Advanced Speech & Language Therapist

Looking for a fresh challenge? We are recruiting for an Advanced Speech and Language Therapist to work in a split post as part of the Acute Inpatients and Head & Neck/ENT teams. We will provide you with training and pastoral support and offer an outstanding learning and development package with a broad range of development opportunities.

This will be based at both Tunbridge Wells Hospital and Maidstone Hospital sites . Candidates will be enthusiastic and flexible, with a specialist interest in Head & Neck Oncology.

You will help to manage patients with dysphagia on an acute inpatient caseload and help deliver speech and language therapy to adults who present with a wide range of swallowing and communication disorders secondary to head and neck cancer or ENT disorders, including those with laryngectomy and tracheostomy., Excellent communication skills and significant experience in dysphagia, tracheostomy, complex communication disorders, laryngectomy and videoflouroscopy are essential. Further experience in FEES is desirable. You will offer second opinions and guidance on more complex dysphagia and input into videofluoroscopy clinic as well as the weekend rota across inpatients. We need flexible, dynamic individuals capable of working well in a team. As stated before, we would also consider candidates who are still developing these skills in to a developing B7 role. Just get in touch!

The broader SALT team is made up of 21 SLTs and 5 SLT Assistant posts, split across both sites. We offer excellent clinical support and supervision, and ongoing professional development is actively encouraged. Speech and Language Therapy sits within the Therapies Directorate, in the Core Clinical Services Division and is co-located with Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Dietetics on both sites, making easy work of joint working.

Please note that this role may often attract a high level of applications. Please note this role may close earlier than the original closing date so please ensure you submit your application as soon as possible.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.