Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Home or remote working
- Job ref
- 818-CYP359-QIA833-C
- Employer
- Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community
- Town
- Lincolnshire, Countywide
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Band 6
LCHS Way
We Listen, We Care, We Act, We Improve
We listen: we engage with everyone we work with, we are united, we are always positive
We care: everyone is valued, respected and developed, knowledge and skills are nurtured, success is celebrated
We act: clear goals and right resources, freedom coupled with accountabilty, emphasis on simplicity
We improve: we are creative, resourceful and innovative, integrated and collaboration is the way forward, we're always striving to do better
....Fit for now, fit for the future.
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Job overview
The Adult Speech and Language Therapy team are very pleased to be advertising this band 6 post to join our forward-thinking and supportive team.
We are looking for a Band 6 therapist who would like to work 3 days a week in our community team.
Our community team works across Lincolnshire 5 days a week in a variety of settings including health centres and outpatient clinics, patient homes, care and residential homes and community hospitals. We provide assessment and intervention for a range of patients with varied conditions and associated speech and language difficulties including dysphagia, voice, aphasia, dysfluency and dysarthria as well as AAC needs.
Main duties of the job
- To provide assessment, diagnosis and specialist evidence-based intervention to adult patients referred for Speech and Language Therapy, including providing self-care and information to patients, carers, and other professionals.
- To provide clinical support to and supervise a small number of Band 5 SLTs and/or SLTAs.
If you would like to see more of a Community SLT 'Day in the Life' in LCHS, please do view our video on You Tube:
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an ‘earn while you learn’ apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of this role.
We would very much welcome your application if you are interested in this opportunity. If you would like to find out more, please do not hesitate to contact us:
- Jennifer Burnett, Adult SLT Operational Lead 07840 842 081, [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including relevant post graduate courses (such as dysphagia training)
Desirable criteria
- Post registration qualifications in related clinical field
- Undertaken Clinical Educator Training.
- Registered member of RCSLT
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of having worked as an SLT for adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties
- Experience of having worked as a speech and language therapist for adults. Having an in-depth knowledge of assessment, diagnosis, treatment and case load management within a broad range of clinical areas and experience of working with more complex cases or those within a specialist area of interest.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in community settings
- Experience of working in inpatient critical care settings.
- Experience of working in secondary care settings
- Experience of supervising therapy assistants.
- Experience of and ability to work in a broad multidisciplinary team across organisational boundaries
- Knowledge and use of AAC
- Experience of assessment and management of a voice caseload
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Relevant specialist knowledge, e.g., of trends/best practice, of appropriate assessment tools/treatment techniques
- Knowledge of clinical governance activities
Desirable criteria
- Working knowledge of safeguarding procedures
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Jennifer Burnett
- Job title
- Adult SLT Operational Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07840842081
- Additional information
Jennifer 07840842081
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