Job summary
We are seeking an experienced and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to join our dedicated team at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. This is an exciting opportunity to take a leading role in shaping and developing speech and language therapy services within a dynamic and supportive multidisciplinary environment. As the Band 7 SLT, you will lead the delivery of the speech and language therapy service across the prison, while providing clinical leadership and supervision to an established Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist. You will work directly with individuals who have communication needs, carrying out specialist assessments and interventions that can have a profound impact on their wellbeing, engagement, and rehabilitation. This role offers a unique opportunity to drive innovation and service development. You will play a pivotal role in creating accessible information and services across the prison and will lead the ongoing development of the Neurodevelopmental Pathway, helping to ensure that individuals with neurodevelopmental differences receive appropriate and effective support. HMP Wormwood Scrubs is home to a specialist neurodiversity- and trauma-informed wing, providing a supportive and adapted environment for individuals who may struggle to manage on the main residential units. You will work closely with a highly skilled multidisciplinary team of clinical and operational colleagues, contributing to a truly person-centred approach to care.

Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will benefit from strong professional support, including regular clinical supervision and opportunities to collaborate with Speech and Language Therapy colleagues across the wider service, including HMP Pentonville. There are also opportunities to maintain and develop dysphagia competencies through partnership working with colleagues in Neurorehabilitation and Long-Term Conditions services. This role offers excellent opportunities for professional growth, leadership development, and collaborative working. You will build strong partnerships with healthcare, education, criminal justice, and external agency colleagues, helping to improve outcomes for a complex and often underserved population.

If you are passionate about making a meaningful difference, leading service development, and working within an innovative and supportive team, we would love to hear from you.

Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert

About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network

The postholder will be aligned with our Values:

• We Are Kind
• We Are Respectful
• We Work Together
• We Keep Things Simple
• We Empower
• We Are Proudly Diverse

Details
Date posted: 10 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £58,133 to £65,261 a year per annum pro rata inclusive of Inner London HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 455-NLFT-0986
Job locations: HMP Wormwood Scrubs, Du Cane Rd, London, W12 0AE, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert

Person Specification
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
Essential

• Recognised degree or equivalent qualification in Speech and Language Therapy.
• Health and Care Professions Council registration.
• Good IT skills and experience of using computer based communication programmes

Desirable

• Registered member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists.
• Dysphagia Trained
• ADOS trained

Experience and Knowledge
Essential

• Clear evidence to demonstrate specialist experience and the acquisition of clinical skills for working in the criminal justice system with people with mental health conditions, learning disability and autism
• Experience of teaching and training others, using a variety of complex multi-media materials suitable for presentations within professional settings
• Experience of compiling and using accessible information and appropriate range of IT skills to support this
• Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team

Desirable

• Experience of working autonomously within a prison service
• Evidence of work-based learning to demonstrate clinical skills within a range of clinical settings
• Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of emotive and distressing problems and where there is a history of violence.

Skills and Abilities
Essential

• Excellent written and spoken communication skills and ability to communicate sensitive and complex information.
• Ability to communicate findings from assessment to service users, and members of the multi-disciplinary team / other professionals.
• Collaborative and consultative skills within multidisciplinary working.
• Skills in the assessment, intervention and management of communication difficulties.

PERSONAL QUALITIES
Essential

• Ability to be flexible, engaging and approachable and can work quickly and responsively with both service users and the multidisciplinary team
• Ability to be reflective about their own practice.
• Ability to work autonomously as well as under supervision and with colleagues.

Other Requirements
Essential

• Understanding of clinical risk management and the ability to manage this
• Ability to identify and employ mechanisms of clinical governance as appropriate, to support and maintain clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
• Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional manner

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.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address: HMP Wormwood Scrubs, Du Cane Rd, London, W12 0AE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Speech and Language Therapist
Eve Brotzel
eve.brotzel2@nhs.net
02087024708