Job overview

Principal Speech and Language Therapist: ENT, Airway, Dysphagia and Voice disorders

A rare opportunity has come up due to retirement of post holder responsible for leading in our ENT Dysphagia service. We have a large, dynamic, and supportive team of 10 clinicians dealing with Voice, Dysphagia and Airway. 

This is a post for someone who enjoys working in a team, taking on responsibility for a complex caseload and having opportunities for collaborative working.

 You will have another Band 8a alongside you in Dysphagia, for liaison on examinations and reporting. Your role triaging, assessing, and treating a specialist caseload of patients using FEES and VDF will be supported the Band 6 and 5 therapists as appropriate.

You will also have regular input into a specialist Voice MDT with a leading laryngologist.

We meet weekly as a team either online or in person, supporting and encouraging each other. We are excited by research and opportunities to develop the service.

We have regular meetings with our laryngology team to build the service as a whole. Your contribution will be welcome.

The post will work across our outpatient SLT (ENT) Dysphagia, Voice and Airway services at the RNENTEDH. There will be opportunities for research audit and teaching dependent on the skillset and interests of the successful candidate

Main duties of the job

The post-holder is intended to work as a Band 8a Principal in SLT (ENT) working with colleagues assessing diagnosing and treating Dysphagia. In addition, they will be an equal contributor to a Laryngology MDT focusing on Voice disorders.

The post will require experience in delivering Speech and language therapy management of routine and complex ENT Voice, Dysphagia and Airway disorders. The appointee must have a commitment to high quality patient care, innovative service models, delivery of performance targets, and excellence in education/training.

1.    Independently undertaking SLT ENT outpatient clinics and participating in Laryngology clinics.
2.    Clinics will include attending VDF at the Tower UCLH.
3.    Working as part of the MDT, presenting and discussing cases.
4.    Participating in referral triage, clinical governance and audit

Working for our organisation

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.