Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The Highly Specialist Oncology Speech and Language Therapist will work alongside the Speech and Language Therapy team to deliver a high-quality service to their patient population. The role will involve working directly with cancer patients across inpatients; outpatients; ambulatory care; and radiotherapy services within the cancer centre. The post holder will see a specialist caseload of cancer patients, including head and neck cancers and other cancer types. Alongside their clinical duties, the successful candidate will undertake service development, best practice projects and audit. They will also be responsible for undertaking teaching of other health care professionals and supervision of other Speech and Language Therapists and undergraduate students.
Welsh speaking skills are desirable for this post, Welsh & English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our friendly Therapies team in the Integrated Care Directorate at Velindre Cancer Centre on a full-time basis (37.5 hours per week) for a 6-month fixed term period, due to maternity cover. Part time hours would also be considered. Secondment cover would also be considered for this post; those seeking a secondment should gain agreement from their current line manager prior to applying for the post.
Whilst this is being advertised as a Band 7 post, we will consider employing a Band 6 therapist with an appropriate skills set.
We are seeking a motivated and organised individual who is an adaptive team player with excellent interpersonal skills. Experience of working as a Speech and Language Therapist in acute and rehabilitative care, including experience of working with communication and swallowing problems, is required. The successful candidate will need to be able to manage a clinical caseload, have excellent time management and prioritisation skills along with team working skills.

Thank you for your interest in working for Velindre Cancer Centre (VCC), which is a committed equal opportunities employer. VCC welcomes applications from people who share our vision;
Velindre University NHS Trust will be recognised locally, nationally and internationally as a renowned organisation of excellence for patient and donor care, education and research.
our values;
+ Caring
+ Respectful
+ Accountable
& who will complement our current experienced and specialist employees who are passionate about working in an organisation with the ambition to provide world class services & care to our patients.
VCC is an amazing place to work & develop your career. It is undertaking a 5 year transformation programme which will enable cancer services to meet the future needs of our patients across South East Wales. Not only will programme see VCC moving into a new purpose built cancer hospital, it will provide opportunities for patients to receive treatments closer to their homes. The infrastructure changes will offer our employees opportunities to work across a number of sites, in new and different ways, create development opportunities & increase flexible working practices.
VCC provides our employees with a favourable salary and reward / staff benefits & support package.
For more information on this vacancy please contact the recruiting manager, who will be pleased to discuss it with you.
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The Trust also reserves the right to close a vacancy early or withdraw an advertisement at any stage of the process, to enable internal staff requiring to be redeployed in suitable roles.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
The salary scale above has been agreed as part of the NHS Agenda for Change pay award for 2024/2025 and will be implemented in November 2024 backdated to 1st April 2024 where applicable., Here at Velindre University NHS Trust we are extremely proud of the specialist services we provide across the whole of Wales in our cutting-edge Velindre Cancer Centre and our award-winning Welsh Blood Service, as well as the expertise of our corporate functions that bring the two divisions together. We are also fortunate to host the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership and Health Technology Wales and have developed strong partnership working with these expert services.
Formed in 1999, the Trust has a dedicated workforce that continuously strives to provide the key principles of prudent healthcare through a wide array of roles. We play a vital role in the communities we support and have ambitious plans for the future to continue to improve the services we deliver. We strive to maintain our core values in everything we do by being; accountable, bold, caring and dynamic, and ensuring the best possible care for our patients and donors.
If you want to work for an organisation that prides itself on making a real difference and offers exciting career opportunities then Velindre University NHS Trust is the place for you.