Job summary
- Main area
- ENT Laryngology and Airway Reconstruction
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-2059.
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Charing Cross Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £56,276 - £63,176 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist – ENT
Band 7
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 16,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Are you an experienced speech & language therapist looking to join a well-established SLT Ear, Nose and Throat Laryngology and Airway service in Central London? Join us at Charing Cross Hospital, the National Centre for Airway Reconstruction and part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trusts, one of England's eight Academic Health Science Centres.
This post will join a team of 3.0 WTE SLTs designated to ENT Laryngology and Airway Reconstruction based at Charing Cross Hospital, and part of a wider team of over 40 SLTs working across all acute specialities over three hospital sites. We work as part of a supportive and internationally regarded Multi Disciplinary Team.
We provide a specialist dysphagia and voice service for both inpatients and outpatients who have a wide variety of benign ENT conditions including those with airway stenosis and tracheostomy. This post allows opportunities to develop skills in instrumental swallowing and voice assessment.
Main duties of the job
- To provide comprehensive and specialist therapy assessment and diagnosis for patients with a range of highly complex presentations, by utilising advanced clinical reasoning, evidence-based knowledge, investigate and analytical skills and specialist assessment techniques.
- To work both independently and within a team structure, demonstrating leadership to manage own and team caseload. To efficiently manage a caseload and organise this effectively with regard to clinical priorities and use of time.
- To formulate and deliver an individualised and specialist care plan / therapy management programme based on advanced knowledge of evidence based practice, advanced clinical reasoning skills and a wide range of specialist treatment options. As a specialist clinician to provide a second opinion where required.
- To support the provision of instrumental assessments on site as clinically appropriate and as required by the service, including identifying appropriate patients, under-taking joint assessments, analysis, reporting and feedback.
- To work in collaboration with other members of the MDT to provide an integrated service for patients, participating in joint clinics, ward rounds, multi-disciplinary assessment/treatment, family/ carer support and education, attending regular meetings as appropriate.
- To participate in quality improvement, clinical governance projects, audit and research as required by the Clinical Service Leads.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview. .
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.
For both overviews, please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree (or equivalent) in Speech & Language Therapy
- Current HCPC registration as a speech & language therapist
- Evidence of CPD through maintenance of a portfolio, especially in the relevant clinical area
Desirable criteria
- Membership of Professional special interest groups relevant to speciality
- Relevant post graduate training in clinical area i.e. MBSImp
- Clinical Educators course or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in independently managing dysphagia patients (inpatient or outpatient)
- Experience in independently managing a caseload of routine voice patients
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working.
- Experience in implementing evidence-based practice
- Experience of supervising junior staff members/students
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working with tracheostomy patients
- Experience of running therapy groups
- Experience of delivering virtual therapy
- Experience in working within ENT services
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary voice clinics i.e. joint voice clinic
Skills
Essential criteria
- Specialist level of clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the management of adults with swallowing and communication (primarily voice) disorders in the inpatient and outpatient settings; underpinned by current models of best practice.
- Competent Level C dysphagia practitioner (‘RCSLT dysphagia training and competency framework’) ie able to manage a dysphagia caseload independently - or equivalent (eg operating at Proficient Level of SLT EDS Competency Framework 2025)
- Basic Videofluroscopy competence (equivalent to RCSLT level 2) and/or FEES Level 2a competence
- Competent in basic computer skills and common programmes i.e. Word, Outlook, internet searches, Excel, Powerpoint
Desirable criteria
- Completion of videofluroscopy lead competencies
- Level 3 FEES competencies
- EEL competencies
- Advanced communication, counselling and/or motivational interviewing skills
- Advanced computer skills for presentation and data analysis
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Stephanie Bryan
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 311 0337
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