Job summary
- Main area
- Pennine Learning Disabilities
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job ref
- 351-PEN1145-VD
- Employer
- Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Mount
- Town
- Accrington
- Salary
- £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Speech and Language Therapist
Band 6
Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.
As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:
- Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
- Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
- Extensive community physical health and well-being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long-term condition management.
The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.
For more information visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT.
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.
Working for our organisation
LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.
Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.
We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.
LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.
The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.
Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
Person specification
Education/qualifications
Essential criteria
- BA/ BSc/ MSc in Speech and Language Therapy
- HCPC registered Licence to practice (RCSLT)
- Compliance with regulatory bodies and codes of professional conduct
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills including observation and listening.
- Well-developed presentation skills – written and verbal.
- Understanding and experience of managing and mitigating risks.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- 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
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carol Johnson
- Job title
- Principal Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01282 628225
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