Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

6 days ago

Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, United Kingdom The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

Join Our Expert Team as a Speech and Language Therapist at The Royal Marsden, Sutton

Are you a dynamic and motivated Speech and Language Therapist looking to advance your career? The Royal Marsden in Sutton is seeking a highly skilled professional to join our esteemed team. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of oncology patients.

About the Role:

o Diverse Responsibilities: You will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and management of communication and swallowing disorders in oncology patients of all ages. o Specialised Focus: The role primarily involves working with head and neck cancer and neuro-oncology patients, offering you the chance to deepen your expertise in these areas. o Collaborative Environment: You will work alongside experienced SLT and AHP colleagues within our multiprofessional team, ensuring comprehensive patient care.

Professional Development:

o Supervision and Support: Benefit from our well-established supervision and support structure, including collaboration with SLTs at our Chelsea location. o Skill Enhancement: Participate in regular journal clubs and seize opportunities for research and clinical skill development, such as videofluoroscopy and FEES.

Join Us and Make a Difference:

o Mentorship Role: Support and guide a Band 5 therapist, helping them achieve their competencies and grow professionally.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for the provision of a highly specialist clinical service, from acute to palliativeand terminal stages of care, to patients across the lifespan referred to the Trust with a wide rangeof communication and/or swallowing disorders secondary to cancer and/or its treatment.

To take the SLT lead role in the development and delivery of teaching and training programmesin neuro oncology for professionals and other staff, as required

To be responsible for disseminating knowledge in neuro oncology, within the Trust and on anational and international basis, through reading, participation in research and advanced clinicalpractice.

About us

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals - one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey - as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.

To use and demonstrate specialist knowledge to inform sound clinical judgements/decisionmaking for complex case management and advise others on the same, often in the absence ofrobust evidence base. To make appropriate differential diagnoses and highly specialist clinical decisions based onassessment findings of complex cases. To demonstrate highly specialist skills in working and liaising with the multi-disciplinary teams:to influence decision making regarding treatment planning and consequences for therehabilitation of communication and/or swallowing To demonstrate highly developed auditory and perceptual skills in the assessment, diagnosis andtreatment of patients. To be solely responsible for leading the provision of a highly specialist SLT service within neurooncology to patients who have acquired complex disorders of communication and/or swallowing(dysphagia). For example the language disorder, aphasia. Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

Diploma/Degree leading to RCSLT licence to practice Registered MRCSLT Registered member of HCPC Master/MSc or equivalent of post-graduate specialist training and membership/committee role in relevant CEN's ( AAC, Dysphagia, Head and Neck CEN) Attended highly specialist/expert short courses relevant to working with adults with communication and /or swallowing disorders Attended post graduate dysphagia training leading to independent practice in adults Attended highly specialist post graduate study relevant to neuro or Head & Neck cancer advanced dysphagia course Post graduate training/experience in videofluoroscopy with dysphagia in adults Post graduate training in the use of AAC with children and adults.

Desirable

Advanced counselling

Experience

Essential

Demonstrable experience of working at a specialist level with adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders Evidence of developing and delivering training Clinical supervision of SLT students Experience of developing case management skills in less experienced staff

Desirable

Demonstrable experience of working at a specialist level with adults with acquired communication and swallowing disorders caused by their cancer and /or its treatment Knowledge/experience with the use of nasendoscopy/stroboscopy when assessing/treating patients with swallowing difficulties. Demonstrable experience of working in paediatrics

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