Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and enthusiastic individual to join our friendly Therapies team at Velindre Cancer Service on a part-time basis (30 hours per week) as a Highly Specialist Head and Neck Speech and Language Therapist.

The Highly Specialist Head and Neck Speech and Language Therapist will work alongside the Speech and Language team and the Head and Neck multi-disciplinary team to deliver a high-quality service to their patient population.This will include working within the outpatient and multi-disciplinary clinic setting, in addition to ambulatory care and inpatients. The post holder will be responsible for the configuration of Speech and Language service provision for the Head and Neck population served by Velindre Cancer Service.

The post will also include leading the altered airways developments, as part of the MDT, across Velindre Cancer Centre. Alongside their clinical duties, the successful candidate will undertake service development, quality improvement 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.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a motivated and organised individual who is an adaptive team player with excellent interpersonal skills. Experience of working as a Speech & Language Therapist in adult services at a senior level, including experience relevant to Head and Neck cancer services and patients with altered airways, along with experience of working as a member of a specialist multi-disciplinary team is a requirement of this post.

The post holder will be a senior, independent and highly experienced practitioner providing speech and language therapy service to adults with disorders of communication and swallowing difficulties following a diagnosis of Head & Neck Cancer and/or other tumour sites, for patients undergoing oncological treatment from Velindre Cancer Service.

In addition, the successful candidate will need to be able to manage a complex clinical caseload, have excellent time management and prioritisation skills along with audit and research skills. Welsh speaking skills are desirable for this post, Welsh & English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

About us

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 ouraward-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.

Visit our website to find out more https://velindre.nhs.wales/