Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 per annum inc HCA |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | London, SE19RT |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6228093/196-LIS8375 |
Summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join our head and neck oncology team. We are seeking an experienced and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist with specialist skills in managing adults with acquired disorders of swallowing and communication secondary to head and neck cancer and its treatment.
You will be based at Guy’s Hospital, working within a team of specialist Speech and Language Therapists both in the acute service and with strong links to our dedicated multidisciplinary Community Head and Neck Cancer team.
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• To provide a high quality specialist service to adult in-patients and out-patients referred mainly from the ENT, Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Oncology departments at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals with communication and/or swallowing disorders. This includes patients undergoing laryngectomy and surgical voice restoration, and other head and neck surgery/oncological treatment.
The Adult Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Department at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital consists of 26.2 WTE SLTs and 1.4 WTE SLT Assistants. We have considerable expertise within the team with members representing the profession on a number of regional and national groups as well as contributing to both local and national guidance and research.
The service is able to offer you excellent supervision and peer support, with an emphasis on team working. Quality improvement projects and research ideas are strongly encouraged, both within SLT and in the multi-professional teams. We have regular team meetings, plus opportunities for continuing professional development through in-house training, clinical excellence networks and external courses.
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• In collaboration with senior therapists based on the Guy’s site to provide independent, specialist clinical management of in-patients with disorders of swallowing and communication referred from ENT, Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, and Oncology Departments.
• To maintain close liaison with referring medical staff and nurse specialists to ensure optimum treatment and support for patients after laryngectomy/SVR and other head and neck surgery.
• To utilise a high level of interpersonal skills in helping patients adapt to changed circumstances / disability.
• To independently carry out and analyse videofluoroscopic examinations of swallow. To report findings to the MDT regarding implications for management, plus use findings to design specialised therapeutic programmes of care.
• To participate in the Surgical Voice Restoration programme at Guy’s Hospital and to provide specialist training in SVR for nurses and junior doctors.
This advert closes on Wednesday 1 May 2024