Advanced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Based at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge but with regular travel to outreach settings, you will be an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team, independently providing cleft specialist SLT input to the full rangeof multi and uni-disciplinary clinics run within the service. This includes regular multi-disciplinary combined clinics bothcentrally and in outreach settings, velopharyngeal investigation (videofluoroscopy) clinics and SLT assessment andintervention out-patient clinics. You will be responsible for your own SLT caseload including at least one outreach area.

Developing and maintaining positive and collaborative relationships with colleagues in community services is essentialas is an ability and willingness to travel throughout the network as we run regular multi-disciplinary and uni-disciplinaryclinics across the region.

Another core aspect of the role is to be part of delivering the on-going teaching, training and support that we provide to less experienced members of our team at the centre, our community and multi-disciplinary colleagues and students. Audit, service evaluation and research is also integral to our service and, together with innovation, a key aspect of our on-going service plans to ensure the quality and sustainability of the service and the pursuit of evidence to inform best practice.

You will therefore be involved in the development and delivery of these activities and encouraged and supported to develop ideas and projects.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, organised and flexible clinician with significant experience and a strong interest in cleft-related speech disorders and/or non-cleft velopharyngeal dysfunction (VPD). This role offers the opportunity to develop

advanced clinical skills while contributing to specialist multidisciplinary care for children and adults across the regionand supporting ongoing service development.

Experience within a specialist cleft centre is highly desirable however, applications from other services are warmlywelcomed and provide an excellent opportunity to gain insight into specialist cleft work and experience within adedicated regional team.

Our Trust

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital in Cambridge. With over 13,000 staff and over 1100 beds the priorities of the Trust focus on a quality service which is all about people - patients, staff and partners. Recognised as providing 'outstanding' care to our patients and rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commissioner, is testament to the skill and dedication of the people who work here. CUH's values - Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent - are at the heart of patient care, defining the way all staff work and behave. The Trust provides accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge, together with specialist services, dealing with rare or complex conditions for a regional, national and international population.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people's age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.