Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist - Voice

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust

The closing date is 25 November 2024

Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Voice Specialist Speech and Language Therapist to join the Speech and Language Therapy team at East Surrey Hospital covering the voice outpatient service. The service largely covers adult voice patients, with a small paediatric voice caseload.

The successful applicant will have experience working at an advanced level in the assessment, differential diagnosis and management voice disorders. You will be able to demonstrate highly developed skills in complex dysphonia from a range of causes including organic, functional or oncological.

You will carry a complex clinical caseload as well as lead in the running of the joint voice clinic with ENT and provide clinical support and supervision to the SLTs within the voice service and the wider SLT team, as well as SLT students.

We are committed to continuing professional development and evidence based practice, offering regular in-service training and both peer group and 1:1 support. Internal and external courses are supported.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

About us

We provide emergency and non-emergency services to the residents of East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon, including the major towns of Crawley, Horsham, Reigate and Redhill; a community of over 535,000 people. We provide acute and complex services and a range of outpatient, diagnostic services whilst Crawley Hospital and Horsham in West Sussex and Caterham Dene Hospital and Oxted Health Centre in Surrey provide less complex planned services. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission (CQC) rated our services as 'Outstanding' and we are one of the best performing Trusts in England:

Winners of Health Service Journal Acute Trust of the year award 2021
National Patient Safety Awards winner and strive to be a beacon for safety in all that we do
We are in the top 20% nationally for staff recommending the Trust as a place to work or receive treatment

Date posted

11 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£27,688 to £31,685 a year plus high cost allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

326-6790900-RB

Job locations

East Surrey Hospital

Canada Avenue

Redhill

RH1 5RH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application accurately reflects where you match them. For further information regarding the role please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Person Specification

criteria

Essential

Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
A complete and accurate application
Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
Evidence of essential experience for role
Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

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.