Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Job Purpose

The Senior Speech and Language Therapist is responsible for the provision of provide quality evidence based, speech and language therapy intervention for patients in Louth Hospitals. The successful candidate will work with MDT colleagues and engage in team based work as necessary.

The Senior Speech and Language Therapist will work with the Speech and Language Therapist Manager and other members of the department in co-ordinating the service and developing the service to meet the needs of the service user.

A panel may be formed for further senior vacancies within the service, full time, part time, permanent or temporary.

Organisational Context

The HSE has created six new health regions. Each region is responsible for providing both hospital and community care for the people in that area. Bringing community health services and hospitals together means we can take a more patient-centred approach to healthcare.

HSE Dublin North East provides health and social care to North Dublin, Louth, Meath, Monaghan and most areas of Cavan.

Community Healthcare Services are delivered through the HSE and its funded agencies to people in local communities, as close as possible to people's homes. Community Healthcare Services focus on keeping you well so that you can continue to live at home or close to home through our health promotion, disease screening, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation programs. You can refer yourself to most Community Healthcare Services or through your GP, public health nurse, community mental health team, etc. Services include - Primary Care, Social Care - Older Persons, Social Care - Disabilities, Mental Health, Health and Wellbeing, Quality, Safety and Service Improvement.

HSE Dublin North East Region includes the following hospitals;

• Beaumont Hospital
• Cavan General Hospital
• Connolly Hospital
• Louth County Hospital
• National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh
• Monaghan General Hospital
• Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
• Our Ladys Hospital Navan
• Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
• Rotunda Hospital

Essential Criteria

Speech and Language Therapists who work with people with feeding ,eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties must hold a dysphagia qualification or equivalent as outlined in

"Standards of practice for Speech and Language Therapists on the Management of Feeding, Eating , Drinking and Swallowing Disorders(Dysphagia)",Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists (IASLT) 2007

A recognised dysphagia qualification as approved by CORU/ IASLT

Provide proof of statutory registration on the Speech and Language Therapists Register maintained by the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued

Relevant attachment

SLT Senior job spec

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