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Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist (CHANT) | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 09 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £51,488 - £57,802 p.a. inclusive of HCA (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 October 2024 |
| Location: | New Cross, SE14 6LD |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6618966/196-LIS8846 |
Summary
The current post-holder has been successful in being offered a 12 month secondment to work for the South East London Cancer Alliance.
For this reason, we are able to offer an exciting opportunity for an SLT interested in developing their head and neck cancer rehabilitation skills to join our team for 1.0WTE for a period of 12 months.
Applicants will have previous experience of managing head and neck cancer patients.
The role will involve covering three of our community multidisciplinary team clinics, in collaboration with our clinical nurse specialists, physiotherapists, dietitians, psychologist and therapy assistants. The successful applicant will independently manage their caseload, and will have access to support/supervision from the CHANT Clinical Team Lead and SLT Head & Neck clinical lead at GSTFT.
The CHANT service now offers an innovative community FEES service which the post holder would contribute to.
Please contact Ashlie Denison (Clinical Team Led, CHANT) if you have any queries: ashlie.denison1@nhs.net
To provide highly specialist autonomous clinical management of patients with Head & Neck Cancer referred to the Community Team. To demonstrate an advanced level of clinical decision making to assess, make a clinical diagnosis, develop, implement and evaluate specialised treatment programmes.
As an autonomous member of the Head & Neck Community Team to participate in team decision making regarding organisation and prioritisation of the clinical caseload and work within the multidisciplinary team framework to provide co-ordinated multi-disciplinary care for the benefit of all patients.
To interpret and utilise the findings of investigations such as Videofluoroscopy/FEES to design specialised therapeutic programmes of care and ensure the MDT are informed of outcomes/management plans. The CHANT service now offers an innovative community FEES service which the post holder would contribute to.
To demonstrate clinical effectiveness by use of evidence based practice and measurement of outcome.
In 2009 Guys’ & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTFT), in partnership with Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, won a competitive tender to provide a ground-breaking new service to deliver specialist and dedicated IOG compliant care of the highest quality to Head and Neck Cancer patients across South East London. The team delivers a seamless service offering active rehabilitation in the community setting utilising our collective specialist skills and experience in head and neck cancer.
Please see the attached Job Description for full details of the main responsibilities required for this position
This advert closes on Sunday 22 Sep 2024