Senior Specialist Speech and Language Therapist | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £54,320 - £60,981 p.a inc HCA (pro rata) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 19 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, SE19RT |
| Company: | Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7289428/196-LIS9637 |
Summary
Senior Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Voice (Severe asthma service)
Part time: 0.5 WTE
Maternity Leave cover: 9 months
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic Speech and Language Therapist to join our Voice team at GSTT.You will be working with the severe asthma team in the respiratory service and will besupported and supervised by the Clinical LeadSpeech and Language Therapist in Voice.
You will have significant post graduate specialist experience of managing a caseloadof voice patients referred from ENT as well as experience in the management of upper airway disorders.You will have specific competencies in areas of objective and perceptual assessment of voice and in evaluation of stroboscopic laryngeal images. You willbe able to demonstrate competence in independentlymanaging this caseload of patients.
You will have access to the 8 weekly Voice Clinics and will be a key link between the severe asthma team and ENT.
• To take independent clinical responsibility for the provision of a high-quality Speech and Language Therapy service to adult patients with voice and upper airway disorders.
• To deliver and develop a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy service in collaboration with the severe asthma team and the Clinical Lead SLT in voice disorders.
• To work as a core member of the severe asthma MDT,
The Speech and Language Therapy Service at GSTT offers a supportive team of highly experienced colleagues, excellent supervision and peer support plus opportunities for continuing professional development. This post would be an excellent opportunity for someone who may wish to develop their skills further in a dedicated specialist service.
Active multi-professional working is strongly encouraged and there are regular opportunities to provide training to other disciplines along with service development opportunities.
• To take a specialist role in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of outpatients with upper airway disorders, such as chronic cough, laryngeal hypersensitivity, and inducible laryngeal obstruction, as well as patients with asthma, who may have accompanying upper airway symptoms
• To demonstrate extensive knowledge of laryngeal and respiratory function to underpin highly specialist treatment of patients with upper airway disorders
• To develop and deliver therapy groups in collaboration with the Respiratory MDT and to maintain a database for future audit and research
• To be flexible to the needs of the caseload and the severe asthma service.
• To identify patients requiring ENT assessment of their dysphonia and facilitate onward referral to the Voice Clinic
• To identify patients requiring provocation clinic assessment and treatment for ILO
• To attend and contribute to weekly MDT meetings, referring appropriately to other professionals and arranging joint working where needed to ensure the delivery of effective, integrated therapy
Please see job description for full JD
This advert closes on Sunday 6 Jul 2025