Advanced Specialist Speech & Language Therapist Adult Acute DysphagiaNHS
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for two experienced Band 7 Speech and Language Therapists to join the Adult Acute Speech and Language Therapy team at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
We are seeking highly motivated clinicians with advanced expertise in the assessment and management of adults with complex dysphagia and communication disorders within an acute hospital setting. The successful candidate will independently manage highly complex patients across neurosciences, respiratory, acute medicine, surgery, orthopaedics and specialist oncology services, including neuro-oncology and haematology, providing expert clinical advice and contributing to complex multidisciplinary decision-making.
Experience in instrumental swallowing assessment (FEES and/or Videofluoroscopy) and tracheostomy management is highly desirable. You will also contribute to clinical leadership, supervision, education and service development within one of the UK's leading teaching hospitals.
Main duties of the job
You will independently assess and manage adults with highly complex dysphagia and communication disorders across acute inpatient services, providing advanced clinical reasoning and evidence-based management recommendations.
The role includes supporting patients with neurological, respiratory, medical, surgical and oncology conditions, including those with tracheostomies, contributing to complex multidisciplinary decision-making, and undertaking and/or contributing to instrumental swallowing assessment (FEES and Videofluoroscopy).
You will provide clinical leadership through supervision and support of junior staff and students, contribute to education and training, participate in audit, research and quality improvement initiatives, and play an active role in the ongoing development of Adult Acute SLT services.
Job description
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employmentThis vacancy will close at midnight on the 27th August 2026.
Interviews are due to be held on the 17th September 2026.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
About us
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.