An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 Specialist Speech and Language Therapists to joinour well established head and neck oncology team rotating between the acute and community settings.
We are looking for 2 Band 6 Speech and Language Therapists with specialist skills in the management of adults with acquired disorders of communication and swallowing, including management of patients with a tracheostomy and with experience of working with patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer. You will ideally be competent in undertaking videofluoroscopy, and knowledge and experience of interpreting and reporting FEES is desirable. You will also have a proven track record of working as a specialist speech and language therapist within a multidisciplinary team, and will have experience of delivering training and student supervision.
The community head and neck team is provided by Guys’ & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust to deliver specialist and dedicated care of the highest quality to Head and Neck Cancer patients across South East London. The service works across 6 SE London boroughs: Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich, offering active rehabilitation in the community setting utilising our collective specialist skills and experience in head and neck cancer.
We strongly encourage you to get in touch if you are interested in this role.
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• To provide a high quality specialist service to adult in-patients and out-patients referred mainly from the ENT, Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Oncology departments at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals with communication and/or swallowing disorders. This includes patients undergoing laryngectomy and surgical voice restoration, and other head and neck surgery/oncological treatment.
The Adult Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) Department at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital consists of 26.2 WTE SLTs and 1.4 WTE SLT Assistants. We have considerable expertise within the team with members representing the profession on a number of regional and national groups as well as contributing to both local and national guidance and research.
The service is able to offer you excellent supervision and peer support, with an emphasis on team working. Quality improvement projects and research ideas are strongly encouraged, both within SLT and in the multi-professional teams. We have regular team meetings, plus opportunities for continuing professional development through in-house training, clinical excellence networks and external courses.
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• In collaboration with senior therapists based on the Guy’s site or in the CHANT team to provide independent, specialist clinical management of in-patients and outpatients with disorders of swallowing and communication referred from ENT, Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery, and Oncology Departments.
• To maintain close liaison with referring medical staff and nurse specialists to ensure optimum treatment and support for patients after laryngectomy/SVR and other head and neck surgery.
• To utilise a high level of interpersonal skills in helping patients adapt to changed circumstances / disability.
• To independently carry out and analyse videofluoroscopic examinations of swallow. To report findings to the MDT regarding implications for management, plus use findings to design specialised therapeutic programmes of care.
• To participate in the Surgical Voice Restoration clinics at Guy’s Hospital.
This advert closes on Sunday 5 Jan 2025