Children's Community Speech and Language Therapist
The closing date is 25 June 2025
Job summary
We are looking for a Band 5 therapist to join our small and friendly team in the London borough of Sutton. We are a community-based team providing clinic and domiciliary services under Sutton Health and Care (attached to Epsom and St Helier NHS trust).
The post would suit a newly qualified therapist looking to build on those skills learnt during training.
The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience working with children with speech, language and communication difficulties. Experience or an interest in supporting children and young people within a general clinic caseload would be desirable.
Main duties of the job
Children's Community Speech and Language Therapist Band 5
The role will give the opportunity to work with a varied paediatric caseload of children from preschool age to the end of Year 3 who present with a range of speech, language and communication difficulties. The post holders will have the opportunity to work independently and alongside colleagues. The post is ideal to support in building your skills and developing experience in more specialist areas including dysfluency, DLD, speech disorders and social communication difficulties.
Your duties will include carrying out assessments, individual and group therapy, writing reports and targets and training others. There will be opportunities for multidisciplinary work with other health colleagues.
About us
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust provides a range of medical services to approximately 490,000 people living across southwest London and northeast Surrey. In addition, we provide more specialist services, in particular renal and neonatal intensive care, to a wider area, covering parts of Sussex and Hampshire.
We serve an area that is rich in diversity, with a mix of urban and rural areas, and differing levels of quality of life. We cover some of the most prosperous postcodes in the country, as well as some poorer areas. Together with our colleagues at NHS Surreyand NHS Sutton and Merton, we work to make sure that we deliver the best possible care to the communities we serve.
The Trust employs approximately 5,000 staff across its hospitals and issupported by over 500 volunteers.
Details
Date posted
12 June 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£34,521 to £41,956 a year pa incl HCAS Outer pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
343-7231013- FM-AG
Job locations
Green Wrythe Lane Clinic
Green Wrythe Lane
Sutton
SM5 1JF
Employer details
Employer name
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address
Green Wrythe Lane Clinic
Green Wrythe Lane
Sutton
SM5 1JF
Employer's website
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