Job summary
Upper Airway Speech and Language Therapist
We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working therapist to join the Upper Airway Speech and Language Therapy team, based at the Royal Brompton Hospital. Our ideal candidate will have a genuine interest in breathing and voice difficulties and an ability to form a positive, effective therapeutic rapport with our patients.
Main duties of the job
You will receive support and training from the Consultant Upper Airway SLT, treating outpatients with a range of upper airway disorders. You will take the lead in running the Chronic Cough and Voice Therapy Groups and contribute to our recently established support group for patients with inducible laryngeal obstruction. There will be opportunities to attend consultant-led clinics and you will have a central role alongside the Consultant SLT in running our highly specialist continuous laryngoscopy during provocation (CLP) clinic. You will be a key member of the upper airway multidiscipinary team, attending our weekly meeting to discuss case management and review laryngoscopy images.
About us
Our Upper Airway Service was established by Dr James Hull nine years ago for the treatment of patients with chronic cough, laryngeal hypersensitivity, inducible laryngeal obstruction, and voice conditions related to respiratory disease. We are one of the leading centres in the UK with expertise in treating upper airway disorders and receive referrals from home and abroad. We are regularly invited to present at national and international meetings and our work is often reported in the media. Our service has progressed significantly in the last nine years and we have plans for further innovative practice, to ensure that our patients continue to receive the most effective treatment possible.
Our department has a thriving in-service teaching programme, delivered by colleagues with well-established reputations in their specialist area of work. The Trust is extremely supportive of CPD activity and there will be opportunities for audit, research and conference presentations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work as an autonomous practitioner in providing speech and language therapy assessment and treatment to own designated caseload of upper airway patients with chronic cough, breathing and voice difficulties, and to maintain up-to-date therapy records.
To use evidence-based principles and current best practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
To be a core member of the upper airway speech and language therapy service and upper airway multidisciplinary team.
To consolidate and develop knowledge and skills through participation in continuous professional development (CPD).
Please see job description attached for full details.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To work as an autonomous practitioner in providing speech and language therapy assessment and treatment to own designated caseload of upper airway patients with chronic cough, breathing and voice difficulties, and to maintain up-to-date therapy records.
To use evidence-based principles and current best practice to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
To be a core member of the upper airway speech and language therapy service and upper airway multidisciplinary team.
To consolidate and develop knowledge and skills through participation in continuous professional development (CPD).
Please see job description attached for full details.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Speech and Language Therapy degree
- HCPC registration
Essential
Essential
- Experience of treating voice and/or respiratory patients
Essential
Essential
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Speech and Language Therapy degree
- HCPC registration
Essential
Essential
- Experience of treating voice and/or respiratory patients
Essential
Essential
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
