Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 25 March 2025

Job summary

An opportunity for a suitably qualified, registered and experienced Speech and Language Therapists to join the forward thinking and friendly Burnley and Pendle Children's Therapy Team.

We are one of 3 Children's Therapy teams working across the Pennine area in Lancashire and are committed to improving the communication skills of children and young people, while supporting carers and other professionals to increase their ability to understand and support children with communication needs. The Locality Team in Burnley and Pendle consists of SLTs and OTs working together.

You must be enthusiastic and motivated and have extensive experience of managing a diverse caseload of children with speech, language and communication needs. Competency or an interest in managing eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties is desirable.

We work closely with families and colleagues in health, education and social care and you must have excellent communication skills to support these relationships. You will manage your own time and caseload and also support assistant practitioners in managing a delegated caseload. We are committed to promoting professional development in all staff and you should be enthusiastic about developing your leadership skills in service innovation, supervision and line management of junior therapists and assistants. Demonstrating a proactive approach to your own clinical and professional development and have a understanding of evidence based practice, is important.

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.

To be responsible for a caseload of children and young people with complex and/or additional needs.

To undertake comprehensive assessment of children and young people with varied presentations, using self-determined 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 co-ordination, development and delivery of training programmes and information packages for colleagues in health, education, social care, and voluntary sector organizations, and parents/carers.

To participate in identifying service development needs and delivering service development projects.

To engage with and support Clinical leads within professional development activities.

To provide specialist advice to Team Colleagues in area of own practice regarding specific service delivery issues.

To provide clinical and management supervision to junior colleagues.

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.

Date posted

11 March 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pa pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-CEN2235-CL

Job locations

Childrens Speech Therapy Burnley & Pendle

St Peters Centre

Burnley

BB11 2DL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

Professional Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
Current Professional Registration with HCPC
Evidence of continued professional development
Evidence of formal training / self-study / specialist experience to post graduate level

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs.
Knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes for children with diverse needs/ related to client group
Knowledge of research, evidence-based practice and current issues relating to client group
Knowledge of professional clinical local and national guidelines.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice. that demonstrates an in depth knowledge of specialist area
Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
Experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community/non clinical setting
Safeguarding of children and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates
Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal
Able to work independently as lead specialist.
Ability to manage children with challenging behaviours
Demonstrating good leadership skills
Problem solving/ Decision making in relation to clinical practice, HCPC standards and implications for practice

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

Professional Degree or equivalent in Speech & Language Therapy
Current Professional Registration with HCPC
Evidence of continued professional development
Evidence of formal training / self-study / specialist experience to post graduate level

Knowledge

Essential

Understanding of clinical governance framework & implications for practice, including audit and research governance
Knowledge of a broad range of assessment tools for children with diverse needs.
Knowledge of a range of therapy techniques and programmes for children with diverse needs/ related to client group
Knowledge of research, evidence-based practice and current issues relating to client group
Knowledge of professional clinical local and national guidelines.

Experience

Essential

Evidence of recent and relevant post graduate experience encompassing the specialist field of practice. that demonstrates an in depth knowledge of specialist area
Multi-disciplinary/multi-agency collaborative working
Experience of working with children with complex needs and their families in community/non clinical setting
Safeguarding of children and implementation of policy and procedures with evidence of training/updates
Demonstrable evidence of improving and developing service and practice

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills both written and verbal
Able to work independently as lead specialist.
Ability to manage children with challenging behaviours
Demonstrating good leadership skills
Problem solving/ Decision making in relation to clinical practice, HCPC standards and implications for practice

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.