Speech and Language Therapist - Head & Neck Cancer

EAST LANCASHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the United Kingdom seeks a clinician to deliver specialized services to adults and children with Head & Neck cancer. Join a well-established team committed to high-quality care and professional development. The role involves providing evidence-based assessments and interventions while engaging with a multidisciplinary team in an innovative healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Evidence-based assessment skills.
• Experience in teaching and supporting junior staff.
• Ability to engage in multidisciplinary teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical services to adults and children with Head & Neck cancer.
• Deliver appropriate interventions to an adult clinical caseload.
• Contribute to service and workforce initiatives.

Job description

Responsibilities

• To provide clinical services to adults and children with Head & Neck cancer
• To use evidence-based, specialist skills to undertake expert assessments and deliver appropriate interventions to an adult clinical caseload.
• To provide input into teaching, training and supporting junior staff (B5 rotation).
• To support the 'ENT SLT' team and engage and continue to be an active member of the wider ENT multi-disciplinary team, The SLT service has a well-established team of clinical leads - Critical Care, Dysphagia, Head & Neck, Stroke, FEES, Videofluoroscopy, Neurorehabilitation, Care Homes and Community.

Actively involved in a range of service and workforce initiatives across the Lancashire and South Cumbria IC and research including collaborations with ELHT & UCLan's AHP Professor in Neurorehabilitation and Stroke. The service is well equipped and is supported by a team of administrators, SLT Assistants and Therapy Assistant Practitioners. Regular team meetings, an annual SLT Showcase of best practice and SLT, Stroke and Neuro Improvement Showcase. Continual improvement is embedded in our daily work and service improvement initiatives. We are committed to continuing professional development and this is underpinned by supervision, regular line management and an annual appraisal system.

About the Trust

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute and specialist healthcare services to the people of Pennine Lancashire. With a strong commitment to high quality, safe and patient centred care, the SLT service at the Trust is well established and offers specialist pathways in Head & Neck oncology, ENT, voice, swallowing and neurorehabilitation. The post is within a dynamic multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer team, collaborating across surgery, oncology, ENT, maxillofacial and allied health professionals.

This is a rare opportunity to be part of this incredible SLT team. The post holder will have opportunities to develop skills in FEES and will be supported by both the SLT FEES lead and the H&N SLT lead as well as working closely with the SLT voice team. The ELHT SLT team have regular access to videofluoroscopy and dedicated senior SLT leadership.

Established in 2003 East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) is a large integrated health care organisation providing high quality acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen. Our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 700,000 patients a year from the most serious of emergencies to planned operations and procedures. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work and achievements.