# Speech & Language Therapist (Rotation)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** Blackburn
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-06T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23T10:30:50.632Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Blackburn/East_Lancashire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Diagnostics_Clinical_Support/Diagnostics_Clinical_Support-v8119432
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8119432?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking to recruit a positive, enthusiastic and proactive Speech and Language Therapist or soon to be qualified Speech Language Therapist with a commitment to collaborative working. This is an exciting opportunity to join our established band 5 rotation scheme delivering safe, personal and effective care to

- Adults with acquired communication, voice and swallowing disorders in hospital and community settings.

Working alongside highly specialist Speech and Language Therapists in stroke/neuro, voice, inpatient and community teams, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to complete their NQP goals and dysphagia competencies required to work independently in a range of clinical areas according to their interests and the needs of the service.

We have specialist SLT preceptors in the team to support and develop our Band 5's through their preceptorship year and beyond.

### Main duties of the job

This is a permanent, full-time position. Applicants should be able to demonstrate an ability to work flexibly, using their initiative to deliver a responsive and quality service. They should be able to work effectively as part of wider team.

This post will suit those wanting to develop their skill set in assessment and treatment procedures for the adult population with a wide range acquired communication, voice and swallowing difficulties in a variety of settings.

This post offers 6 months rotation in a number of community and hospital settings across the Pennine Lancashire footprint.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### The attached job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this.

We welcome applications who are newly qualified staff as well as SLT students in their final year. There is the opportunity for the successful post holder to start work as a B4 whilst they await their HCPC registration.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- A range of experience as a student/new graduate treating a variety of patients relevant to the post
- Organising and managing everyday clinic routines.

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Completion of a recognised training course awarding relevant degree/diploma approved by the RCSLT and HCPC.
- Registered with the HCPC
- Member of the RCSLT

### Knowledge & Skills

**Essential**

- Knowledge of a range of communication and feeding difficulties and their management relevant to the post.
- Knowledge of a range of Alternative and Augumentative systems of communication.
- Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group.
- Knowledge of national policies and procedures relevant to the client group.
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions relevant to the client group.

## Documents

- [privacy notice (pdf, 305.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1761)
- [b5 slt rotation (pdf, 199.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10415461)
- [benefits of working at elht (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2405)
- [b5 slt rotation job description (pdf, 616.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10415460)
- [additional candidate information 2024 (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2494)

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