Job Description

Are you a Speech and Language Therapist with head and neck cancer expertise, looking for an exciting new challenge? Do you thrive working as part of a close-knit team, combining specialist knowledge with a creative approach to provide the best patient- and family-centred care?



We are offering a rare and exciting opportunity for a B7 to join the SLT team working in Children and Teenage Cancer Services at University College Hospital (UCH) and we particularly want to attract candidates with head and neck experience who are interested in translating their skills to work with children and teenagers receiving radiotherapy. This is a 0.6 wte post.



We are looking for an SLT who may have skills and experience in adult and/or child head and neck cancer who would like to broaden their skills to the children and teenage population receiving radiotherapy with diagnoses of head and neck, neuro-oncology and some haematology diagnoses. We recognise this is a rare position and so will offer excellent training and supervision to support transferable skills.



You will provide both in-patient and out-patient SLT expertise across the child and teenage age range including at the national Proton Beam Centre and be part of an innovative and expert multi-professional team, including 3 SLT's, delivering cancer care at the forefront of innovative practice.



You will be an autonomous practitioner providing a specialist communication and dysphagia service to children and teenagers with a wide range of cancer diagnoses at all stages on their treatment pathway.



You will deliver SLT care to teenage and paediatric patients with diverse presentations and complex physical, psychological, and emotional needs.



You will be an excellent team player with strong communication and negotiation skills, who thrives working as part of a large innovative MDT alongside many experts in this field.



As part of the multi-professional team you will help facilitate effective and timely management of patients at various stages of their diagnostic trajectory; some of whom may be at the end of life



You will liaise effectively with various agencies within a wide geographical area, including social services, schools, charitable bodies, health teams and other hospital departments including specialist and partnership services.



We recognise that paediatric oncology experience is rare and so alongside a keenness to learn and ability to utilise transferable skills, the role will include excellent opportunities for professional learning including regular supervision and specialist oncology teaching.



You will also have the opportunity to be a key contributor to cutting edge service improvements, including helping to shape our National Proton Beam Therapy service, and the planned further expansion of photon radiotherapy services.



University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.



We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:



University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)



National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery



Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals



University College Hospital Grafton Way Building



Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine



University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre



The Hospital for Tropical Diseases



University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street



We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.



We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.



For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached .



Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*



UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England - for the third year in a row.

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