problem solving skills - Advanced knowledge of relevant conditions - Advanced knowledge of the evidence base of the relevant therapy area - Knowledge of the influence of psychosocial and cultural factors health/illness behaviours - Ability to remain updated with professional practice and research and integrate this into daily patient management - Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate as appropriate and manage time effectively - Able to make sound judgments and reliable decisions in a variety of demanding situations - Ability to keep accurate and legible patient notes - Understanding of clinical governance and the implications for therapy services including experience of quality issues and audit - Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust’s policies of data protection, equal opportunities and health and safety and meet differing patient needs - Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships - Ability to pass on knowledge and skills to others in both formal and informal environments - Ability to lead, motivate and inspire others - Skills in supervision, mentoring and coaching - Ability to analyse activity and outcome data accurately and objectively - Ability to cope with working in a stressful environment and with emotional or aggressive patients or carers - Competent IT skills - Ability to cope with work pressures and manage time effectively **Desirable** - Knowledge of recent NHS developments and their impact on service provision - Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis - Negotiation and conflict resolution skills ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 506.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10362371) - [our strategy 2023-25 (pdf, 230.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=427) - [functional requirement form (doc, 900.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10362372) ## 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.