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

Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust; Accrington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a qualified Speech and Language Therapist to join a dynamic therapy team dedicated to enhancing children's communication skills. This role involves managing a diverse caseload, collaborating with families and professionals, and developing innovative service delivery methods. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and leadership skills, with a commitment to professional growth. Join a supportive environment that values work-life balance and offers flexible working patterns, making it an exciting opportunity for those passionate about making a difference in children's lives.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience managing diverse caseloads of children with communication needs.
• Competency or interest in managing eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Provide speech and language therapy for children referred for assessment.
• Manage a caseload of children with complex and additional needs.
• Establish individualized management and treatment plans.

Skills

Speech and Language Therapy

Communication Skills

Leadership Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

Registered Speech and Language Therapist

Job description

An opportunity for a suitably qualified, registered and experienced Speech and Language Therapists to join the forward-thinking and friendly Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Therapy Team.

We are one of 3 Children’s Therapy teams working across the Pennine area in Lancashire and are committed to improving the communication skills of children and young people, while supporting carers and other professionals to increase their ability to understand and support children with communication needs. The Locality Team consists of SLTs and OTs working together.

You must have extensive experience of managing a diverse caseload of children with speech, language and communication needs. Competency or an interest in managing eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties is desirable. We work closely with families and colleagues in health, education and social care and you must have excellent communication skills to support these relationships. You will manage your own time and caseload effectively and also support assistant practitioners. We are committed to promoting professional development in all staff and you should be enthusiastic about developing your leadership skills in service innovation, supervision and line management of junior therapists and assistants.

Key Responsibilities:

1. To work as part of children’s integrated therapy team providing a speech & language therapy service for children referred for assessment and intervention.
2. To be responsible for a caseload of children and young people with complex and/or additional needs.
3. To undertake comprehensive assessment of children and young people with varied presentations, using self-determined investigative and analytical skills, to formulate hypotheses in order to determine appropriate interventions and goals.
4. To establish individualized management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilizing a range of evidence-based treatment skills and options to formulate interventions and programmes of care.
5. To participate in the co-ordination, development and delivery of training programmes and information packages for colleagues in health, education, social care, and voluntary sector organizations, and parents/carers.
6. To participate in identifying service development needs and delivering service development projects.
7. To engage with and support Clinical leads within professional development activities.
8. To provide specialist advice to Team Colleagues in area of own practice regarding specific service delivery issues.
9. To provide clinical and management supervision to junior colleagues.

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.

This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Mar 2025.