Voice Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

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Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in Plymouth is seeking an enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist for their Specialist Voice team. The role involves assessing and treating patients with voice disorders in a supportive environment. Required qualifications include an RCSLT degree and HCPC licence, along with proven experience in voice therapy. This part-time position offers opportunities for professional growth in an innovative team.

Benefits

Opportunities for professional and personal growth

Supportive work environment

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven specialist knowledge of assessment and treatment for voice and swallowing disorders.
• Demonstrable experience working with voice disorders.
• Completion of Estill Voice and/or Voice Craft training.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage a caseload of patients with voice disorders.
• Conduct assessments and provide treatment for patients with dysphonia and dysphagia.
• Contribute to the development of the Voice Service.

Skills

Specialist Dysphagia Practitioner

Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Negotiation and problem-solving

Education

Recognised RCSLT degree

HCPC licence to practice

Clinical supervisor training

Tools

Nasendoscopy

Video-laryngoscopy

Job description

Employer University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site University Hospitals Plymouth Town Plymouth Salary £38,682 - £46,580 £38,682 - £46,580 Per Annum Pro Rata Salary period Yearly Closing 21/08/2025 23:59

Voice Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

We are delighted to be seeking an enthusiastic and demonstrably experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our Specialist Voice team. Based at University Hospital Plymouth, you will work within our outpatient voice clinic, utilising both face-to-face and Telehealth services, honing your specialist skills with the supervision and guidance of our Clinical Lead SLT. You will also have access to Joint Voice Clinics with ENT.

You will provide specialist assessment, differential diagnosis and therapeutic intervention for people with voice disorders, and will have previous demonstrable experience of working with people with dysphonia and dysphagia. You will be supported by the Band 7 Voice Clinical Lead SLT and develop strong links with both the inpatient and head & neck SLT teams, as well as ENT.

This is a part-time permanent position. For more information please contact Denise Clifford, Lead Voice SLT, on 01752 432204 or email [emailprotected] .

We are an innovative, experienced and supportive SLT service with excellent opportunities for professional and personal growth. The UHP SLT service spans stroke, acute, head & neck cancer and voice services, with access to MDT working, videofluoroscopy and FEES.

Main duties of the job

Key Dimensions:

To independently manage a personal caseload of service users with voice (dysphonia) and swallowing (dysphagia) disorders with reference to theory, published research and evidence-based practice.

To be responsible for training and advising patients, carers, professionals, and non-professionals in how to support speech, language, and communication difficulties in relation to caseload.

To support the Band 7 Highly Specialist Voice Lead SLT by contributing to the development of the Voice Service, including data collection, contribution to annual reports and attendance at local Voice Forums.

***Preference will be given to internal Trust staff, as well as ‘Priority’ and 'At Risk' status including NHS At Risk staff throughout Devon who are able to display recent relevant experience as dictated by the Person Specification.***

Working for our organisation

We are a people business – where every member of staff matters and can make a difference. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Joining University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust means becoming part of a team of dedicated staff, who are committed to leading the way through innovation, clinical excellence and great customer care. The Trust has great opportunities for career development in a highly progressive working environment. We offer all of this in a vibrant, modern city with a historic reputation for adventure.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY. If you have any issues with applying online and need additional support including reasonable adjustments with the application process please contact the recruitment team on 01752 432100. We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants around less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. Please contact the recruiting manager to discuss this prior to your application submission.

We commit to giving this full consideration in each case. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds to apply for our roles, as diversity strengthens our teams. It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. To be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, development, implementation and monitoring of treatment for a personal or shared caseload of Voice outpatients, with access to clinical supervision and advice from senior colleagues and relevant others.

2. To independently manage personal / shared clinical caseload with reference to theory, published research and evidence, and agreed best practice.

3. To triage and respond to referrals to the Voice Service in line with departmental guidelines.

4. To undertake a range of formal and informal assessments, as indicated by the presenting condition or disorder. This will include analysis and understanding of a range of factors, such as the use of voice, grammar, vocabulary, speech sounds, fluency, social use of language, non-verbal communication.

5. To assess and manage outpatients with a dual diagnosis of dysphonia and dysphagia. This includes identification of when instrumental assessment, such as videofluoroscopy, may be indicated.

6. To be responsible for own case notes, medical/ward case notes and report writing for a range of purposes including legal.

7. To identify, collect, analyse, and interpret case related information and data from medical notes, patients, carers and other relevant sources.

8. To reach differential diagnoses based on evidence gathered from assessments and other sources, and with reference to theory.

9. To prioritise and decide on appropriate treatment/management matched to individual patient/family need from a range of options ensuring patient/carers are fully involved in the decision-making process.

10. To be responsible for reporting findings and recommendations in the patients’ medical/ward notes, and dissemination of clinical reports to appropriate professionals and relevant others

For further details please see the attached JD & PS

Person specification

Qualifications

• • Recognised RCSLT degree (or equivalent).
• • HCPC licence to practice.
• • Competent at Specialist Dysphagia Practitioner level (Inter Professional Dysphagia Framework).
• • Clinical supervisor training.

Knowledge and Experience

• • Work to the guidance and standards of the RCSLT.
• • Proven specialist, up-to-date knowledge, and skills across a broad range of assessment and treatment approaches for voice and swallowing disorders.
• • Demonstrable experience of working with people with voice disorders.
• • Completion of Estill Voice and/or Voice Craft training
• • Comprehensive understanding of the RCSLT policies/protocols on the use of nasendoscopy and video-laryngoscopy.
• • Specialist clinical/technical skills in undertaking and interpreting nasendoscopy investigations.

Aptitude and Abilities

• • Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills
• • Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy.
• • Well-developed negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• • Able to provide clinical supervision for SLT students in training

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE ELECTRONIC, PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNT REGULARLY INCLUDING YOUR JUNK FOLDER.

If you need support with the online application process or require reasonable adjustments with the application and/or interview process please contact the Recruiting Manager for this post.

We recognise that work life balance is important for our colleagues and so we invite requests from applicants about less than full time/flexible working for our advertised roles. We recommend contacting the manager of the role prior to applying and we commit to giving requests full consideration.

We welcome and encourage applicants who identify with all protected characteristics to apply for our roles. We believe that diversity strengthens our teams and improves our patients' experience. At UHP we aim to create an inclusive workplace and hospital where everyone feels they belong and included .

It is sometimes necessary to close vacancies before the closing date. If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date, please assume that you have not been shortlisted.

Providing false information is an offence & could result in the application being rejected or summary dismissal/police action if an applicant is successful.

Please note that if you are successful in your application & accept the position you agree that the Staff Health and Wellbeing Department can access your health records from your current/previous employer in order to check the status of your inoculations & screening tests. This is an automated process & the information will only be used for these purposes prior to your taking up the position with us.

For Doctors Roles:

Unsolicited CVs and Candidate Profiles/Details
University Hospitals Plymouth has a commitment to sourcing candidates directly and as such we do not accept speculative CVs from agencies.

We do, however, work with a defined list of preferred HTE Framework suppliers who may be invited to support us in sourcing candidates for particular roles.

In line with our preferred supplier list, we only pay agency fees where we have a signed agreement in place and an agency has been instructed by a member of the Trust’s Medical Workforce team.

We do not pay agency fees where speculative and unsolicited CVs are submitted to the Trust or Trust employees by any other means than the official route above. Where this is not observed the Trust reserves the right to contact these candidates directly and initiate discussions without payment of any agency fee.

Any candidate details (whether written or spoken) or CVs that are referred directly will not constitute an introduction. The Trust will under no circumstances be responsible for any recruitment fees in relation to these contacts.

Submission of any unsolicited CVs, candidate’s details and/or proposals to the Trust will not be considered further and will be deemed evidence of full and unlimited acceptance of this Agency Protocol.

In order to establish and maintain good working relationships with the Trust’s agency suppliers, we ask that this Protocol is adhered to and thank you for your co-operation.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Denise Clifford Job title Clinical Lead SLT in Voice and Videofluoroscopy Email address [emailprotected] Telephone number 01752 432202