Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Shields; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for an SLT to join the Adult Speech and Language Therapy Voice and Respiratory Service. The role focuses on dysphonia, chronic cough and inducible laryngeal obstruction, with opportunities to contribute to multidisciplinary clinics and national guidelines.

Based at North Tyneside General Hospital with outreach clinics in Hexham and Blyth, the post offers structured CPD, supervision and possibilities to lead service development

Qualifications

• Experience in assessment and management of dysphonia, chronic cough and inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO).
• Dysphagia experience welcomed. Laryngoscopy expertise desirable.

Responsibilities

• Triaging voice referrals, waiting list management and advanced assessment and management of complex voice and upper airway disorders, independently and within multidisciplinary clinics.

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Adult Speech and Language Therapy Voice and Respiratory Service at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking for a motivated SLT to join our experienced team, supporting people with complex voice and upper airway disorders.

The successful candidate will have experience in the assessment and management of dysphonia, chronic cough and inducible laryngeal obstruction (ILO). Experience in dysphagia is welcomed. Laryngoscopy expertise is desirable, but internal training is available.

Our SLT's work closely with the respiratory multidisciplinary team, including physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, clinical psychologists and lung physiologists. Our SLT's attend specialist clinics including Complex Breathlessness, Joint Cough and Exercise-Induced Laryngeal Obstructions clinics, with collaboration with regional Ear, Nose and Throat services.

Our service is recognised as a leading UK service, with team members contributing to national clinical guidelines, research and teaching. We value ongoing learning through structured CPD, peer supervision and case discussion.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

This post is based at North Tyneside General Hospital, with outreach clinics in Hexham and/or Blyth. Locations and frequency can be negotiated.

The role involves triaging voice referrals, waiting list management and advanced assessment and management of complex voice and upper airway disorders, both independently and within multidisciplinary clinics. Advanced competencies in psychotherapeutic approaches and laryngoscopy are desirable. There will be opportunities to lead and contribute to service development, innovation and quality improvement, and to supervise colleagues and students.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop specialist expertise within a supportive, forward-thinking team while contributing to a nationally recognised service.

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way!

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Louise Kellett Job title: Clinical Lead SLT (Adult SLT service) Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01670396434

Jen Butler

Voice and Respiratory SLT

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