Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Senior Speech & Language Therapist - Neurology

Dublin Acute Hospital
PE Global Healthcare

PE Global Healthcare is currently recruiting a Senior Speech & Language Therapist on behalf of a leading acute hospital in Dublin. This is an exciting opportunity to join a progressive multidisciplinary team, providing specialist Speech & Language Therapy services to adults within the Neurology service.

This role is ideal for an experienced clinician looking to further develop their expertise in a dynamic acute hospital environment while contributing to service innovation, quality improvement, and the delivery of evidence based patient care.

The Role

As Senior Speech & Language Therapist, you will provide a specialist clinical service to patients under the care of the Neurology team, delivering comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management for adults presenting with a range of neurological conditions.

Working as part of an experienced multidisciplinary team, you will play a key role in leading service development, supporting best practice initiatives, and ensuring the delivery of high quality, patient centred care.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver a specialist Speech & Language Therapy service to adult patients within the Neurology service.
• Complete comprehensive assessments and develop highly specialised treatment and management programmes tailored to individual patient needs.
• Provide clinical leadership to support the effective delivery and ongoing development of the Speech & Language Therapy service.
• Work collaboratively with consultants, nursing staff, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietitians, psychologists and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure coordinated patient care.
• Participate in service planning, quality improvement initiatives and the ongoing development of Speech & Language Therapy services.
• Evaluate clinical outcomes and contribute to service audits, reporting and performance monitoring.
• Lead on innovation and ensure services are delivered in line with current evidence, national standards and best practice guidelines.
• Support and mentor junior colleagues and students as appropriate.

Essential Requirements

• CORU registration as a Speech & Language Therapist.
• A minimum of three years' post qualification clinical experience, with relevant experience at Senior level or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience working with adult neurological patients within an acute or rehabilitation setting.
• Excellent assessment, clinical reasoning and decision making skills.
• Strong communication, organisational and leadership abilities.
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Candidates requiring an Irish employment permit are encouraged to apply. Work permit sponsorship will be considered for suitably qualified candidates who meet the eligibility requirements.

Desirable

• Experience in instrumental swallowing assessment (FEES/VFSS) is advantageous.
• Experience in quality improvement, clinical audit or service development.
• Previous supervision or mentoring experience.

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary aligned with HSE pay scales.
• Opportunity to work within a leading acute hospital service.
• Collaborative multidisciplinary team environment.
• Exposure to a specialist Neurology caseload.
• Ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.
• Dedicated support from the PE Global Healthcare recruitment team throughout the hiring process.