Speech & Language Therapist - Highly Specialist in Cleft Lip & Palate

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to work initially on a part-time basis as a highly specialist SaLT in one of the UK's designated Regional Cleft Centres, providing multidisciplinary care to children with cleft lip and palate / velopharyngeal dysfuntion, from birth to adulthood.

The post holder will be based in the SaLT department at Salisbury District Hospital, with the other SaLT teams, and so will benefit from being part of a larger team for supervision and support, clinical governance, in-service training and professional development.

We are looking for someone with experience in this specialty and particularly welcome those with postgraduate training in cleft. However the responsibilities and salary of this post could be temporarily adapted to suit an experienced Band 6 candidate who wishes to develop skills toward Band 7 skills and responsibilities. There is a strong possibility of extending working hours in the foreseeable future.

Main duties of the job

This post is part of the Spires Regional cleft lip and palate service and covers a wide geographical area in the south half of the cleft network region.

The post holder will have responsibility for providing specialist assessments, diagnosis and treatment to children and their parents/carers in out-patient and MDT clinics, including use of instrumental assessments in the palatal investigation clinics. The post holder will also provide input, liaison and support to community SaLTs and settings across the south of the Spires region.

The Spires Cleft Centre is a twin-site centre based at both Salisbury and Oxford. There are strong links between the two sites with regular SaLT and MDT team meetings and development activities. There is an emphasis on joint working, service development, audit and research. There are varied opportunities for involvement in national initiatives and multi-centre projects. The cleft team is well supported by SaLT colleagues and the regional Lead SaLT.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk