Senior Speech and Language Therapisti
Medforce Healthcare Recruitment is currently recruiting a Senior Speech & Language Therapist to join a Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) based in Primary Care Centre, Co. Kildare.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive multidisciplinary team delivering family-centred services to children and young people (0–18 years) with complex developmental needs. Working within the HSE’s Progressing Disability Services (PDS) model, you will play a key role in assessment, intervention, and supporting children and their families to achieve meaningful outcomes.
The Role
As a Senior Speech & Language Therapist, you will:
- Complete comprehensive assessments of children with speech, language, communication, and feeding/swallowing difficulties.
- Develop and deliver evidence-based, individualised intervention programmes.
- Manage a varied paediatric caseload while prioritising clinical needs.
- Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team including Occupational Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Behaviour Specialists, and Therapy Assistants.
- Provide clinical leadership, supervision, and support to junior staff and students.
- Deliver parent coaching, education, and family-centred interventions.
- Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Recognised qualification in Speech & Language Therapy.
- CORU registration.
- A minimum of three years’ post-qualification clinical experience.
- Previous experience working in paediatric disability services is desirable.
- Excellent communication, organisational, and clinical reasoning skills.
- Full driver’s licence and access to a car is desirable.
What’s on Offer?
- HSE salary scale.
- Work within a highly supportive multidisciplinary CDNT.
- Ongoing clinical supervision and professional development.
- Diverse and rewarding paediatric caseload.
- Opportunity to contribute to innovative, family-centred services.
- Potential for contract extension.
Contact Us:
If you or someone you know is interested in this position, please send a copy of your CV to nadams@medforce.ie
If you refer a candidate to us who is successfully hired, we can offer you a €150 thank you bonus! T&C’s apply!
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