Job overview

This is a reputable leadership role within Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust, based at the Royal Derby Hospital. The post of Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) for Voice, Head and Neck Cancer, and ENT offers the opportunity to work at an advanced clinical level, providing expert assessment, treatment, and service development. The role combines direct patient care with leadership, research, and education, ensuring high standards of evidence-based practice and collaborative multidisciplinary working. As part of a respected NHS Foundation Trust, this position offers the chance to contribute to innovative service delivery and play a key role in shaping specialist care pathways within a supportive and well-regarded organisation.

Main duties of the job

• Provide advanced clinical expertise in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of complex voice disorders, head and neck cancer, and tracheostomy/laryngectomy/airway cases.

• Deliver highly specialist, person-centred interventions and second opinions, working collaboratively with patients, families, and multidisciplinary teams.

• Lead on service development, ensuring high standards of care through evidence-based practice, research, clinical audit, and innovation.

• Act as a professional leader for the Speech and Language Therapy team, providing supervision, training, and mentorship to colleagues, students, and assistants.

• Contribute to education and training for staff and wider professional groups at local, regional, and national levels.

• Influence and support policy, strategy, and service improvement within the Trust and across partner organisations.

• Maintain professional registration, continuous professional development, and a strong national profile in the clinical specialty.

Working for our organisation

Our purpose is to provide community health services to a patient population of over one million people in Derbyshire and Derby, as part of Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

We employ around 4,200 substantive staff, caring for patients in 11 community hospitals and more than 30 health centres, as well as in clinics, GP practices, schools, care homes and, increasingly, in people’s own homes and via virtual consultations.

During the pandemic response we have led the implementation of public vaccination centres in collaboration with partners across health and social care.

Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust (DCHS) is one of the largest providers of specialist community healthcare in England and we currently employ around 4,500 staff.  We deliver a variety of services across Derbyshire, caring for nearly 1.8 million patients each year.

We deliver patient care through 11 community hospitals, 4 minor injury units, 29 health centres and a learning disability centre.  Another key part of our service is out in the community where we care for people in their own homes via therapists, health visitors and district nurses, and promoting public health in the wider community.  As a Trust we care for patients of all ages with a special focus on the needs of elderly people and the very young.

DCHS has been recognised as a top 10 NHS organisation to work for in the UK by the Health Service Journal and NHS Employers in their Best Places to Work 2015 campaign.  The Trust is also the runner-up in the category for the best NHS community trust employer.

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Our vision “to be the best provider of local healthcare and to be a great place to work”

Our values:

1) To get the basics right
2) To act with compassion and respect
3) To make a difference
4) To value and develop teamwork
5) To value everyone’s contribution because everyone matters

The majority of our locations offer free parking facilities for staff.

We will communicate with you regarding your application via email so please check your email account on a regular basis.  If using hotmail, MSN or yahoo email accounts please check your 'junk/spam' mail regularly.

If you require any support in completing the application form please do not hesitate to contact the Recruitment Team,   01332 564856, option 1, option 1  or   [email protected]  and we will be happy to provide assistance.

Please note - if we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment. 

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for our service and for you.  Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.