Speech and Language Therapist | Barts Health NHS Trust

Are you looking for a job in a friendly, supportive, and diverse team?

We’d love for you to join us! We have a band 5 part time post available in our mainstream primary schools’ team.

This 3-day post will have direct clinical time for 2 to 2 ½ days and your timetable will also have dedicated planning time and time for NQP competencies. You will be working in an allocated mainstream school, supporting children, families and school staff across specialist, targeted and universal services.

The bulk of your work will be with children aged 5-11, but you may be required to work with younger or older children if this is needed by the service.

What we can offer you

• Lots of support - group clinical supervision, 1:1 line management, ad hoc informal office support and clinical sharing sessions
• The benefits of a large team - we are well-resourced with assessments, intervention programmes and training packages that we share and adapt
• Rewarding clinical work in an interesting and busy borough in east London
• Easy travel to your allocated schools by public transport, cycling or walking
• Office base at Mile End Hospital with great transport links

As a speech and language therapist working in mainstream schools you will support children and young people with varied speech, language and communication needs to reach their potential. You will have a small allocation of schools that you will visit weekly. You will provide specialist assessments, a range of specialist and targeted interventions, and offer training, support and advice to school staff and parents. You will support children with developmental language disorder, autism, speech disorders, complex needs, and other communication difficulties. You will provide a service that considers the needs of children and families from a range of ethnic, linguistic, and neurodiverse backgrounds. You will have access to regular support, clinical supervision and learning opportunities.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

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.

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.

This advert closes on Tuesday 8 Sep 2026