Job summary
Closing Date: 03/09/2025
Shortlisting to take place in the week following closing date: commencing 08/09/2025
Interview expected to take place in the week following shortlisting: commencing 15/09/2025
We are seeking a highly skilled Speech and Language Therapist to join our small and friendly Macmillan Head and Neck Cancer (HNC) service which sits under the Acute Inpatient Adult SALT service at BTHFT. Our service covers pre-treatment clinics, the HNC surgical ward, and follow-up rehabilitation clinics. We are a HNC Surgical Cancer Centre for patients from Bradford, Airedale, Calderdale and Huddersfield. You will join a supportive Band 7 Highly Specialist HNC Speech and Language Therapist, who is skilled in surgical voice restoration, nasoendoscopy, Fibreoptic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing (FEES) and Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Studies (VFSS).
Main duties of the job
This role will involve managing a small, but varied caseload on the HNC ward following surgery, including those with dysphagia, laryngectomy and dysphonia. You will also be required to attend or rotate attendance at the weekly MDT and oncology clinics as per national guidance and GIRFT recommendations. You would also be involved in managing laryngectomy out-patient sessions including stoma care, voice prosthesis management (SVR) and communication therapy. We have excellent links with the MDT, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Dietitians, Max facs, plastics, ENT, local Speech and Language Therapy teams and our oncologists based at the regional Cancer Centre at Leeds. You will benefit from peer support, supervision and training as required, both with the wider Head and Neck team and the larger acute inpatient Speech Therapy team.
Dysphagia, voice, and VFES competencies are essential to this post, ideally but not exclusively gained within a head and neck caseload. SVR and FEES competencies would be desirable but if you do not possess these you would be supported with a combination of external and in house training to achieve them.
The role is likely to involve some split-site working across Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI) and St Luke's hospital.
There may be the opportunity to become adopted by Macmillan and to access the resources they have to offer adopted professionals.
We welcome conversations to discuss the role and visits to the department prior to applying.
About us
Our People Charter outlines the behaviours we can expect from one another and what you can expect from Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust:
- We value people
- We are one team
- We care
We're keen to meet people who share these values and are passionate about delivering the highest quality of care to our patients.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information about the role.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post graduate experience including recent experience in the NHS
- Experience of providing teaching/ clinical supervision
- Highly specialist knowledge and experience in the diagnosis, treatment and general management of a wide range of acquired swallowing and communication disorders.
- Experience in assessment, treatment and evaluation therapy in communication and swallowing disorders in Head and Neck Cancer patients
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience of student placement educator
- High level of knowledge and experience delivering a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions and evidence
- Experience of operational management duties
Skills
Essential
- Competent in core areas and specialist SALT practice
- The ability to prioritise a demanding caseload with non-clinical work demands and delegate duties to others.
- Management skills
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Competent IT skills
- Ability to manage own time/ workload
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and experience in contributing to departmental/service/national audits
- Up to date knowledge relating to dysphagia management
- Attendance on external postgraduate courses relevant to the specialist field
- Evidence of specialist CPD
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy with Certificate to Practice recognised by the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Post Graduate Dysphagia qualification
- HCPC Registration
- Clinical Educator Training
Desirable
- Surgical Voice Restoration Competencies
- Videofluoroscopy and FEES competencies
- Involvement in a Clinical Excellence Network.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post graduate experience including recent experience in the NHS
- Experience of providing teaching/ clinical supervision
- Highly specialist knowledge and experience in the diagnosis, treatment and general management of a wide range of acquired swallowing and communication disorders.
- Experience in assessment, treatment and evaluation therapy in communication and swallowing disorders in Head and Neck Cancer patients
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience of student placement educator
- High level of knowledge and experience delivering a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions and evidence
- Experience of operational management duties
Skills
Essential
- Competent in core areas and specialist SALT practice
- The ability to prioritise a demanding caseload with non-clinical work demands and delegate duties to others.
- Management skills
- Good interpersonal skills.
- Competent IT skills
- Ability to manage own time/ workload
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and experience in contributing to departmental/service/national audits
- Up to date knowledge relating to dysphagia management
- Attendance on external postgraduate courses relevant to the specialist field
- Evidence of specialist CPD
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy with Certificate to Practice recognised by the Royal College of Speech & Language Therapists
- Post Graduate Dysphagia qualification
- HCPC Registration
- Clinical Educator Training
Desirable
- Surgical Voice Restoration Competencies
- Videofluoroscopy and FEES competencies
- Involvement in a Clinical Excellence Network.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
