Speech and Language Therapist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Accrington; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS trust is seeking a dedicated Speech and Language Therapist to join a supportive team focused on improving communication skills for children. The ideal candidate will possess a relevant professional degree and be registered with HCPC. Responsibilities include managing your own caseload, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and advancing leadership skills. The role encourages diversity and offers flexible working patterns to ensure a better work/life balance for employees.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Manage your own time and caseload effectively.
• Support assistant practitioners in managing a delegated caseload.
• Promote professional development and develop leadership skills.

Job description

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 29 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for suitably qualified Speech and Language Therapists to join the forward thinking and super friendly Hyndburn Ribble Valley and Rossendale Children's 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 in Burnley and Pendle consists of SLTs and OTs working together.

The Children's Speech & Language Therapy teams provide high quality services to children with speech, language and communication difficulties across the locality. We work in a variety of locations, including clinics, children's own homes, nurseries and schools. We work closely with families and with colleagues in health, education and social care and you must have excellent communication skills to support these relationships.

Main duties of the job

You must be enthusiastic and motivated and have experience of working with children with diverse speech, language and communication needs. Competency or an interest in managing eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties is desirable.

You will manage your own time and caseload effectively and also support assistant practitioners in managing a delegated caseload. 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. Demonstrating a proactive approach to your own clinical and professional development and having a sound understanding of evidence based practice, is important.

A flexible and creative approach is essential to enable the service to continue to drive towards improving quality for children and families.

About us

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. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

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

LSCFT supports 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.

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.
• Knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes

Experience

• Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
• Safeguarding of children/adults and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates
• Involvement in service improvement projects

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