Job Description

The Adult Speech and Language Therapy team are very pleased to be advertising this band 6 post to join our forward-thinking and supportive team.
We are looking for a Band 6 therapist who would like to work 3 days a week in our community team.
Our community team works across Lincolnshire 5 days a week in a variety of settings including health centres and outpatient clinics, patient homes, care and residential homes and community hospitals. We provide assessment and intervention for a range of patients with varied conditions and associated speech and language difficulties including dysphagia,voice, aphasia, dysfluency and dysarthria as well as AAC needs.
Main duties of the job

• To provide assessment, diagnosis and specialist evidence-based intervention to adult patients referred for Speech and Language Therapy, including providing self-care and information to patients, carers, and other professionals.
• To provide clinical support to and supervise a small number of Band 5 SLTs and/or SLTAs.

If you would like to see more of a Community SLT 'Day in the Life' in LCHS, please do view our video on You Tube:
Beth - SALT
About us
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.
We are an ambassador of a learning culture that will support the right individual to progress in their chosen career through an 'earn while you learn' apprenticeship programme. Visit our Learning and Development page to find out more https://www.lincolnshirecommunityhealthservices.nhs.uk/join-us/learning-and-dev
Details
Date posted
24 October 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
38,682 to 46,580 a year pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number
818-CYP359-QIA833-C
Job locations
Community
Lincolnshire, Countywide
LN5 7JH
Job description
Job responsibilities
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 07840 842 081, jennifer.burnett5@nhs.net

Job description
Job responsibilities
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 07840 842 081, jennifer.burnett5@nhs.net

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including relevant post graduate courses (such as dysphagia training)

Desirable

• Post registration qualifications in related clinical field
• Undertaken Clinical Educator Training.
• Registered member of RCSLT

Experience
Essential

• Experience of having worked as an SLT for adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties
• Experience of having worked as a speech and language therapist for adults. 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.

Desirable

• Experience of working in community settings
• Experience of working in inpatient critical care settings.
• Experience of working in secondary care settings
• Experience of supervising therapy assistants.
• Experience of and ability to work in a broad multidisciplinary team across organisational boundaries
• Knowledge and use of AAC
• Experience of assessment and management of a voice caseload

Knowledge
Essential

• Relevant specialist knowledge, e.g., of trends/best practice, of appropriate assessment tools/treatment techniques
• Knowledge of clinical governance activities

Desirable

• Working knowledge of safeguarding procedures

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Recognised speech and language therapy degree or equivalent
• HCPC registration
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development including relevant post graduate courses (such as dysphagia training)

Desirable

• Post registration qualifications in related clinical field
• Undertaken Clinical Educator Training.
• Registered member of RCSLT

Experience
Essential

• Experience of having worked as an SLT for adults with acquired communication and swallowing difficulties
• Experience of having worked as a speech and language therapist for adults. 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.

Desirable

• Experience of working in community settings
• Experience of working in inpatient critical care settings.
• Experience of working in secondary care settings
• Experience of supervising therapy assistants.
• Experience of and ability to work in a broad multidisciplinary team across organisational boundaries
• Knowledge and use of AAC
• Experience of assessment and management of a voice caseload

Knowledge
Essential

• Relevant specialist knowledge, e.g., of trends/best practice, of appropriate assessment tools/treatment techniques
• Knowledge of clinical governance activities

Desirable

• Working knowledge of safeguarding procedures

Skills Required