Senior Speech and Language Therapist - Care Group 1, Adult

Job Purpose

This post is for a 1 WTE Senior Speech and Language Therapy working within the Louth Adult Physical and Sensory Disability Team. The Senior Speech and Language Therapist will provide a Speech and Language Therapy service to clients known to the Adult Physical and Sensory Disability team, aged 18 to 64 years, presenting with a confirmed diagnosis of a primary physical and sensory disability - and acquired Communication, Feeding, Eating, Drinking and Swallowing Difficulties (FEDS) residing within the Louth Primary care area, Co. Louth.

The person appointed to this post will work as part of a multidisciplinary team delivering a coordinated approach to client care.

Essential Criteria

Candidates must have at the latest date of application:

Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc 

Candidates must before the closing date:  

i) Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Speech & Language Therapist by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.  (https://www.coru.ie/)

      AND  

ii) Have 3 years full time (or an aggregate of 3 years full time) post qualification clinical experience.  

       AND  

• iii) Candidates must have the requisite knowledge and ability (including a high standard of suitability, management, leadership and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.  

      AND  

Annual registration

On appointment, practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Speech & Language Therapists Register maintained by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.

AND

Provide proof of Statutory Registration on the Speech & Language Therapist Register maintained by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.

AND

• Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).

Health

A candidate for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

Character

Each candidate for and any person holding the office must be of good character.

Job Specification: LM2026-5260 - Speech and Language Therapist, Senior - Adult - Job Specification

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