Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	06 Mawrth 2026
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata
Oriau:	Rhan Amser
Dyddiad cau:	05 Ebrill 2026
Lleoliad:	Eccles, M30 0BL
Cwmni:	Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	7783714/350-CC7783714

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An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to our established Speech and Language Therapy Team.

The Greater Manchester Specialist Support Team (SST), based in Eccles, is a multidisciplinary team consisting of Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, Nursing, Social Care, and Support Workers. We provide a service across Greater Manchester for autistic people and those with a learning disability who present with forensic risk or are at risk of an avoidable hospital admission or placement breakdown.

You will be expected to work across Greater Manchester and liaise with local health, social care and Criminal Justice agencies, to develop proactive and preventative risk‑mitigation support.

You will be part of a highly skilled team of Speech and Language Therapists who provide both core and specialist input across the service. Working alongside therapists with advanced expertise in social communication and social competency, you’ll have excellent opportunities to develop your own specialist skills.

The service is committed to continuous professional development, ensuring we remain informed about new and innovative practices. There may also be opportunities to contribute to research projects.

You will receive regular clinical supervision from the Lead Speech and Language Therapist, alongside wider peer‑supervision opportunities, as well as strong links with relevant Clinical Excellence Networks.

To Provide high quality specialist assessment and intervention of speech, language and communication needs as part of a MDT to develop effective clinical services to meet the complex needs of people with behaviour that challenges particularly those whose behaviour presents serious risks to the community.

Clinical supervision and support will be provided by a Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to ensure professional development and high-quality care delivery.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more details.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Under the direct or indirect clinical supervision of the highly specialist speech and language therapist you will undertake the following duties.



a. To assume responsibility and accountability for a caseload of patients with speech and language therapy needs holding the duty of care and prioritising and managing the caseload independently based on the principles of risk and clinical risk, liaising with and referring to senior clinicians and relevant agencies as appropriate.

b. Be responsible for assessment and management of a clinical caseload of patients with speech and language therapy needs.

c. Undertake comprehensive speech and language therapy assessment of patients using investigative and analytical skills, to formulate an appropriate hypothesis and to determine a diagnosis and to determine a therapy management plan.

d. Provide a comprehensive assessment and management plan of service user’s clinical risk.

e. Work with the individual and their care team to develop Communication Treatment and Care plan and integrate these into Positive Behavioural Support plans.

f. Develop communication profiles with individuals and their care teams to support them to improve access to therapy.

g. Promote health and reduce inequalities for all patients accessing the speech and language therapy service, so that they may be able to maximise their potential in terms of health education and social well-being.

h. Contribute to training and development programmes as appropriate to the knowledge and skills of the individual, delivering to other professionals and service users.

i. To assess, develop and implement Speech and Language Therapy treatment.

J.To work collaboratively with other agencies and carers for the purpose of differential diagnosis and to ensure that the person’s communication needs are appropriately addressed.

k. To provide advice to others regarding the management and care of clients with communication and/or feeding difficulties.

l. To adapt practice to meet individual patients’ circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences.

m. To communicate complex condition related information from assessment to clients, carers, families and members of the multi-disciplinary team/other professions.

n. To work closely with clients, carers and families, agreeing decision making relevant to the patient/client management.

o. To demonstrate empathy with clients, carers and families and colleagues, ensuring that effective communication is achieved, particularly where barriers to understanding exist.

p. To form productive relationships with others who may be under stress and/or have challenging communication difficulties

q. To reflect on auditory, visual and kinaesthetic aspects of person’s communication and to identify appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness.

r. To negotiate with carers, clients and others around individual case management.

s. To make appropriate clinical decisions following assessment seeking support and advice from supervisor as appropriate.

t. To make a differential diagnosis on the basis of evidence from assessment seeking advice as appropriate.

u. To demonstrate highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of patients / clients.

v. Establish effective communication networks as appropriate in the wider multi-disciplinary team, social services, third and private sector agencies.

w. Ensure that up-to-date written and electronic records, and activity data are maintained in accordance with Professional and Trust standards, and that sensitive information is held securely.

x. Provide timely professional reports demonstrating an analysis of assessment findings, plans for interventions, clients’ progress, and recommendations and/or advice for other workers.

y. Research new ideas in order to develop the service with specific reference to working with people with learning disabilities who have complex needs.

z. To be fully involved in training initiatives and be able to plan and implement in specific training to other staff when required.



aa. To interpret and analyse clinical and non-clinical facts to develop specialised packages of care for patients, families and carers incorporating individual treatment plans and goals based upon clinical reasoning skills.

bb. The post holder will be responsible for embedding the quality strategy within the service and specific development projects.

cc. Support the development of patient related outcome measures

dd. To participate in delegated projects as required.




This advert closes on Sunday 22 Mar 2026