Job overview
We have a new and exciting opportunity for a qualified speech and language therapist to join our mental health services in order to cover a period of maternity leave. We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic speech and language therapist to work as part of the wards multi-disciplinary teams and join our established trust wide mental health SLT team. We are looking for highly motivated and creative individuals with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
We are part of a wider network of SLTs based throughout LSCFT who form a virtual team of experienced and supportive therapists. We have a sound professional leadership structure through which we offer: Clinical and professional supervision, specialist support by experienced senior staff, continuing professional development and membership of both a Trust wide professional forum and our Mental Health SLT clinical excellence network.
This role will give the successful applicant opportunities to work within specialist inpatient services to support adults with mental health conditions. We work with adults with communication and/ or swallowing difficulties, we use evidenced based pathways to support standardised best practice, covering the needs of this client group. We have positive regard for service users and aim to work in partnership with them to offer person centred, quality, and equitable care. The wards are based across several sites therefore access to transport will be needed.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will work within the MDT and be responsible for the wards caseloads and offer assessment, treatment, planning, and delivery of evidence-based highly specialised speech and language intervention across mental health wards.
- To provide a dysphagia and speech, language and communication needs service.
- To identify audit/research/quality improvement opportunities, initiating, designing and implementing agreed projects as required.
- To lead/contribute to training and development programmes relating to the field of expertise, delivering to other professionals.
- To actively participate in the delivery of the ward objectives, and support implementation of the Care Quality Commission requirements and regulatory standards.
- To work within the wider SLT mental health speech and language therapies team to share best practice, co-ordinate projects, progress clinical developments and co-ordinate cover arrangements for wards during leave.
Detailed job description and main 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.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential
- In depth knowledge relevant to the post including dysphagia
- Understanding of clinical governance framework and implications for practice including audit and research governance.
- In-depth understanding of relevant current NHS/government policy/Public Health/NICE guidelines on organisational change and the ability to adapt these appropriately to local service needs through publication of documents.
Experience
Essential
- Treatment of a broad range of speech, language and communication, and dysphagia conditions relating to clinical speciality
- Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice
- Evidence of leading and implementing clinical change
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree or Masters Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- Current professional registration with HCPC as Speech and Language Therapist and responsibility for maintaining this registration
- Evidence of CPD in related field of clinical expertise (Mental Health, autism)
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This advert is for Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust in Chorley and South Ribble Hospital. It is listed as a Band 7 Speech and Language Therapist role. The advertised salary is £49,387 - £56,515 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months to cover maternity leave). The application deadline is 07 Sep 2026.
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