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Job overview

Part time - 15.75  hours per week.

This role could also potentially be undertaken virtually

Secondment opportunity is also available for internal candidates.

Have you completed your NQPs and are starting to look for a new post that will give you the opportunity to further develop your skills and specialise in managing people with clinical voice disorders and head and neck cancer?

Would you like protected time for your CPD with monthly clinical forums, regular clinical supervision, and support to attend relevant CENs and external training opportunities?

Would you like to be part of a Trust Award winning ENT team with access to FEES and therapeutic scoping opportunities?

If so, East Sussex may have just the opportunity you are looking for. Please click on the accompanying link to see for yourself!

East Sussex Speech and Language Therapy service is an integrated community and acute trust and is one of the largest in the UK. There will be an opportunity to participate in H&N virtual MDTs. You will be maximising digital opportunities and collaborations with our neighbouring Trusts. We are at an exciting point in developing our rehabilitation tool bag and have received a large investment in funding for IOPI and Expiratory Muscle Strength Training (EMST) and have established close working relations with ATOS and Severn for our laryngectomy patients who provide regular and flexible training opportunities. 

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic therapist, who has completed their NQP competencies and possibly their post basic dysphagia training, who is looking for their next post to specialise in H&N and ENT. In East Sussex we can offer you the opportunity to work alongside highly specialist SLTs and SLT assistants to gain the experience and skills you will need to work at a specialist level. You will also have the opportunity to work alongside highly specialist clinicians in acute care, voice, head and neck cancer, stroke, critical care and neurological degenerative conditions to further develop your knowledge and skills.

Your development is a key value for the Trust and we are committed to investing in your knowledge and skills for now and the future. Your job plan will allow you time to focus on you development and work with your colleagues on service improvements. We are proactive in research and service development and staff are encouraged to attend postgraduate courses/ RCSLT CENs. There is also a comprehensive in-service education programme within the department with monthly clinical forums and the wider therapy Services.  We have close links with the local School of Healthcare Professions at the University of Brighton and other universities.  We are proactively seeking opportunities to develop advanced practitioner roles, challenging traditional models of service delivery to create new and exciting roles.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work

You will be joining a friendly and enthusiastic team of acute and community SALTs who work seamlessly to provide pathways of care to the local adult population, in line with organisational and Divisional objectives. 

We provide safe, compassionate and high quality care to half a million people living or visiting East Sussex. We are one of the largest organisations in East Sussex, the only integrated provider of acute and community care in Sussex. Our extensive services are provided by  7000 + members of staff working from acute hospitals in Hastings and Eastbourne, three community hospitals in Bexhill, Rye and Uckfield, over 100 community sites and in people’s own homes.

In 2020 the Care Quality Commission rated us as ‘Good’ overall, and ‘Outstanding’ for being caring and effective. The Conquest Hospital and our Community Services are rated ‘Outstanding’. Eastbourne DGH rated ‘Good’.

In 2020, the Trust launched its ambitious ‘Building for our Future’ programme. This once in a lifetime programme aims to repair, redevelop and expand our hospitals, transforming the environment in which we provide care for generations to come.