Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

NHS employee benefits

Job summary

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist to join the Specialist Autism Team. You will assess and treat autistic adults across community and inpatient settings, working within a multidisciplinary team to deliver person-centred care and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions.

The role involves delivering neuroaffective practice, supporting outreach and inpatient pathways, and contributing to team tasks and assessments while providing your

Qualifications

• Registered SLT with current professional status.
• Experience assessing autism and communication needs in adults.
• Ability to provide person-centred intervention within MDT.

Responsibilities

• Assess and support communication needs for autistic adults in community and inpatient settings.
• Deliver specialist SLT interventions and contribute to care plans with the MDT.
• Support outreach and inpatient pathways and participate in duty and assessments.

Skills

Autism expertise

SLT registration

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Neuroaffective practice

Education

Registered Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The post holder will support the provision of the Autism Team to autistic individuals and complex healthcare needs across Lancashire and South Cumbria. Your role will be to ensure that the person’s communication needs are assessed and considered. You will be a registered Speech and Language Therapist who will undertake appropriately delegated work to support the care and treatment of autistic adults within the community and inpatient settings. You will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team and will work with the team to develop and deliver person centred care plans with the emphasis on preventing unnecessary hospital admissions. Where hospital admission is deemed appropriate, you shall support the inpatient team by providing intervention support regarding communication.

The post holder shall support the delivery of the Specialist Autism Service team model through the provision of routine speech and language therapy assessment and interventions in order to maintain, restore or create a match beneficial to the individual between the abilities of the person, and the demands of the environment/ communication culture around them.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Speech and language therapist to join the Specialist Autism Team, a unique and continuously developing service which works closely with secondary mental health care services to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions for autistic individuals.

This role is to work within the team supporting the outreach and inpatient pathways with expert knowledge and neuroaffective practice. You will be required to support the team with the whole team tasks, such as duty and assessments as well as delivering your own specialist interventions. Therefore this post is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and innovative practitioner with a passion for delivering person-centred care, which is driven by the individuals whom we support.

The Specialist Autism Team adopts a multidisciplinary team approach to working which supports the evolutionary scope of the service. The MDT is made up of Occupational Therapists, Nurses (RMN & RLD), Speech and Language Therapists, Social Workers , Therapy Assistants & Clinical Psychologists.

Through such an approach we are continually learning, developing and findings different ways of working in order to meet the needs and wishes of the individuals we work with. For this reason we have regular team development sessions and each team member plays a vital role in sharing knowledge and information.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

This advert closes on Thursday 29 Oct 2026

£39,959 - £48,117 per annum (subject to confirmation)

£39,959 - £48,117 per annum (subject to confirmation)