Speech and Language Therapist | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,049 - £37,796 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 15 November 2025 |
| Location: | Preston, PR1 6SB |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7556114/351-CEN2343-LW |
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 expanding, experienced and friendly Greater Preston based team. Experience of working with children is desirable but we will also consider those qualifying in the very near future.
We work with children and young people aged 0-19 with well-developed and evidenced based pathways to assess, provide specialist advice and therapy. 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 Children’s 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.
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.
This is an exciting time to join our team and we look forward to hearing from you!
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
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.
This advert closes on Thursday 30 Oct 2025