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 healthcare provider in Preston is seeking a Senior Speech and Language Therapist with expertise in stroke and neuro rehabilitation. The successful candidate will assess, manage, and deliver specialized rehabilitation programs for patients while working across disciplines. A degree and professional registration are required, along with demonstrable clinical and mentoring experience. The role includes ongoing training and support to enhance professional skills in a collaborative environment. Flexible work arrangements may be considered.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Ongoing professional development

Supportive interdisciplinary team

Qualifications

• Must have a degree or equivalent qualification.
• Current professional registration is essential.
• Evidence of continuing professional development in the clinical field is required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for patient assessment and rehabilitation planning.
• Develop and implement individualized management plans.
• Contribute to training and development programs for other professionals.

Skills

Organised

Motivated

Clinical skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Education

Degree or equivalent

Current professional registration with HPC

Post graduate qualification in specialist field

Job description

Overview

Senior Speech and Language Therapist at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. The closing date is 09 February 2026.

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

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.

About the role and responsibilities

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

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.

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