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Principal Speech and Language Therapist, Head and Neck Cancer
The closing date is 10 July 2025
We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a speech and language therapist with excellent advanced leadership and clinical skills to join our senior band 8a SaLT team and lead our regional speech and language therapy head and neck cancer service. We are committed to reducing health inequalities and access to our services in Head and Neck cancer and you will be part of a team working across sites and all aspects of the patient pathways with a shared focus on surgery, oncology, and rehabilitation across inpatient, outpatient and community settings. You will lead a team of speech and language therapists in this area and have a close working relationship with our clinical lead for Voice as well as all ENT medical, nursing and AHP professionals across the clinical pathways. Our service offers speech and language therapy led VFS, FEES and SVR. You will lead on clinical service developments and innovation as well as line management, supervision and all aspects of clinical governance in this specialist area including teaching, audit, risk management and quality improvement.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Lead and expert practitioner Head and Neck Cancer.
Line management, supervision and mentor.
Advanced clinical skills - FEES, VFS, SVR, dysphagia, airway management.
Teaching and training
Key member of the senior SaLT team
MDT member.
Outpatient clinics across the sites
Speech, voice and swallow rehabilitation
Research and audit.
About us
At UHSussex (UHSx), diversity is our strength, & we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness & experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, & can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) & a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients & staff with the same compassion & empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above & beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our candidate information pack & wellbeing programme,for staff which is extensive & designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching & training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us & throughout your career we will help you to grow & develop.We hope that in choosing UHSx you are choosing a long & happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make & feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application & the start of your journey with UHSx.
Job responsibilities
Clinical Lead and expert practitioner Head and Neck Cancer.
Line management, supervision and mentor of a team of speech and language therapists and administration staff.
Advanced clinical skills - FEES, VFS, SVR, dysphagia, airway management. This includes competencies in tracheostomy and laryngectomy management.
Teaching and training - across a range of professionals, students and carers.
Service development within speech and language therapy and head and neck cancer/ENT. This includes quality improvements and innovations.
Key member of the senior SaLT team - you will attend the speech and language therapy monthly Board and Quality and Safety meetings and contribute robustly to the overall development and management of the service including budgetary and workforce responsibilities.
Outpatient clinics across the sites including clinics at several sites and a domiciliary caseload as well as ongoing liaison with community services.
Speech, voice and swallow rehabilitation
Research and audit.
Person Specification
Professional Registration
* HCPC and RCSLT
Experience / Qualifications
* Appropriate knowledge, skills and experience
* Degree or recognised equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
* Membership of relevant CEN(s), forums.
* Advanced dysphagia training and competencies.
* Counselling training and experience.
Skills
* Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
* Able to diagnose full range of communication and swallowing disorders within area of specialist knowledge.
* Surgical Voice restoration
* Experience of developing and running support groups for families/carers
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
* Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Full-time,Part-time,Job share,Flexible working,Home or remote working
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