Clinical Lead SLT Head and Neck Cancer

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and innovative Speech and Language Therapist with a passion for excellence to provide leadership and a clinical service to patients within the Head and Neck pathway.

Your caseload will include patients with altered airways, complex dysphagia and communication difficulties. You will be working with both inpatients and outpatients.

In addition to the wider SLT team, you will work closely with our friendly and supportive Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Team including CNS's, dietitians, and medical teams.

You will have access to instrumental assessment (both videofluoroscopy and FEES).

Research and innovation is very much supported and encouraged within the team and as part of your role.

Improving Diversity and Inclusive Recruitment:

As part of the Trust's aim to improve diversity across the Trust, positive action is being taken and all applications for this post from BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ candidates can request to be considered under an expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum criteria as specified in the person specification for this role.

Applicants will be prompted in the application form to declare if they wish to be considered under this expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, and their response would be visible to the Shortlisting Panel.

If you have any queries about expanded Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please contact Rob Saunders (HR Manager - Recruitment) in confidence via email robert.saunders1@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

The post holder will develop and deliver highly specialist SLT services to patients diagnosed with Head and Neck Cancer, working as an integral part of the Head and Neck MDT.

To lead the Head and Neck cancer SLT team, ensuring that principles of good governance are adhered to.

To provide training and line management for more junior SLTs within the Head and Neck service, and support within the wider SLT team as required.

To deputise for the Head of Dietetics and SLT as required.

Job responsibilities

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.