Band 6 Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (Oncology)

Would you like to provide Specialist SLT input to people with voice, swallowing and communication difficulties due to head & neck cancer or oncological conditions? You will be an integral part of an established oncology and head & neck cancer team working within outpatient clinics, acute surgical and oncological wards, specialist ENT/SLT clinics, and surgical voice restoration based at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. You will benefit from a robust supervision structure in an innovative department where participation in research and clinical/professional development is encouraged. You would be part of a supportive team which benefits from SLT led FNE clinic, SLT led FEES and Videofluoroscopy, SVR, vocal cord medialisation, botox and professional voice users services. Opportunities to be part of and access these instrumental assessments to help to shape your clinical practice would also be available., The successful candidate would work within the Speech and Language Therapy team at QEHB serving a diverse clinical caseload across inpatients and outpatients. You would work closely with the SLT Team Leaders, Peer Specialist Speech and Language Therapists and NQP Speech and Language Therapists to provide an excellent level of care to our patient group. The successful candidate will have a clear passion in assessing and managing swallowing and communication disorders within the oncology and head & neck cancer cohort. Your responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• assessing and managing patients with swallowing, communication and voice disorders due to head and neck cancer at any stage of their treatment
• working towards utilising specialist assessments and modalities such as FEES, VFS and SVR
• work as an integral part of specialist MDT clinics including radiotherapy
  
  We have a large team who share a caseload of diverse patient cohorts so being a team player is essential.
  
  QEHB benefits from one of the largest acute SLT teams in the country with more than 40 team members and our Trust is one of the largest teaching hospital Trusts in England serving a national and international population, treating over 2.8 million people annually., We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to: Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives. UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work. University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.