Band 6 Paediatric Dysphagia Speech & Language Therapist in Harlow

We are looking for a permanent Band 6 Paediatric Dysphagia Speech & Language Therapist to join our Community Childrens Therapy Team in West Essex, covering Uttlesford, Harlow and Epping Forest. You will join our award winning Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service, where we are trail blazing a new integrated partnership model with Barnardos; a model that drives efficiencies so we can put more people in our services, spending time with children and families to improve health outcomes in the local community.

Working in a diverse multidisciplinary team with other dedicated staff, you will benefit from the support of friendly and inclusive colleagues, with access to regular supervision and team meetings. As this is a community role, it is essential that you hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes.

Main duties of the job

• Be responsible for leading our service provision in West Essex at universal, targeted and specialist levels.
• Manage and develop the dysphagia service through leading on relevant projects and initiatives.
• Provide highly specialist assessment and management of infants, children and young people aged 0-19 with dysphagia across community settings and in local specialist educational provisions.
• Provide clinical supervision and line management to less experienced members of the team.
• Work closely within the wider Essex Child and Family Wellbeing Service including the Community Nursing Team, the Healthy Family Team, Paediatric Community Dietitian Service, Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Services and Community Paediatricians as well as external colleagues and partners in Health, Education and Social Care.

About us

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year – guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. We’re a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

This role is flexible in terms of location, with the opportunity to work in the Uttlesford, Harlow or Epping Forest area. We’re happy to discuss options such as hybrid working, bank hours, or a welcome bonus for the right candidate stepping into a full‑time Band 6 role.

The Ideal Candidate

• Have a degree qualification or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy.
• Have post‑qualification training and experience in dysphagia.
• Be registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy.
• Have access to regular clinical supervision and ongoing continued professional development including through access to external clinical networks.
• Recognise and celebrate clinical excellence steered by evidence‑based practice.
• Training/experience with infant dysphagia is desirable.

Package Description

As a Band 6 Paediatric Dysphagia Speech & Language Therapist, you will be part of our valued team in Essex, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• Band 6 AfC Salary with NHS Pension.
• AFC Pension and terms and conditions.
• Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location.
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you.
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
• Online and face‑to‑face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post‑trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling.
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
• An open, just culture where you’re encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ring‑fenced innovation funding each year.
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission.

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.