Overview
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting for a Senior Speech and Language Therapist to join the Children's Integrated Therapy Service in Hyndburn, Ribble Valley and Rossendale. The closing date is 29 September 2025.
Main duties of the job
The team comprises speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, including therapists and assistants. We work closely with colleagues in health, education and social care to provide a genuinely child-centred service. We work in a variety of locations, including clinics, children’s own homes, nurseries and schools. The successful candidate must be able to effectively manage their own time and demonstrate excellent communication skills. An interest in working with children and their families is essential. The Children’s Integrated Therapy and Nursing Team are led by a multidisciplinary management team. This is an exciting time to join our team as clinicians are involved in developing our innovative services.
About us
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Professional Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
* Evidence of formal training / self-study / specialist experience to post graduate level
* Evidence of continued professional development
Knowledge
* Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
* Knowledge of research, evidence-based practice and current issues relating to client group
* Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs
Experience
* Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice that demonstrates an in-depth knowledge of the 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
Skills
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal
* Problem solving/Decision making in relation to clinical practice, HCPC standards and implications for practice
* Able to work independently as lead specialist
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.
Employer name
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
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