Speech and Language Therapist | Barts Health NHS Trust

Are you looking for a Band 5 post in a friendly, supportive, and diverse team? We’d love for you to join us!

Mixed Post- Early Language Team and Primary Schools Service – Full time (37.5hrs) fixed term for 11 months initially

We have a full-time position available, working across our Under 5s Early Language Team (3 days) and Primary and Nursery Schools Team (2 days).

What we can offer you

· Lots of support - group clinical supervision, 1:1 line management, Band 6 buddy, ad hoc informal office support and monthly 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

· You will have a clear timetable for your days

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

· Easy travel to your allocated schools, clinics and Children and Family Centres by public transport,cycling or walking.

· You will be involved in universal, targeted, and specialist levels of support, and will have the opportunity to support ongoing development of the service

· Flexible working opportunities

The post holder is an autonomous practitioner, providing assessment, diagnosis, prognosis, and a variety of intervention programmes in the management of the children across two teams 1) under 5s caseload 2) School aged caseload.

S/he provides advice and training to others, including inter- and multi-agency staff and parents / carers, to enable them to support the development of children’s speech, language and communication skills.

The post holder provides day-to-day supervision of bilingual SLT co-workers involved in providing a service to children.

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.

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 Sunday 14 Jun 2026