Senior Speech & Language Therapist

Job Description

Senior Speech & Language Therapist

ENT Head & Neck Oncology / Voice Disorders

Applications will be considered from candidates who wish to work on a
flexible or part time basis.

Candidates for appointment must:

(i) Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Speech & Language Therapist by the Speech
& Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.
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 and professional ability) for the proper discharge of the duties of the office.
AND
(iv) 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.

Essential Experience

Candidates must have

▪ Previous experience in the management of Head and Neck cancer patients in a surgical setting
▪ Previous Experience in the management of voice disorders.
▪ Previous experience in the management of dysphagia patients.

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
(Dysphagia) Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists (IASLT) 2007
Full particulars in respect of the above posts are available from the Medical HR Department at 00
353 1 6343699.

To apply for this position candidates should email a full Curriculum Vitae with a cover letter
nominating three named referees (one of which should be current). Candidates must also submit
evidence of their current registration with CORU.

These details should be forwarded to the Medical HR Department via email to
Sarune.Zerauskaite@rveeh.ie to arrive not later than:

Midday on Friday 12th May 2023

Upon receipt of your application, you will receive an acknowledgment from the Medical HR
Department. If you do not receive this acknowledgement, please contact Medical HR to ensure your
application has been received.

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