Highly specialist speech & language therapist - Early Years Team

Job Advert Skip to main content Cookies on NHS Jobs We've put some small files called cookies on your device to help us make improvements to our site. To improve our site we'd also like to use cookies which will send information to Google Analytics. You can read more about our cookies before you choose. Accept analytics cookies Do not accept analytics cookies Jobs Menu Sign in Create an account English Cymraeg Menu Close menu Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) Search Sign in Create an account Display in Welsh (Cymraeg) BETA Your feedback will help us to improve this service. Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Highly specialist speech & language therapist - Early Years Team The closing date is 11 November 2026 Apply for this job Job summary Would you like to be part of a friendly and supportive SLT team? Do you want to develop your leadership skills? 0.6 WTE Band 7 role: We are looking for a passionate speech and language therapist to work in the Hillingdon Early Years team supporting children and young people who have a speech, language or communication need. You will be part of a supportive band 7 team - and take a lead in developing projects and supervising more junior staff. Have a look on our Hillingdon Talks, Moves and Plays website to find out about our wider service. Main duties of the job To provide a highly specialist assessment and intervention service for children 0-19 with Speech Language and or communication needs. To be part of the ADOS assessment process To provide a highly specialist assessment and intervention service to children 0-19 who have swallowing, eating and drinking difficulties. To support in the development of training packages to early years settings, staff / parents / other professionals, in order for them to identify concerns regarding the child /young persons needs and implement therapy advice effectively. To support the service to achieve Key Performance Indicators, maintaining Target Activity Levels and demonstrating impact re quality and outcomes. To lead on quality governance, audits and projects for the team/service To be responsible for the performance management of identified team members To support the team leader in the leading and development of the team To be responsible with team leader support for service improvement initiatives. About us We can offer you: A buddy who will meet with you every week at first to help you settle in and who you can ask lots of questions Regular supervision meetings with the team leader every 6 weeks, alongside annual appraisal and informal support Termly peer supervision meetings where you can discuss difficult cases, read articles together and share your experiences Regular meetings with the other band 7 SLTs to ensure that the workload is being shared and support given A busy but manageable caseload Opportunities to develop your clinical and leadership skills and knowledge through termly study afternoons, shadowing more experienced therapists/ leaders, membership of a CEN, training courses - clinical and leadership Details Date posted 28 October 2026 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £55,524 to £62,652 a year per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T) Contract Permanent Working pattern Part-time Reference number 333-G-HC-1646-A Job locations Woodlands Centre Pield Heath Road Uxbridge UB8 3NN United Kingdom Job description Job responsibilities To assess, develop and implement highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy intervention To provide appropriate highly specialist intervention / assessment and evaluate outcomes. To demonstrate highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of children 0-19. To facilitate relevant professionals/parents to carry out speech and language therapy programmes/strategies/advice To monitor the effectiveness of speech and language therapy programmes/strategies/advice being delivered by other relevant professionals