Band 6 Macmillan Specialist Slt- Head - London, United Kingdom - St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are pleased to offer this exciting opportunity for a Specialist Speech &
Language Therapist (SLT) to join our Head & Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary
Team (MDT) at St George's Hospital. The post holder work closely with our
Macmillan Dietitian to support patients in our Macmillan Head & Neck outreach service.

They will additionally contribute to our multidisciplinary outpatient clinics, and depending on clinical experience, Surgical Voice Restoration (SVR) service and instrumental swallowing clinics.

We will consider applicants who have considerable experience in complex
dysphagia who are looking to upskill within the head and neck caseload. We will also support applicants who may wish to consider a 12 month secondment.

The St George's Hospital SLT Head & Neck team comprises 4.2 WTE SLTs,
including this post.

We are highly valued and supported in the Head & Neck MDT and are fortunate to be part of a large team of SLTs across the trust, with successful systems of Governance EBP, CPD and Supervision.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, St George's Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, and two health centres, St Johns Therapy Centre, and The Nelson Centre.

With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.

St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.