Job overview

Are you looking for an opportunity to enter the field of dysphagia or further develop your skills in this area?  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) to join the Integrated Community Children’s Therapy team within Barts Health NHS Trust.  The successful applicant will have experience in working with children aged 2 – 11 years with complex needs and will be looking to further develop their knowledge and skills in dysphagia and AAC. The post holder will have the opportunity to be part of an a multi-disciplinary team in a local primary special school (Stephen Hawking School). There may also be the opportunity to spend some time within the community setting within complex needs.

The post holder will be joining a well-established, and highly supportive and innovative Complex Needs SLT Team, supported by the Lead Speech and Language Therapist for Complex Needs and Dysphagia and will receive regular supervision and access to professional development opportunities.  Flexible working will be considered. 

The main office base is located at Mile End Hospital, conveniently located between Mile End and Stepney Green tube stations and serviced by a number of local buses.

Main duties of the job

The Integrated Children’s Therapy Team consist of Community Children’s Speech and Language Therapy (SLT), Occupational and Physiotherapy teams and is divided into three sub-teams – under 5s, primary school and transition teams.  The Integrated Children’s Therapy Team sits in Specialist Community Children’s Services within the Children and Young People’s Division of Barts Health NHS Trust.  Community based service are offered to babies, children and young people in Tower Hamlets and is delivered in schools, pre-school settings, clinics and service users’ homes.  The Integrated team aims to work in partnership with children, families and other providers to help babies, children and young people participate in normal daily activities and the SLT team specifically addresses communication and eating and drinking needs through the provision of universal, targeted and specialist level services. 

The post holder is an autonomous practitioner who will have the opportunity to develop skills and expertise in working with children with communication and feeding difficulties within the context of complex health and development needs in a special school (children aged 2 – 11 years).

Working for our organisation

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.