Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Speech & Language Therapist to join the Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team (CNRT) in Central Lancashire. You will assess and treat patients with stroke and neurological conditions, lead rehabilitation planning, and collaborate across disciplines.

The role involves management of complex cases, access to supervision, and opportunities for professional development within NHS settings.

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy.
• Current registration with HCPC as a Speech & Language Therapist and responsible for maintaining this registration.
• Evidence of CPD in related field of clinical expertise.
• Postgraduate qualification in a specialist field.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan and deliver evidence-based rehabilitation interventions.
• Work as part of the rehabilitation/stroke-neurological service line with a clinical caseload of patients with complex needs.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments to formulate diagnosis and management plans.
• Establish individualised management and treatment plans using a wide range of evidence-based options.
• Promote health and reduce inequalities for patients accessing the service.
• Lead/contribute to training and development programs for professionals and service users.
• Document and evidence patient outcomes.
• Travel across the locality to provide care.

Skills

Speech & Language Therapy

Clinical assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Travel across locality

Education

Degree or equivalent

HPC registration (Speech & Language Therapist)

CPD evidence

Postgraduate qualification in specialist field

Job description

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
• Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long‑term condition management.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.

Are you an highly experienced, enthusiastic, organised and motivated speech & language therapist with a specialist interest in stroke and neuro?

We looking for an experienced speech & language therapist with advanced clinical skills to be part of the established Community Neurological Rehabilitation Team (CNRT) in Central Lancashire. The CNRT provides ongoing rehab to patients within the Chorley, South Ribble and Greater Preston locality with predominantly Stroke and ABI diagnosis.

You will have a commitment to working within an interdisciplinary environment, who has experience of working with patients with stroke and neurological conditions. You will be offered regular supervision by a highly experienced therapist to support you to develop and expand on your existing skills and knowledge. You will be responsible for the assessment, treatment planning and management of rehabilitation programmes for a wide variety of clinical presentations and will be responsible for delegation to generic rehabilitation assistants and support them in the delivery of this rehabilitation. You will manage your caseload and diary. You will be offered regular in-service training as well as support for internal and external development within the field of Neurological Rehabilitation and leadership.

You will develop close partnership working with inpatient colleagues and other professionals.

Due to the nature of the role, it is essential that you can travel independently across the locality.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the assessment, treatment, planning and delivery of evidence –based rehabilitation interventions.

To work as part of the rehabilitation and or stroke/neurological service line and be responsible for assessment and management of a clinical caseload of patients with complex needs.

To undertake comprehensive assessment of patients with complex presentations, using investigative and analytical skills, to formulate an appropriate hypothesis and to determine a diagnosis and appropriate management plan.

To establish individualised management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilising a wide range of evidence‑based treatment skills and options to formulate highly specialised interventions and programmes of care, which may include working with staff across organisational boundaries.

To promote health and reduce inequalities for all patients accessing the service, so that they may be able to maximise their potential in terms of health education and social well‑being.

Contribute to clinical leadership and supervision facilitating a culture of learning and reflective practice within podiatry.

Document and evidence patient outcomes.

To lead/contribute to training and development programmes as appropriate to the knowledge and skills of the individual, delivering to other professionals both within and outside the NHS and service users.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

Person specification

Education/qualifications

• Degree or equivalent
• Current professional registration with HPC as a speech therapist and responsibility for maintaining this registration
• Evidence of CPD in related field of clinical expertise.
• Post graduate qualification in specialist field

Knowledge

• Understanding of clinical governance framework and implications for practice including audit and research governance.
• In-depth understanding of current NHS/government policy/Public Health/NICE guidelines on organisational change and the ability to adapt these appropriately to local service needs through publication of documents.
• Knowledge and appreciation of lone working risks – policy and procedure.

Experience

• Treatment of a broad range of conditions relating to clinical speciality
• Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice
• Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change
• Supervision and/or mentoring of staff/students
• Multi‑disciplinary/multi‑agency collaborative working.

Personal

• Awareness, understanding and competency to operate equipment according to local operating procedures and Medical Device regulations.

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Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.