Advanced Specialist Speech and Language Therapist Head and Neck/ENT


Company:	Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Cambridge, CB2 0QQ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Aug 2026
Closing date:	13 Sept 2026

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Summary

A Vacancy at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Are you an experienced Speech & Language Therapist ready to take the next step in your career? This is an exciting opportunity to join the highly regarded Head & Neck / ENT SLT service at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, one of the UK’s leading teaching hospitals.

We are offering a permanent, full-time role within our established and regionally renowned team. You will provide specialist SLT input across Head & Neck Cancer / Oncology and ENT services (Voice). We are seeking an enthusiastic clinician with the skills and experience to contribute to a dynamic multidisciplinary team. We would also consider experienced band 6 clinicians who are looking for a developing post.

You will join a friendly, supportive, and forward-thinking service that values clinical excellence, innovation, and collaboration. This role offers the chance to work in a fast-paced acute setting while developing your specialist expertise.

You will bring:

• Strong experience in ENT and Head & Neck Cancer/Oncology

• Expertise in voice assessment and therapy

• Competence in flexible nasendoscopy (FNE) / laryngeal evaluation (pending previous banding)

• Experience in MDT working, training, and service development

In this advanced specialist role, you will manage a complex caseload, contribute to service development and quality improvement, support innovation in patient-centred care, and provide supervision and mentorship to colleagues and students.

This is an opportunity to develop your expertise within a forward-thinking and supportive team. You will be encouraged to build on your existing skills, with access to high-quality supervision and strong peer support to help you thrive.

As a valued member of the ENT / Head & Neck multidisciplinary team, you will play an integral role in delivering excellent patient care and contributing to innovative clinical practice. Speech and Language Therapy services at Addenbrooke’s are led by a Professional Head of SLT and span four specialist areas: ENT / Head & Neck, Adult Acute, Acute Paediatrics and Neonates, and Acute Stroke / Neuro / Trauma Rehabilitation. The service also delivers specialised AAC provision across the region through CASEE, offering further opportunities for collaboration.

In this role, you will contribute to a highly specialist Voice and Head & Neck Oncology SLT service, managing a complex caseload and providing advanced assessment and intervention. You will work autonomously, prioritising your workload and leading outpatient instrumental assessment clinics such as Videofluoroscopy (VFS) and Fibreoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) (pending prior experience in this area)

You will be supported with dedicated CPD opportunities and a personalised development plan to help you continue to grow and thrive.

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.

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 employment

- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start

This vacancy will close at midnight on 27th August 2026

Interviews are due to be held on 1st 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 café, 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.

This advert closes on Thursday 27 Aug 2026

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