Principal Speech and Language Therapist | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	14 July 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£64,156 - £71,148 per annum inclusive of HCAS, pro-rata
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	13 August 2025
Location:	London, WC1E 6DG
Company:	University College London Hospital
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	7343950/309-UCLH-6574

Summary

Principal Speech and Language Therapist: ENT, Airway, Dysphagia and Voice disorders

A rare opportunity has come up due to retirement of post holder responsible for leading in our ENT Dysphagia service. We have a large, dynamic, and supportive team of 10 clinicians dealing with Voice, Dysphagia and Airway.

This is a post for someone who enjoys working in a team, taking on responsibility for a complex caseload and having opportunities for collaborative working.

You will have another Band 8a alongside you in Dysphagia, for liaison on examinations and reporting. Your role triaging, assessing, and treating a specialist caseload of patients using FEES and VDF will be supported the Band 6 and 5 therapists as appropriate.

You will also have regular input into a specialist Voice MDT with a leading laryngologist.

We meet weekly as a team either online or in person, supporting and encouraging each other. We are excited by research and opportunities to develop the service.

We have regular meetings with our laryngology team to build the service as a whole. Your contribution will be welcome.

The post will work across our outpatient SLT (ENT) Dysphagia, Voice and Airway services at the RNENTEDH. There will be opportunities for research audit and teaching dependent on the skillset and interests of the successful candidate

The post-holder is intended to work as a Band 8a Principal in SLT (ENT) working with colleagues assessing diagnosing and treating Dysphagia. In addition, they will be an equal contributor to a Laryngology MDT focusing on Voice disorders.


The post will require experience in delivering Speech and language therapy management of routine and complex ENT Voice, Dysphagia and Airway disorders. The appointee must have a commitment to high quality patient care, innovative service models, delivery of performance targets, and excellence in education/training.

1. Independently undertaking SLT ENT outpatient clinics and participating in Laryngology clinics.
2. Clinics will include attending VDF at the Tower UCLH.
3. Working as part of the MDT, presenting and discussing cases.
4. Participating in referral triage, clinical governance and audit

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

For the full Person Specification and more informationregardingthe main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.


Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*


*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.


UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit:Flexible working. 


To discover more about what makes UCLHa great placeto work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?



This advert closes on Monday 28 Jul 2025

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