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Job Title: Specialist Head & Neck Speech and Language Therapist
Agency: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Lancashire, Preston, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: 38,682 – 46,580 £ / Year

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Job Summary

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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHTR) is seeking to recruit a Specialist Head & Neck (H&N) Speech & Language Therapist (SLT) to join our exciting, complex, and fast-paced H&N SLT service, with plans to expand regionally across the Lancashire & South Cumbria patch. If you enjoy working within a strong MDT, with a focus on patient-centred care, and want to develop or grow your H&N specialist skills, this job is for you!

RPH is a specialist tertiary Cancer Centre, and we provide both Surgical and Oncology treatment for H&N patients on the same site. You will be expected to assess and deliver quality SLT intervention for patients with communication and swallowing problems for inpatients on our specialist oncology, ENT, maxillofacial, and critical care wards, as well as outpatients across the oncology and surgical pathways.

Royal Preston Hospital provides a Laryngectomy service, including Surgical Voice Restoration Clinics. We also have established Videofluoroscopy and FEES services.

We are ideally looking for an individual who is an autonomous and competent clinician in dysphagia/communication management, who has the passion and drive to work in the clinical area of H&N cancer, and is part of our expanding specialist team. However, we have a flexible approach and would consider applicants who have transferable skills from other relevant clinical areas.

Main duties of the job

  • To provide a specialist speech and language therapy within the Head & Neck cancer Speech & Language Therapy Services
  • To assess and treat adults with acquired disorders of voice, communication, and dysphagia.
  • To work across in-patient and out-patient pathways and proactively engage in multidisciplinary team working.
  • To support the clinical lead in the day-to-day running of the clinical area (Head & Neck Cancer, including ENT/Max surgeries, laryngectomy, SVR, oncology, and late effects) through implementation of clinical knowledge, operational accountability, monitoring of service provision, and supporting staff as required.
  • To provide input to the teaching, research, audit, and service development functions of the department.
  • To actively participate in CPD to maintain and expand clinical knowledge.
  • To practice at all times in accordance with the Trust values, Health Care Professions Council Code of Conduct, and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists professional standards, working as part of a team to ensure that patients and relatives receive excellent care with compassion.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Education

Essential

  • Recognised Degree / Master’s in Speech and Language Pathology
  • HCPC & RCSLT registration
  • Evidence of CPD in relevant areas
  • RCSLT specialist dysphagia competencies

Desirable

  • Postgraduate courses in the relevant clinical area of Speech and Language Therapy

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge of acquired disorders of communication/voice and dysphagia
  • Experience in managing dysphagia and communication disorders in a specialist clinical area, both in the inpatient and outpatient settings
  • Understanding of the roles of other health care professionals and working as a multidisciplinary team
  • Clinical educator

Desirable

  • Videoflouroscopy training or experience.
  • FEES exposure
  • Experience of laryngectomy management and Surgical Voice Restoration
  • Projects/audit/service development
  • Training and clinical supervision of others

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to manage patients independently
  • Analytical, problem-solving, auditory, and perceptual skills
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Good prioritisation skills
  • Ability to multitask and work flexibly
  • Works well in a team environment

Desirable

  • Ability to perform cervical auscultation
  • Able to develop delegated project tasks
  • Data collection and analysis

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 15 March 2026

How to Apply;

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