Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join the Manchester Airways Service

The Manchester Airways Service investigates and treats patients with breathlessness and laryngeal sensitivity thought to be caused by problems in the throat and upper chest, or by disturbance of the normal breathing pattern. The most common conditions we diagnose and manage are Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction (ILO), Cough Hypersensitivity and Breathing Pattern Disorder.

Our service provides a tertiary level service, where patients are referred to us from both GPs and hospital consultants, regionally and nationally. We are a true multi-disciplinary team consisting of respiratory physicians, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, clinical nurse specialist, psychologists and administration support. There are currently only ten similar services in the UK.

Main duties of the job

To provide high quality assessment and treatment of upper airway dysfunction and complex breathlessness, taking responsibility for complex cases including Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction, heightened laryngeal sensitivity and other airway conditions. To take a lead on and provide evidenced based Speech and Language Therapy assessment, treatment and intervention to patients and their carer’s.

To work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide specialised programmes of care for patients on the caseload and provide specialist input into case conferences, regional multi-disciplinary team meetings and outpatient clinics as appropriate.

To act in a lead role initiating and providing input to the teaching, research, audit and service development functions of the respiratory department.

Supervision will be provided within the role as applicable.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.