Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist (ENT)

Do you want to develop your skills in Head and Neck Cancer/ENT-related voice, upper airway and swallowing disorders? We have a rare permanent full-time position available. Based at the Freeman hospital, you will be integral to a busy but highly supportive team of SLTs as well as being a valued member of multi-disciplinary teams. Training will be provided in required specialist areas and you will have access to frequent FEES/VF clinics and joint respiratory/ENT specialist clinics due to our close working relationships with these specialties. We are one of the busiest H&N units in the country, highly innovative and active in research. Our voice/upper airways service is also nationally renowned. As a department we support and host national conferences and training programmes, and are committed to teaching, audit, quality improvement and research. We have close links with both Newcastle and Northumbria Universities.

• Interview date:12 June 2026
• 37 hours 30 minutes/week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy., We are looking for an exceptional individual who has a solid background working in complex dysphagia, ideally with some voice and/or head and neck experience including using endoscopic assessment though this is not essential and training can be offered. A compassionate team member who is industrious, you will be rewarded with opportunities to gain skills and experience in highly specialist areas. Freeman Hospital has a dedicated ENT/OMFS ward. It also hosts the Northern Centre for Cancer Care where radiotherapy is delivered and Oncology wards are based. We input to complex respiratory clinics at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, including specialist paediatric voice/upper airway disorder clinics held at the Great North Children's Hospital. This is a rare opportunity, and we would welcome any declarations of interest/queries to discuss further - please do not hesitate to get in touch, we would love to hear from you.
  
  As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Freeman Hospital
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Cramlington Manor Walks
• Urgent treatment centres
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS. We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.