Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The closing date is 24 December 2025

Job summary

The post will provide clinical leadership to SLT staff in the Preston team, as well as the development of clinical pathways across Lancashire. The post holder will be responsible for providing clinical expertise in Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) across Central and West and Pennine SLT teams. This will involve regular updates of the DLD clinical pathway in line with the current evidence base, updating and providing DLD specific training for SLTs, parents and wider professionals and providing second opinions for SLTs working with children with DLD across the Trust.

Main duties of the job

You will manage a complex caseload and be capable of working autonomously to provide direct clinical care. You will be able to provide effective clinical and professional supervision, be able to identify training needs of individuals and lead on the delivery of suitable training, demonstrating high level, expert speech and language therapy skills and knowledge. Within Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust we are passionate about providing the best possible care and continuing to improve and develop the services we provide. We are looking for a motivated person who has an interest in service transformation to improve speech, language and communication skills for children and young people.This is a fixed term post, 26 hours a week, to cover maternity leave, for a period of 12 months.

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 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.

Date posted

10 December 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-CEN2395-CC

Job locations

Minerva Centre

Lowthorpe Rd

Preston

PR1 6TD

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Degree or equivalent in speech and language therapy
Current Professional Registration with HCPC
Evidence of formal training / self study / specialist experience to Masters level equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

Detailed understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
Extensive knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes and their applications for children with diverse needs/ related to client group
Highly motivated to explore and lead creative and innovative ways of working

Skills

Essential

Confident to work independently as lead specialist
Ability to critically analyse and evaluate service issues to promote service improvement.
Ability to analyse and interpret data /evidence and apply to practice

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
Safeguarding of children and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates
Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Degree or equivalent in speech and language therapy
Current Professional Registration with HCPC
Evidence of formal training / self study / specialist experience to Masters level equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

Detailed understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
Extensive knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes and their applications for children with diverse needs/ related to client group
Highly motivated to explore and lead creative and innovative ways of working

Skills

Essential

Confident to work independently as lead specialist
Ability to critically analyse and evaluate service issues to promote service improvement.
Ability to analyse and interpret data /evidence and apply to practice

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
Safeguarding of children and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates
Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice

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 Centre

Lowthorpe Rd

Preston

PR1 6TD

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 Centre

Lowthorpe Rd

Preston

PR1 6TD

Employer's website

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