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Job overview
Are you an experienced Speech & Language Therapist ready to take the next step in your career? This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly regarded Head & Neck / ENT SLT service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, one of the UK’s leading teaching hospitals.
We are offering a permanent, full-time role within our established and regionally renowned team. You will provide specialist SLT input across Head & Neck Cancer / Oncology and ENT services (Voice). We are seeking an enthusiastic clinician with the skills and experience to contribute to a dynamic multidisciplinary team. We would also consider experienced band 6 clinicians who are looking for a developing post.
You will join a friendly, supportive, and forward-thinking service that values clinical excellence, innovation, and collaboration. This role offers the chance to work in a fast-paced acute setting while developing your specialist expertise.
You will bring:
- Strong experience in ENT and Head & Neck Cancer/Oncology
- Expertise in voice assessment and therapy
- Competence in flexible nasendoscopy (FNE) / laryngeal evaluation (pending previous banding)
- Experience in MDT working, training, and service development
In this advanced specialist role, you will manage a complex caseload, contribute to service development and quality improvement, support innovation in patient-centred care, and provide supervision and mentorship to colleagues and students.
Main duties of the job
This is an opportunity to develop your expertise within a forward-thinking and supportive team. You will be encouraged to build on your existing skills, with access to high-quality supervision and strong peer support to help you thrive.
As a valued member of the ENT / Head & Neck multidisciplinary team, you will play an integral role in delivering excellent patient care and contributing to innovative clinical practice. Speech and Language Therapy services at Addenbrooke’s are led by a Professional Head of SLT and span four specialist areas: ENT / Head & Neck, Adult Acute, Acute Paediatrics and Neonates, and Acute Stroke / Neuro / Trauma Rehabilitation. The service also delivers specialised AAC provision across the region through CASEE, offering further opportunities for collaboration.
In this role, you will contribute to a highly specialist Voice and Head & Neck Oncology SLT service, managing a complex caseload and providing advanced assessment and intervention. You will work autonomously, prioritising your workload and leading outpatient instrumental assessment clinics such as Videofluoroscopy (VFS) and Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) (pending prior experience in this area)
You will be supported with dedicated CPD opportunities and a personalised development plan to help you continue to grow and thrive.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: - applied for a Graduate visa - or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment - or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start
This vacancy will close at midnight on 27th August 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 1st September 2026
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Skills
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including observation, listening and empathy skills
- Highly developed auditory and perceptual discriminatory skills for analysis of voice and speech, including phonetic transcription
- Advanced clinical skills in analysis and interpretation of videofluoroscopic and FEES examinations, including ability to pass the nasendoscope
- Advanced skills in Surgical Voice Restoration, including sizing, selecting, placing and maintenance of voice prostheses
- Excellent presentation skills, both verbal and written
- Demonstrates ability to be an effective team member and assume leadership responsibilities
- Excellent negotiation and problem solving skills for management of complex cases
- Excellent analytical and reflection skills
- Excellent prioritisation and organisational skills
- Computer skills for the preparation of reports, presentations and therapy materials
- Counselling skills
Desirable
- Advanced skills in suctioning for laryngectomy and/or tracheostomy patients
Knowledge
Essential
- Well established knowledge of a range of assessment tools and therapeutic interventions in the areas of voice, communication and dysphagia relevant to head and neck cancer
- In depth knowledge of RCSLT guidelines and national policies and procedures relevant to client group
- In depth understanding of the principles of clinical governance / audit to monitor and improve service
- Understanding of the roles of other professionals relevant to client group
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping
Experience
Essential
- In depth post graduate experience in specialist area of head and neck
- Proven competence in the independent assessment, treatment and management of complex voice, communication and swallowing disorders associated with and head and neck caseload
- Independent use and interpretation of videofluoroscopic and FEES examinations
- Proven competence in the independent management of laryngectomy patients, including surgical voice restoration
- Proven experience in the independent assessment, treatment and management of patients with tracheostomies
- Experience in the area of voice, including use of specialist assessment and therapeutic techniques
- Experience in the selection, use and programming of augmentative communication systems
- Experience in the assessment and management of trismus including provision of appropriate therapeutic devices
- Experience in developing and delivering training to other professionals
- Experience of supervising students and supporting less experienced SLTs
- Involvement in multidisciplinary working
Desirable
- Experience in provision of oesophageal voice training
- Experience in training and provision of therapy with use of an electrolarynx
Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree or equivalent
- Health and Care Professions Council Registration
- Registered member of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
- Post-graduate dysphagia accreditation or equivalent
- Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses in voice, communication and swallowing disorders in Head and Neck, including laryngectomy and tracheostomy management, to masters level equivalent
- Member of Specialist Interest Groups
Additional Requirements
Essential
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Safe, Kind, Excellent.
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