Job Description:
Speech and Language Therapist (Basic Grade)
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* * We are seeking a highly-motivated Speech & Language Therapist (basic grade) to join our team in a CDNT based at Enable Ireland, Curraheen, Cork.
* The successful candidate will provide Speech and Language Therapy services, including assessment and intervention to children and adolescents enrolled on the CDNT.
About the Role:
This is an exciting opportunity to work with children and their families as part of an interdisciplinary team with a paediatric FEDS caseload.
Key Responsibilities:
Provide Speech and Language Therapy services, including assessment and intervention to children and adolescents enrolled on the CDNT
Work as part of an interdisciplinary team with a paediatric FEDS caseload
Requirements:
* Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Speech & Language Therapist by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU
* 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
* 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
* Maintain annual registration on the Speech & Language Therapists Register maintained by the Speech & Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU
* Be eligible to work in the state
* Hold a full manual driver's license with access to own transport
* Hold clinical experience of working with children and their families as part of an interdisciplinary team with a paediatric FEDS caseload
* Have relevant training specific to children with disabilities (0-18 years)
* Access to own transport
* Demonstrate sufficient clinical skills in Speech and Language Therapy assessment, intervention, and diagnostics to meet the specific needs of the relevant caseload 0 – 18 children's services
Benefits:
Excellent internal and external training opportunities
Generous annual leave entitlements
Long service reward scheme
Pay adjusted Maternity Leave
Pay adjusted Adoptive Leave
Pay adjusted Paternity Leave
What We Offer:
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome applications from candidates who will be eligible for Professional Registration in the coming months.
In the event that candidates are considered for appointment pending their Professional Registration, they may initially be appointed to an assistant grade post.
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