Band 3 Slt Assistant Practitioner, Head and Neck - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
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We are delighted to be able to offer an exciting fixed term/secondment opportunity for a friendly and enthusiastic Assistant Practitioner to join our dynamic Head and Neck Cancer Speech and Language Therapy team at the University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM).


The Head and Neck Cancer team is comprised of a close MDT including ENT surgeons, Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons, Oncologists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Dietitians, Radiologists, Restorative Dentists and Histopathologists.

Speech and Language Therapists are part of the core MDT, and have a vastly important role in the care of our patients.

At UHNM, we are honoured to be able to work with head and neck cancer patients across the entire cancer pathway.

We support them on their journeys from diagnosis, through to treatment / acute post-surgical inpatient stay, and onto their outpatient rehabilitation period, leading to support with survivorship and/or end of life care.

To fulfil administrative duties to the Head and Neck Cancer SLT team.


To deliver care to Head and Neck cancer patients by following agreed therapy plans in accordance to agreed guidelines, competencies, protocols and treatment regime.

Ability to work independently using own initiative, having awareness of limitations, as well as working as a team member.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. We serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. The Trust has around 1,450 inpatient beds across two sites in Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford.

Our 11,000 strong workforce provide emergency treatment, planned operations and medical care from Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital in Stafford.

We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

We have put together a wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their potential.

Our goal is to be a world-class centre of achievement, where patients receive the highest standards of care and the best people come to learn, work and research.

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details on the post, please contact Amy Bainbridge on
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