Children's Community Speech and Language Therapist

The post would suit a newly qualified therapist looking to build on those skills learnt during training., 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.

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.

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 Surrey and 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 is supported by over 500 volunteers.