Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 30 September 2025

Job summary

This is a fixed term post for 12 months, to cover a maternity leave in the team.

Are you a qualified Speech & Language Therapist wanting to use your skills working with children, young people and their families?

The Children's Integrated Therapy Service are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated qualified speech & language therapist to join our experienced and friendly Greater Preston based locality team. Experience of working in paediatrics is desirable but not essential.

Main duties of the job

We work with children and young people aged 0-19 with well developed and evidenced based pathways covering the needs of children with communication needs. We can offer clinical and management supervision, specialist support by experienced senior staff, continuing professional development and specialist SLT Forums. The Children's Therapy service has a strong network of Clinical Leads.

The team comprises of speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, consisting of both therapists and assistants. We work closely with colleagues in health, education and social care to provide a genuinely child-centred service. We work in a variety of locations, including clinics, children's own homes, nurseries and mainstream and special schools.

The successful candidate must be able to effectively manage their own time and demonstrate excellent communication skills. An interest in working with children and their families is essential.

For an informal discussion please contact us using the details provided.

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.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

09 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-CEN2287-RA-B

Job locations

Minerva Health Centre

Preston

PR1 6SB

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs.
Knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes for children with diverse needs/ related to client group

Experience

Essential

Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice. that demonstrates an in depth knowledge of specialist area
Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
Experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community/non clinical setting

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs.
Knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes for children with diverse needs/ related to client group

Experience

Essential

Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice. that demonstrates an in depth knowledge of specialist area
Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
Experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community/non clinical setting

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Minerva Health Centre

Preston

PR1 6SB

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Minerva Health Centre

Preston

PR1 6SB

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)