Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust

The closing date is 23 March 2026

Due to staffing movement, we are pleased to be able to offer the opportunity for 2 x Band 6 Specialist Speech & Language Therapists based in the acute setting in Lincoln County Hospital (LCH) and/or Pilgrim Hospital Boston (PHB). We envisage the posts to cover 3 days a week on general acute wards and 2 days a week on the critical care wards.

The posts are 37.5 hours per week, which includes weekend working and bank holiday working on a rota basis. Weekend and bank holiday pay will be paid at an enhanced rate.

The Critical Care Units host a total of 17 beds across LCH and PHB. The units provides care to patients with a variety of aetiology namely patients with brain injury, stroke, out of hospital medical emergencies and post-surgery. All specialists SLTs are involved in developing protocols, leading innovative projects and supporting the team lead build a service fit for the future with leadership and clinical training opportunities.

General wards across LCH and PHB refer to the SLT service for assessment and management of swallowing and communication difficulties in a diverse range of acute medical patients.

The post requires specialist skills in the management of patients with acquired communication disorders and/or dysphagia and we would invite applications from those with dysphagia competencies.

As a critical care therapist, you will be involved in communication and swallowing input for patients who are intubated, post extubation and tracheostomised patients. You will be working alongside senior therapists and the team lead to develop your skills with weaning (if required) which is a key element of this role.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagement in the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.

At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS' workforce.

LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.

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Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of this role.

We would very much welcome your application if you are interested in this opportunity. If you would like to find out more, please do not hesitate to contact us:

• Jennifer Burnett, Adult SLT Operational Lead (, )

• Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent
• HCPC registration
• Post graduate qualification or equivalent competencies in dysphagia
• Relevant pre/ post qualification experience including significant experience within relevant specialism
• Knowledge of clinical governance activities
• Basic IT skills
• Ability to work independently and as a team member
• Having worked as an SLT for adults with acquired communication & swallowing difficulties. Having an in-depth knowledge of assessment, diagnosis, treatment and case load management within a broad range of clinical areas and experience of working with more complex cases or those within a specialist area of interest
• Evidence of CPD including relevant post graduate courses (such as dysphagia training)
• Post registration qualifications in related clinical field
• Experience of working in acute/CCU settings
• Experience of supervising therapy assistants.
• Knowledge and experience of AAC/instrumental assessment and traches
• Registered Member of RCSLT

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.

Lincolnshire Community Health Service NHS Trust