3522 - Highly Specialist SLT - ENT/Head & Neck Cancer

Job summary

Main duties of the job

To provide a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy service at Barnsley Hospital for adults and children with voice disorders, adults with dysphagia of ENT origin, and adults with head and neck cancer. This involves delivering advanced assessment, diagnosis and management, including responsibility for this complex specialist caseload. This role is primarily supporting patients in an outpatient setting, but will also include clinical highly specialist support for the acute inpatient service.

- Contribute to the development and delivery of training, education and professional support for colleagues and other professionals, and to the evaluation and development of the Speech and Language Therapy service through audit, outcome measurement and evidence-based service improvement, in line with Trust policies and procedures.

- To lead and supervise members of the SLT team (and SLT students) in their development of knowledge and skills in relation to voice, dysphagia from an ENT origin and head and neck cancer.

Job responsibilities

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a high performing Trust, currently rated Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and achieving significant progress in the delivery of our strategic objectives, including our ambition to be the best Place to Work

We scored best in the country in the most recent NHS Staff Survey for teamwork, compassionate leadership, and supporting work/life balance. In 2024's survey, the Trust also scored above average in every theme of the NHS People Promise the promise NHS colleagues make to each other to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone

We are proud of the commitment of our colleagues to ensuring a strong and sustainable future and our organisation is highly valued by our local communities

There has never been a better time to join Barnsley Hospital. It is moving at pace and a we can do this attitude is evident right through the organisation

Barnsley Hospital NHS FT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity and fair treatment to all applicants

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