Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

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Job summary

Are you a Speech and language Therapist looking for an opportunity to widen your experience and develop a Specialism working with Adults with Learning Disabilities?

We can offer you the opportunity to develop your skills working within a Multidisciplinary Community Learning Disability Health Team including learning disability nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and psychiatrists across Fylde & Wyre. The post holder will receive clinical supervision from a Highly Specialist Speech and language Therapist to deliver S< assessment and intervention to meet the communication and dysphagia needs of adults who are referred to the team.

The post offers the opportunity to develop specialist skills across a range of clinical areas including dysphagia, AAC, total communication and high-level language difficulties with support and clinical supervision from S<s across the localities. Depending on your experience, some working into other localities will provide additional support for clinical and professional development. There will be opportunities to develop your leadership skills and take an active role in service development including training, outcome measures and research.

The post holder will join a network of S<s who work in the Learning Disability service across LSCFT and meet on a monthly basis to provide supervision and develop good practice

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the assessment, treatment, planning, delivery and evaluation of evidence - based specialist speech and language intervention within:

o Fylde & Wyre Adult Community Learning Disability Team (with bases in Lytham Hospital and Mountcroft Fleetwood)o Dependent on experience, working into the Bay locality base in Lancaster.o Across the ICS as required

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

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

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

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Education/qualifications

Essential

• BA/ BSc/ MSc in Speech and Language Therapy HCPC registered Licence to practice (RCS