Job summary

Are you a qualified Speech and Language Therapist seeking a new opportunity within a supportive NHS service?

Due to new service investment and additional funding, NELFT is pleased to offer a number of Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist vacancies across our Redbridge Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team. These roles provide exciting opportunities to work across a range of settings, including mainstream schools, early years provisions and community clinics, enabling you to develop a broad and rewarding clinical skillset.

Redbridge is a great place to live and work - a thriving community with an abundance of amenities and good transport links. You can find out more about the area and the services we provide to local residents on our careers website - www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job
You will join a friendly, diverse and well-established team committed to delivering high-quality, child-centred care. This period of service expansion offers enhanced opportunities for professional development and specialisation, including areas such as Autism, DLD, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and Selective Mutism, as well as valuable experience across different clinical pathways.

This post is suitable for:

A Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist seeking a new challenge
A Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist looking to diversity their career

About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.

We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Details
Date posted: 06 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 3RL-001418
Job locations: The Grove, Chadwell Heath, Essex, RM6 4XH, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
As a Speech and Language Therapist in our Children's Speech and Language Therapy Team, you will:

• Provide a comprehensive Speech and Language Therapy service to children with a range of speech, language and communication needs across community clinics, home and education settings, including, assessment, diagnosis and intervention.
• Independently organise and prioritise own caseload and daily workload.
• Deputise for the Team Leads when required and appropriately delegate to junior staff.
• Contribute to multidisciplinary assessment and support for children with speech, language, communication and feeding needs.
• Develop and deliver training and support packages.
• Engage in regular supervision to support reflective practice and decision-making.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust.

Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes, Essex.

Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London
(B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, Goodmayes) This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Working for Us
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, as well as staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• HCPC Registration

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working within a school setting

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.

Employer details
Employer name: NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address: The Grove, Chadwell Heath, Essex, RM6 4XH, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Operational Lead
Anya Clarke
recruitment@nelft.nhs.uk