Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist: Head & Neck/Voice
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £46,148.00 to £52,809.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £46148.00 - £52809.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 10 July 2025 |
| Location: | Plymouth, PL6 8DH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9216-25-0838 |
Summary
Clinical: Head & Neck Cancer 1. To be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, development, implementation and monitoring of treatment for a personal or shared caseload of head and neck cancer patients, with access to clinical supervision and advice from senior colleagues and relevant others. 2. To make appropriate differential diagnoses and highly-specialist clinical decisions on the evidence of assessment of complex cases including need to refer for further diagnostics. 3. To provide highly-specialist SLT advice to voice and head & neck cancer MDTs and others regarding the management and care of both outpatients and inpatients. 4. To undertake and interpret highly-specialist assessments using instrumental assessment techniques such as videofluoroscopy and fibreoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing. 5. To work closely with MDT colleagues across a range of outpatient settings, including support within specialist clinics and attendance at MDT, local and regional meetings. 6. To provide support to total laryngectomy services across in- and outpatient settings, including assessment, treatment and management of communication and swallowing problems. Clinical: Voice 7. To manage an outpatient caseload and to provide a highly specialist clinical service for the assessment, treatment and management of voice disorders based upon current research and evidence. 8. To work closely with ENT colleagues, including supporting the Joint Voice Clinic, to provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, and management to voice patients. 9. To undertake and interpret highly-specialist assessments using instrumental assessment techniques, such as videostroboscopy and acoustic analysis, and to use these to inform appropriate treatment. 10. To reach differential diagnoses based on assimilated evidence from formal and informal assessments where there are multiple diagnoses, evidence may be conflicting, and expert opinion may differ. For further details please see attached JD&PS.