Specialist SALT in head and neck cancer | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 30 Mehefin 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £46,148 - £52,809 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 31 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Colchester, CO4 5JL |
| Cwmni: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7315872/432-HR422-25 |
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We have a substantive vacancy within our Head & Neck cancer service. The service works very closely within the specialist oncology MDT and has regular joint clinics with dietitians, Clinical nurse specialists, oncologists, surgeons, lymphedema nurses and radiographers.
You will need to be a confident and enthusiastic therapist who can demonstrate a variety of different skills.
You will have the opportunity to work alongside highly skilled and experienced colleagues, become involved in specialist MDTs and attend relevant Special Interest Groups and also work towards your competency in SVR and instrumental diagnostics. Our team are presently completing MBSImps training, as well as investigating pharyngeal stimulation and other innovative treatments for dysphagia rehabilitation such as aeration.
Our team is very friendly and helpful and we are committed to regularly reviewing our service delivery, clinical supervision and our CPD. We have over 200 years of collective clinical experience between us and are very generous with our knowledge and are essentially a supportive and can do team.
We also have excellent liaison with the local university, hospitals and other local teams.
Work independently within specialist MDTS toprovide highlycomplex assessment, differential diagnosis andappropriate Speechand Language Therapy intervention for adults with swallowing and communication disorders referred to the service as a consequence of Head & neck Cancer.
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Monday 14 Jul 2025