Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

Are you a qualified Speech & Language Therapist or a Speech & Language Therapy student, shortly about to qualify, wanting to use your skills to work with children, young people and their families?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated qualified/qualifying Speech & Language Therapist to join our experienced and friendly Greater Preston based locality team. Experience of working in paediatrics is desirable but we will consider those qualifying in the near future.

We work with children and young people aged 0- 19 with well-developed and evidenced based pathways covering the needs of children with communication needs. We offer robust clinical and management supervision, specialist support by experienced senior staff and continuing professional development through specialist speech & language therapy forums. The Children's Therapies Service has a strong network of Clinical Leads and a focus on clinically led services.

The integrated therapy team comprises of Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational Therapists and Physiotherapists supported by 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, nurseries/schools and special schools. We are embarking on some exciting changes to our services which will involve work in the local community and schools.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of children's integrated therapy team providing a Speech & Language therapy service for children referred for assessment and intervention.

The post holder will be responsible for assessment of need, intervention and treatment provision as indicated for a wide variety of conditions (this may include chronic, complex, disabling life limiting and challenging illnesses) within the area of speech and language therapy.

The post holder will be responsible for the comprehensive assessment of children and young people with diverse presentations, using investigative and analytical skills, to formulate hypotheses in order to determine appropriate interventions and goals.

To establish individualized management and treatment plans, using clinical reasoning and utilizing a range of evidence based treatment skills and options to formulate interventions and programmes of care.

To participate in the delivery of training programmes and information packages for colleagues in health, education voluntary sector organisations, and parents / carers.

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.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Minerva Health Centre

Lowthorpe Rd

Preston

PR1 6SB

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Minerva Health Centre

Lowthorpe Rd

Preston

PR1 6SB

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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