Speech Language Therapist in Sutton inSutton PUBLISHED THU 15 MAY 2025 Jump to job information section
Job description
Are you a dynamic and motivated Speech and Language Therapist looking to advance your career? The Royal Marsden in Sutton is seeking a highly skilled professional to join our esteemed team. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of oncology patients. We are looking for a band 5 or 6 dependent on experience as we will consider career progression.
About the Role:
o Specialised Focus: The role primarily involves working with head and neck cancer and neuro-oncology patients, offering you the chance to deepen your expertise in these areas.
o Collaborative Environment: You will work alongside experienced SLT and AHP colleagues within our multi-professional team, ensuring comprehensive patient care.
Professional Development:
o Supervision and Support: Benefit from our well-established supervision and support structure, including collaboration with SLTs at our Chelsea location.
o Skill Enhancement: Participate in regular journal clubs and seize opportunities for research and clinical skill development, such as videofluoroscopy and FEES.
Join Us and Make a Difference:
o Mentorship Role: Support and guide a Band 5 therapist as appropriate, helping them achieve their competencies and grow professionally.
1. To contribute to the provision of a specialist clinical service, from acute to palliative and terminal stages of care, across the lifespan, to patients referred to the Trust with a wide range of communication and/or swallowing disorders secondary to cancer and/or its treatment.
2. The main referral sources are the Head and Neck and Neuro Oncology Units who provide a clinically complex case load where patients have undergone radical treatment including surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Other referral sources include neuro oncology, haemato-oncological and gastrointestinal tumours as well as a small paediatric caseload.
About us
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
Clinical
1. To demonstrate specialist clinical skills with both in and outpatients when managing their swallowing and/or communication problems related to the nature and stage (acute to terminal/end) of their cancer, across the lifespan.
2. To demonstrate a high level of decision making and to manage and provide a holistic and highly specialist clinical service. This consists of assessing, diagnosing, planning, co-ordinating, implementing and evaluating the specialist treatment programmes for in and outpatients referred to the Trust, who present with complex communication and/or swallowing problems related to their cancer and/or its treatment.
3. To demonstrate specialist clinical management with both in and outpatients who have complex communication and/or swallowing problems following surgery, radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy as well as the SAOP patients accessing support from senior colleagues as necessary.
If you're interested in this role but you have questions or you're not yet ready to apply, then please book a quick call with us and we'd be happy to answer any questions you have and tell you more about the role.
Requirements
See the job description for full role requirements.
Benefits
Benefits are provided by the employer and will be confirmed during your application.
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