# Specialist Speech and Language Therapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-speech-and-language-therapist/478015af-02d9-4afa-bfa7-cb863a51b454 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialist-speech-and-language-therapist/478015af-02d9-4afa-bfa7-cb863a51b454.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Prescot - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (will consider flexible working hours) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-05T12:13:00.225Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Prescott/Mersey_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Learning_Disability/Learning_Disability-v8025808 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8025808?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.merseycare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you seeking a speech & language therapy role within a well-established multi-disciplinary team of skilled and experienced clinicians? If you want to develop your own clinical skills with a people who have a Learning Disability in the community this could be the post for you. This role gives the post holder a unique opportunity to work with a large Specialist Learning Disability Team and to  develop their knowledge and skills. Our Speech & Language Therapists work with adults who have communication and/or swallowing difficulties so must be Dysphagia trained also for this role. We work in community settings, including home visits and clinics and work as an MDT including Nursing, OT, Physio and Psychology practitioners We value CPD and carry out robust clinical supervision and appraisals to encourage therapists’ specialist interests and innovation ### Main duties of the job To provide evidence-based Speech and Language Therapy assessment and intervention to service users who have communication and/or eating and drinking difficulties and have a diagnosis of Learning Disability. The role will be integrated within the multi -disciplinary team and will work with the team to develop person-centred care plans. Supervision will be provided by a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist. To participate as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with specific responsibility to assess and treat adults with complex health needs. To be responsible for the delivery of specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment, delivery and evaluation of evidence-based Speech and Language Therapy intervention in the community for clients with communication and swallowing disorders, such as dysphagia. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To be responsible and accountable for their own caseload and ensure that care plans are written and reviewed regularly. To contribute to the prioritisation of the waiting list for Speech and Language Therapy. To complete Holistic assessments on behalf of the team and feedback to the multi-disciplinary team and support duty process in the team. To work alongside and liaise with other professionals within the team, staff at day centres, care staff and families. To provide clinical advice and assessment to these on the communication and swallowing needs of clients, resolving areas of conflict as necessary. To provide specialist knowledge on alternative and augmentative systems of communication, where appropriate. To ensure that all relevant agencies have access to all systems. To Identify and take responsibility for allocating work and providing supervision to Speech and Language Therapy assistants. To provide training days to staff teams around specific individual’s communication to devise strategies and management plans. ## Job Details Are you seeking a speech & language therapy role within a well-established multi-disciplinary team of skilled and experienced clinicians? If you want to develop your own clinical skills with a people who have a Learning Disability in the community this could be the post for you. This role gives the post holder a unique opportunity to work with a large Specialist Learning Disability Team and to develop their knowledge and skills. Our Speech & Language Therapists work with adults who have communication and/or swallowing difficulties so must be Dysphagia trained also for this role. We work in community settings, including home visits and clinics and work as an MDT including Nursing, OT, Physio and Psychology practitioners We value CPD and carry out robust clinical supervision and appraisals to encourage therapists’ specialist interests and innovation ## Job Description To provide evidence-based Speech and Language Therapy assessment and intervention to service users who have communication and/or eating and drinking difficulties and have a diagnosis of Learning Disability. The role will be integrated within the multi -disciplinary team and will work with the team to develop person-centred care plans. Supervision will be provided by a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist. To participate as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist with specific responsibility to assess and treat adults with complex health needs. To be responsible for the delivery of specialist assessment, diagnosis, treatment, delivery and evaluation of evidence-based Speech and Language Therapy intervention in the community for clients with communication and swallowing disorders, such as dysphagia. ## Responsibilities To be responsible and accountable for their own caseload and ensure that care plans are written and reviewed regularly. To contribute to the prioritisation of the waiting list for Speech and Language Therapy. To complete Holistic assessments on behalf of the team and feedback to the multi-disciplinary team and support duty process in the team. To work alongside and liaise with other professionals within the team, staff at day centres, care staff and families. To provide clinical advice and assessment to these on the communication and swallowing needs of clients, resolving areas of conflict as necessary. To provide specialist knowledge on alternative and augmentative systems of communication, where appropriate. To ensure that all relevant agencies have access to all systems. To Identify and take responsibility for allocating work and providing supervision to Speech and Language Therapy assistants. To provide training days to staff teams around specific individual’s communication to devise strategies and management plans. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - A demonstrated understanding of Equality and Human Rights - Ability to convey information and skills to direct care staff - Good time management and organizational skills - Flexible approach skills towards service change, demands and pressure **Desirable** - Experience of providing clinical supervision (to students or SaLT staff) ### Knowledge **Essential** - A philosophy and approach that empowers people - Knowledge of alternative and augmentative communication and dysphagia - A person -centred approach to service delivery - Understanding of current NHS changes ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team - Experience with provision of supervision and delegation to junior members of staff - Experience of use of outcome measures for clinical evaluation - Driving License - Basic IT Skills (Microsoft Software: Excel, World, Power Point, MS Teams) ### Qualifications **Essential** - Accredited Speech and Language Therapy qualification (BSc) - Registration with HCPC **Desirable** - Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist (RCSLT) - Post graduate training/qualification in Dysphagia ## Documents - [oh risk (pdf, 400.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10312966) - [band 6 salt (pdf, 373.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10312723) - [employee benefits (pdf, 950.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2853) - [band 6 person spec (pdf, 373.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10312724) - [a great place to work (pdf, 2.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1400) - [your recruitment journey (pdf, 291.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2941) - [our people promise and charter (pdf, 5.8mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2513) ## 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.