Job summary
Speech & Language Therapy (SLT) at BHRUT have received funding for a new post in Band 7 in Head & Neck/Oncology! This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate, evidence based and dynamic SLT to join 29 SLTs over 2 hospitals and contribute to innovative service development within this patient population.You will work with our current Band 7 SLT in leading and developing our service through participation in weekly MDMs, on-treatment clinic, supporting complex clinical decisions related to dysphagia, supervision and training of SLT colleagues and MDT members plus involvement in regular VFSS and FEES clinics. There are opportunities to work across other Oncology specialties including lung, gastroenterology and haematology. You will also cover the benign ENT population across the wards, including tracheostomy and surgical patients.You will need to have extensive experience managing dysphagia and communication disorders associated with treatment for head & neck cancer in an acute setting. You should be competent in VFSS. Tracheostomy experience is beneficial. In-house training for tracheostomy & FEES can be provided.Our SLT Team is ever growing and very supportive. We provide ample CPD, training opportunities and peer support. Service development, audit and quality improvement initiatives are actively encouraged.

Main duties of the job

• To provide autonomous specialist assessment, treatment and advice to inpatients who present with a wide range of complex swallowing and communication difficulties secondary to head and neck cancer and other oncology conditions. To assist with in-patients across a range of acute specialities as required.
• To work alongside other members of the Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) to give highly specialist guidance, advice and education to on matters relating to your specialist area.
• Provide leadership for your team (in conjunction with the Clinical Lead) in planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Speech and Language Therapy service provided to patients within your area; This maybe cross-site.
• To provide a lead role in teaching, supervising and appraising peers, Band 6, Band 5, Student Speech and Language Therapists, Speech and Language Therapy Assistants.
• To deputise in the absence of senior colleagues as required in both management and clinical areas.
• To contribute to running and developing of the Speech and Language service through audit, development of policies, procedures and guidelines using evidence-based practise.
• Undertake supervision, mentoring and performance development plans to promote clinical and professional effectiveness of self and others. This includes performance management, management of disciplinary issues in liaison with Clinical Lead

About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with.

They are benefitting from a new electronic patient record (we were the last acute trust in London to introduce one) and our maternity services have been rated good by the Care Quality Commission.

We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 346,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.

We're proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre, Radiotherapy Centre and Hyper Acute Stroke Unit. We're also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

We run a Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub. These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The majority of our 8,400 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.

Details

• Date posted: 30 October 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £55,524 to £62,652 a year per annum inclusive
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Full-time
• Reference number: 162-8053-CCS
• Job locations: Queen's Hospital, Rom Valley Way, Romford, RM7 0AG, United Kingdom

Person Specification
Education / Qualification

• Essential: BSc/MSc in Speech and Language Therapy.
• Essential: H.C.P.C. Registration.
• Desirable: RCSLT Registration.

Experience / Knowledge

• Desirable: Training of Speech and Language Therapy students on placements.
• Desirable: Leadership experience.

Skills / Abilities

• Essential: Sound knowledge of relevant H&N cancer or oncology conditions resulting in complex swallow and/or communication difficulties.
• Essential: Videofluoroscopy competencies
• Desirable: FEES competencies.
• Desirable: Tracheostomy competencies.
• Desirable: Evidence of service development project.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer's website: https://www.bhrhospitals.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Lead Speech & Language Therapist, Virginia Puno, virginiapuno@nhs.net, 01708435000

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