Advanced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Head and Neck / ENT

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in Cambridge is seeking a dedicated Speech & Language Therapist for a full-time position focusing on Head and Neck/ENT services. This role involves providing specialist SLT input to a collaborative multidisciplinary team, including voice therapy and management of complex cases. Candidates should have relevant qualifications, clinical service development experience, and sound clinical skills, especially in voice therapy. This is an excellent opportunity for professional growth in a supportive teaching hospital environment.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

On-site leisure facilities

Subsidised bus travel

Staff canteens

Support for work-life balance

Qualifications

• Proven experience in voice therapy and management of complex disorders.
• Ability to perform and interpret flexible nasendoscopy.
• Experience in clinical service development.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to highly specialist SLT voice services.
• Provide clinical input to a defined caseload of complex patients.
• Develop specialist services for holistic patient care.

Skills

Voice therapy expertise

Working within multidisciplinary teams

Experience with Head and Neck cancer care

Education

Relevant degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Are you a highly motivated, skilled and experienced Speech & Language Therapist looking for an exciting post based within Head and Neck/ENT SLT Services at Addenbrooke’s Hospital?

We are delighted to be appointing to a permanent full‑time post to provide specialist SLT input to the Head and Neck cancer / Oncology and ENT team (Voice therapy). We are looking for someone with the required combination of skills, experience and drive to help support this well established and regionally renowned team.

This is an excellent opportunity for a Speech and Language Therapist to work within our friendly, supportive and enthusiastic team based in a busy acute teaching hospital.

Experience of on‑going clinical service development, developing and delivering training and close MDT working is required. The post holder will have a comprehensive background in Ear, nose and throat disorders, and experience in Head and Neck Cancer Care and Oncology.

Sound clinical skills and experience in voice therapy, analysis, and management including ability to perform and interpret flexible nasendoscopy / EEL is essential.

As an advanced specialist clinician you would be expected to contribute to SLT service improvement initiatives and also provide support and supervision to less experienced therapists and students. In all cases, training and development needs will be identified and a personal development plan agreed and supported.

The post offers an excellent opportunity to build on existing skills whilst being part of a supportive and progressive team. Excellent professional supervision and peer support is available. The SLT post holder will be welcomed as an integral member of the ENT / HN multi‑disciplinary team.

Main duties of the job

• To contribute to the provision of a Highly Specialist SLT Voice service and Head and Neck Oncology service within the SLT ENT Team.
• To provide highly specialist clinical input to a defined caseload, including patients with complex disorders, prioritising needs and managing workload independently. Including running Outpatient Instrumental assessment clinics (VFS and FEES).
• To be proactive in developing specialist services offered to patients and contributing to the multidisciplinary management of patients, taking a holistic approach to care.
• Opportunities to provide remote intervention for patients with Voice disorders as well as access to On site FNE clinics and Joint ENT/SLT led clinics.

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people – patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing ‘outstanding’ care to our patients and rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH’s values –Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent– are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high‑quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.

Immigration & Eligibility

Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:

• applied for a Graduate visa
• or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
• or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start

For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 20 January 2026.

Interviews are due to be held on 29 January 2026.

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on‑site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose‑created colleague‑only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work‑life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

This advert closes on Tuesday 20 Jan 2026.