Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in Preston is seeking a Senior Speech and Language Therapist to join their team. In this role, you will work with children aged 0-19, providing therapy and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. The ideal candidate will have a professional degree, HCPC registration, and excellent communication skills. Flexible working options are available.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Professional development support

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Qualified Speech & Language Therapist.
• Experience in paediatrics is desirable but not essential.
• Relevant post graduate experience in a specialist field.

Responsibilities

• Manage time effectively and work with children and families.
• Collaborate with health, education, and social care professionals.
• Provide speech and language therapy to children and young people.

Skills

Effective time management

Excellent communication skills

Interest in working with children

Education

Professional Degree in Speech & Language Therapy

Current Professional Registration with HCPC

Evidence of continued professional development

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 03 November 2025

Are you a qualified Speech & Language Therapist wanting to use your skills working with children, young people and their families?

The Children's Therapy Service are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated qualified speech & language therapist to join our experienced and friendly Greater Preston based team. Experience of working in paediatrics is desirable but not essential.

We work with children and young people aged 0-19 with well-developed and evidenced based pathways covering the needs of children with communication needs. We can offer clinical and management supervision, specialist support by experienced senior staff, continuing professional development and specialist SLT Forums. The Children's Therapy service has a strong network of Clinical Leads.

Main duties of the job

The team comprises of speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, consisting of both therapists and assistants. We work closely with colleagues in health, education and social care to provide a genuinely child-centred service. We work in a variety of locations, including clinics, children's own homes, nurseries and mainstream and special schools.

The successful candidate must be able to effectively manage their own time and demonstrate excellent communication skills. An interest in working with children and their families is essential.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
• Current Professional Registration with HCPC
• Evidence of continued professional development

Knowledge

• Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
• Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs.
• Knowledge of professional clinical local and national guidelines.

Experience

• Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice. that demonstrates an in depth knowledge of specialist area
• Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
• Experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community/non clinical 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.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust