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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Gwybodaeth
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Cysylltu
- Address
- Royal Victoria Infirmary
- Queen Victoria Road
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Tyne and Wear
- NE1 4LP
- Contact Number
- 0191 282 0999 option 2
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Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (ENT)
Closed for applications on: 26-Mai-2026 00:01
Statws y swydd wag: Closed
Closed for applications on: 26-Mai-2026 00:01
Manylion allweddol
Lleoliad
- Gwefan
- Freeman Hospital
- Tref
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Cod post
- NE7 7DN
- Major / Minor Region
- Tyne a Wear
Math o gontract a phatrwm gwaith
- Contract
- Parhaol
- Oriau
- Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
Cyflog
- Cyflog
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yn flynyddol
- Gradd
- (Band 7)
Arbenigedd
- Prif leoliad
- 317 Speech Therapy - FH
- Dyddiad y cyfweliad
- 12/06/2026
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest and largest NHS hospital trusts in the country. We have around 16,000 staff and an annual budget of £1.7 billion.
With strong history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation regionally, nationally and internationally, we’re in the top five providers of specialised health services in the country.
As well as providing a wide range of hospital and community services, we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
Newcastle Hospitals are proud to be one of the exemplar organisations across the NHS on sustainability, with a long history of delivering Sustainable Healthcare in Newcastle (Shine) and the first healthcare organisation in the world to declare a climate emergency. Our strategy includes commitments to being Net Zero by 2030, for our direct carbon footprint, and Net Zero by 2040 for our footprint plus. Delivering these ambitions will not be possible without the help, support and action of every single member of our team.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
Do you want to develop your skills in Head and Neck Cancer/ENT-related voice, upper airway and swallowing disorders? We have a rare permanent full-time position available. Based at the Freeman hospital, you will be integral to a busy but highly supportive team of SLTs as well as being a valued member of multi-disciplinary teams. Training will be provided in required specialist areas and you will have access to frequent FEES/VF clinics and joint respiratory/ENT specialist clinics due to our close working relationships with these specialties. We are one of the busiest H&N units in the country, highly innovative and active in research. Our voice/upper airways service is also nationally renowned. As a department we support and host national conferences and training programmes, and are committed to teaching, audit, quality improvement and research. We have close links with both Newcastle and Northumbria Universities.
- Interview date:12 June 2026
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37 hours 30 minutes/week
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
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We are looking for an exceptional individual who has a solid background working in complex dysphagia, ideally with some voice and/or head and neck experience including using endoscopic assessment though this is not essential and training can be offered. A compassionate team member who is industrious, you will be rewarded with opportunities to gain skills and experience in highly specialist areas. Freeman Hospital has a dedicated ENT/OMFS ward. It also hosts the Northern Centre for Cancer Care where radiotherapy is delivered and Oncology wards are based. We input to complex respiratory clinics at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, including specialist paediatric voice/upper airway disorder clinics held at the Great North Children's Hospital. This is a rare opportunity, and we would welcome any declarations of interest/queries to discuss further - please do not hesitate to get in touch, we would love to hear from you.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Cramlington Manor Walks
- Urgent treatment centres
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under ‘Documents to download’ or ‘Supporting documents’.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers | Newcastle Hospitals | NHS | Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
To assess, diagnose, treat, and manage own highly specialist caseload of clients with routine and complex voice and upper airway disorders as well as swallowing difficulties arising as a result of a range of ENT and respiratory conditions, including head and neck cancer (HNC).
• To provide highly specialist intervention and evaluate outcomes.
• To support joint clinics with ENT and respiratory colleagues.
• To provide day to day coordination, support and clinical supervision of speech and language therapists, assistants, and students.
• To develop and deliver highly specialist training to other colleagues including SLT colleagues, multidisciplinary team colleagues and other professionals
• To pursue and acquire ongoing highly specialist knowledge and expertise in voice and ENT conditions affecting communication and swallowing as well as in conditions of the upper airway including inducible laryngeal obstruction and chronic cough.
• To implement all Trust and Departmental policies and procedures in own working practice and comment on policies being developed.
• To provide input to the teaching, research, audit and service development functions of the department.
Important note on completion of reference section of Application Form
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and must cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by e-mail. You should check your SPAM folders as well as your inbox. If you have not been contacted within 4 weeks of the closing date you should assume your application has been unsuccessful.
Gofynion yr ymgeisydd
Manyleb y person
QUALIFICATIONS
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Recognised Speech and Language Therapy degree qualification or equivalent
- Registration with HCPC
- Relevant post graduate courses/conferences
Meini prawf dymunol
- Master’s degree
- Membership of relevant RCSLT CEN
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Significant experience of working with adults with a broad range of disorders including swallowing problems in an acute/rehabilitation setting.
- Experience of interpretation of nasendoscopy/FEES.
- Significant experience in video fluoroscopy clinics
- Experience of working with a specialist voice/upper airway and/or H&N caseload.
- Experience of working with complex conditions with an appropriate level of autonomy
- Knowledge/experience/training in a range of voice, upper airway and swallowing treatment and assessment techniques
- Awareness of the appropriate use of counselling skills/psychological therapies
- Experience of supervising more junior SLTs
- Experience of teaching other professionals
- Experience of supervising students
- Experience of participating in audit
Meini prawf dymunol
- Experience of working in a specialist multidisciplinary clinic
- Experience working with ILO and chronic cough
- Advanced Post grad training and experience • nasendoscopy • analysis/interpretation of laryngeal images • videofluoroscopy assessment • FEES assessment • working with patients with tracheostomy • Surgical voice restoration
- Highly specialist in-depth knowledge and understanding of the management of voice, upper airway, and swallowing disorders
- Experience of engagement in research activity
- Post grad training and clinical experience in a range of voice and swallowing treatment and assessment techniques Proven application of current theories and practices in the specialist field of voice and upper airway disorder.
- Post-graduate training in talking therapies
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Dysphagia skills at intermediate level
- Highly developed auditory and perceptual skills
- Ability to work collaboratively
- Ability to recognise limitations of competence
- Excellent communication
- Excellent computer skills
- Negotiation and problem solving skills
- Demonstrates an understanding of SLT services in the context of the wider NHS structures and the current DH policies
- Excellent organisational skills including case prioritisation
Meini prawf dymunol
- Project evaluation skills
- Excellent teaching and presentation skills
- Established skills in conducting and interpreting laryngeal examination, videofluoroscopy and FEES assessments at intermediate level
- Excellent clinical supervision skills
Rhagor o fanylion / cyswllt ar gyfer ymweliadau anffurfiol
- Enw
- Diane Sellstrom
- Teitl y swydd
- Lead Speech & Language Therapist
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 0191 21 39637
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