This permanent role sits in the Head and Neck team at Northampton General Hospital, run by Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, with part-time hours considered. The work centres on assessing and treating communication and swallowing problems in adults with head and neck cancer, including those with laryngectomy, complex airway needs and voice restoration. It offers possible national trial work and regular clinical supervision. Applicants need prior head and neck cancer experience and complex dysphagia competencies.
What the job involves
- Assess and treat communication and swallowing disorders in adults with head and neck cancer
- Support patients through the head and neck cancer pathway
- Manage complex airway and laryngectomy patients, including surgical voice restoration
- Work within the head and neck multidisciplinary team
Qualifications
- Intermediate dysphagia training
Registration & licences
- HCPC registration as a speech and language therapist
Experience
- Experience with adults with head and neck cancer
- Experience with laryngectomy patients
Skills & knowledge
- Complex dysphagia competencies
- Multidisciplinary team working
Nice to have
- Tracheostomy trained
- Videofluoroscopy trained
- Advanced dysphagia training
- Surgical voice restoration experience
What's offered
- Professional support
- Regular clinical supervision
- Access to wider SLT clinical supervision groups
- Possible involvement in national PATHOS control trials
- Culture of learning and development
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
