diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/plugins/environments/slurm_environment.py b/pytorch_lightning/plugins/environments/slurm_environment.py
index ad657e1e19564..bde236c672837 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/plugins/environments/slurm_environment.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/plugins/environments/slurm_environment.py
@@ -38,21 +38,6 @@ def __init__(self, auto_requeue: bool = True) -> None:
     def creates_processes_externally(self) -> bool:
         return True
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def job_id() -> Optional[int]:
-        job_id = os.environ.get("SLURM_JOB_ID")
-        if job_id:
-            try:
-                job_id = int(job_id)
-            except ValueError:
-                job_id = None
-
-        # in interactive mode, don't make logs use the same job id
-        in_slurm_interactive_mode = os.environ.get("SLURM_JOB_NAME") == "bash"
-        if in_slurm_interactive_mode:
-            job_id = None
-        return job_id
-
     @property
     def main_address(self) -> str:
         # figure out the root node addr
@@ -100,6 +85,25 @@ def detect() -> bool:
         """Returns ``True`` if the current process was launched on a SLURM cluster."""
         return "SLURM_NTASKS" in os.environ
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def job_name() -> Optional[str]:
+        return os.environ.get("SLURM_JOB_NAME")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def job_id() -> Optional[int]:
+        # in interactive mode, don't make logs use the same job id
+        in_slurm_interactive_mode = SLURMEnvironment.job_name() == "bash"
+        if in_slurm_interactive_mode:
+            return None
+
+        job_id = os.environ.get("SLURM_JOB_ID")
+        if job_id is None:
+            return None
+        try:
+            return int(job_id)
+        except ValueError:
+            return None
+
     def world_size(self) -> int:
         return int(os.environ["SLURM_NTASKS"])
 
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/accelerator_connector.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/accelerator_connector.py
index 2e5e1c48c5785..18a4da416946d 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/accelerator_connector.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/accelerator_connector.py
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ def _is_slurm_managing_tasks(self) -> bool:
         if (
             (not self.use_ddp and not self.use_ddp2)
             or not SLURMEnvironment.detect()
-            or os.environ.get("SLURM_JOB_NAME") == "bash"  # in interactive mode we don't manage tasks
+            or SLURMEnvironment.job_name() == "bash"  # in interactive mode we don't manage tasks
         ):
             return False
 
diff --git a/tests/plugins/environments/test_slurm_environment.py b/tests/plugins/environments/test_slurm_environment.py
index 71e87adb26b69..aa8db284a1c64 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/environments/test_slurm_environment.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/environments/test_slurm_environment.py
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ def test_default_attributes():
     assert env.creates_processes_externally
     assert env.main_address == "127.0.0.1"
     assert env.main_port == 12910
+    assert env.job_name() is None
     assert env.job_id() is None
+
     with pytest.raises(KeyError):
         # world size is required to be passed as env variable
         env.world_size()
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ def test_default_attributes():
         "SLURM_LOCALID": "2",
         "SLURM_PROCID": "1",
         "SLURM_NODEID": "3",
+        "SLURM_JOB_NAME": "JOB",
     },
 )
 def test_attributes_from_environment_variables(caplog):
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@ def test_attributes_from_environment_variables(caplog):
     assert env.global_rank() == 1
     assert env.local_rank() == 2
     assert env.node_rank() == 3
+    assert env.job_name() == "JOB"
     # setter should be no-op
     with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG, logger="pytorch_lightning.plugins.environments"):
         env.set_global_rank(100)