# Senior Speech and Language Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-speech-and-language-therapist/82ed5ff8-c977-41d4-b285-8edda8bd1112 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-speech-and-language-therapist/82ed5ff8-c977-41d4-b285-8edda8bd1112.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Preston - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-07-05T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-19T12:33:17.435Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8097970 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8097970?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a Speech and language therapist looking for an opportunity to widen your experience and develop a Specialism working with Adults who have Learning Disabilities? We can offer you the opportunity to develop your skills working within a Multidisciplinary Community Learning Disability Health Team including nurses, psychologists, OTs, Physios and Psychiatrists across East Lancashire. For further details / informal visits, please contact on the details provided. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will work alongside other Speech and language therapists and receive clinical supervision from a highly Specialist Speech and language therapist to deliver SLT intervention to meet the communication and dysphagia needs of adults who are referred to the team. The post offers the opportunity to develop specialist skills across a range of clinical areas including dysphagia, AAC, Total Communication and high-level language difficulties with clinical supervision from SLTs across the teams. There will be opportunities to develop your leadership skills and take an active role in service development including training, outcome measures and research. The post holder will join a network of SLTs who work in Learning Disability across LSCFT and meet monthly basis to provide clinical supervision and develop good practice. The Trust recognizes and values the role of AHP’s and you can follow the active membership on Twitter @LCSFTAHPs. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. ## Job Details Are you a Speech and language therapist looking for an opportunity to widen your experience and develop a Specialism working with Adults who have Learning Disabilities? We can offer you the opportunity to develop your skills working within a Multidisciplinary Community Learning Disability Health Team including nurses, psychologists, OTs, Physios and Psychiatrists across East Lancashire. For further details / informal visits, please contact on the details provided. ## Job Description The post holder will work alongside other Speech and language therapists and receive clinical supervision from a highly Specialist Speech and language therapist to deliver SLT intervention to meet the communication and dysphagia needs of adults who are referred to the team. The post offers the opportunity to develop specialist skills across a range of clinical areas including dysphagia, AAC, Total Communication and high-level language difficulties with clinical supervision from SLTs across the teams. There will be opportunities to develop your leadership skills and take an active role in service development including training, outcome measures and research. The post holder will join a network of SLTs who work in Learning Disability across LSCFT and meet monthly basis to provide clinical supervision and develop good practice. The Trust recognizes and values the role of AHP’s and you can follow the active membership on Twitter @LCSFTAHPs. ## Responsibilities Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role. ## Person Specification ### Knowledge **Essential** - Knowledge of current key NHS developments and policies and implications for service delivery - Knowledge of wide range of clinical assessments and intervention/treatment techniques for adults with learning disabilities - Working knowledge of the Mental capacity Act and implications for professional practice ### Experience **Essential** - Evidence of continuing development of professional clinical knowledge, skills and experience - Experience working as an independent and autonomous practitioner managing own caseload - Experience of partnership working across a range of agencies and professional boundaries ### Skills and abilities **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal skills including observation and listening. - Well-developed presentation skills – written and verbal. - Understanding and experience of managing and mitigating risks. ### Education/qualifications **Essential** - BA/ BSc/ MSc in Speech and Language Therapy - HCPC registered Licence to practice (RCSLT) - Compliance with regulatory bodies and codes of professional conduct ## Documents - [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256) - [job description / person specification (pdf, 536.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10391846) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.