Speech & Language Therapist

Job summary
Following expansion to the service, we are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic candidate to the role of Speech & Language Therapist.

The role is offered at full-time and is located at Cedar House within our St. Michael's Community Hospital site within the School Age Speech & Language Therapy Team. The weekly hours for this role will be agreed at interview.

Our School-Age Speech and Language Therapy Service supports children and young people in Enfield with speech, language and communication needs, as well as difficulties with eating and drinking.

We work in partnership with children, young people, families, schools and other professionals to provide:

• Assessment of speech, language and communication strengths and areas of need.
• Individualised intervention and therapy programmes delivered in collaboration with families and educational settings.
• Assessment and support for eating and drinking difficulties.
• Specialist support for children and young people who stammer, have speech sound difficulties, or experience selective mutism.
• Written reports outlining identified needs, the impact on learning and social interaction, and recommendations to support positive outcomes.
• Training, advice and consultation for school staff to help create communication-friendly learning environments.

Please note:

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, and therefore advise submission of applications at the earliest opportunity.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide speech and language intervention to a designated caseload of children and young people with Education Health and Care plans with a range of speech, language and communication needs, attending Enfield mainstream primary and secondary schools, specialist provisions (Mainstream Specialist Resource Provision or special school).

This post will involve travelling between schools and working alongside teaching staff to ensure appropriate intervention programmes are in place for the Children/Young People under their care.

The postholder will be expected to work collaboratively with Children/Young People to ensure that they are actively involved in setting goals and planning their care, parents/carers and with colleagues in Health, Education and Social Services in planning and delivery of services.

About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.

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Details
Date posted: 31 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £45,953 to £54,254 a year
per annum inc. (pro-rata if LTFT)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 391-NMUH-8159605
Job locations: St. Michael's Primary Care Centre, Gater Drive, London, EN2 0JB, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
A full list of duties and responsibilities will be found within the job description and requirements for the role can be found within the person specification.

Person Specification
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential

• Recognised Speech and Language therapy degree
• Registration with the Health Professions Council for licence to Practice
• Registered member of the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists

Desirable

• Attendance at post graduate training courses appropriate to area applied for.

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working as a Speech and Language Therapist or Speech and Language Therapy student in an Education setting with children who have speech language and communication needs.
• A knowledge of SEN and national documents providing support and guidance to schools on supporting children with SEN
• Ability to relate clinical theory to clinical practice
• Experience of different intervention methods for children of school age
• Knowledge and experience of a range of methods of assessment appropriate for school age children

Skills & Aptitudes
Essential

• Confident in delivering training.
• Able to construct clear care plans differentiating appropriate intervention types from a range of options, based on analysis of information from assessment.
• Demonstrates the importance of gaining Child/Young Person's view of their strengths and needs and supporting them to be active in the goal setting process.
• Ability to write reports using accessible language and demonstrating clinical reasoning.
• Able to organise, plan and prioritise own workload. Demonstrates ability to generate appropriate strategies for caseload management.

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Enthusiastic and motivated.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Professional approach to work.
• Accountability - Takes responsibility for own actions and promotes good team working.
• Openness - Shares information and good practice appropriately.
• Mutual respect - Treats others with courtesy and respect.

Other requirements
Essential

• Frequent and intense use of highly developed auditory discrimination, perceptual and well-developed concentration skills for the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of clients
• Able to make own effective travel arrangements.

Desirable

• Car driver/owner

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: St. Michael's Primary Care Centre, Gater Drive, London, EN2 0JB, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Therapies Lead - SaLT
Eleanor Leeser
eleanor.leeser@nhs.net
02045537707