DMHG-- - New Graduate Speech And Language Therapist, Staff Grade

New Graduate Speech and Language Therapist - Staff Grade

DMHG-02-2024-15

Dublin Midlands Hospital Group

Location of Post:

Individual hospital sites / locations will be indicated at expression of interest stage to panel members for each individual job.

• Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise, Co. Laois
• Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore, Co. Offaly
• Regional Hospital Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
• Naas General Hospital, Co. Kildare

A panel may be formed as a result of this campaign and will be used to fill current and future, permanent and specified purpose vacancies of full-time or part-time duration for a New Graduate Social Worker – Staff Grade that may arise in each hospital site.

Informal Enquiries:

William Wang

HR Recruitment Officer

Dublin Midlands Hospital Group

Email: william.wang@hse.ie

Tel: 087 325 1532

Purpose of the Post:

The New Graduate Speech and Language Therapist will be responsible for the provision of a high quality, person-centred Speech and Language Therapy service to a designated clinical area(s) and will carry out clinical and educational duties as assigned by the Senior Speech and Language Therapist / Speech and Language Therapist Manager.

Eligibility Criteria, Qualifications and / or Experience:

*Permanent employment for Health and Social Care Professions Graduates 2024.*

1. Statutory Registration, Professional Qualifications, Experience, etc.

(a) Candidates for appointment must: -

(i) Must be a current 4th year speech and language therapy degree student.

AND

(ii) Be registered, or be eligible for registration, as a Speech and Language Therapist by the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.

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 and Language Therapist Register maintained by the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU before a contract of employment can be issued.

2. Annual Registration

(i) On appointment, practitioners must maintain annual registration on the Speech and Language Therapists Register maintained by the Speech and Language Therapists Registration Board at CORU.

AND

(ii) Practitioners must confirm annual registration with CORU to the HSE by way of the annual Patient Safety Assurance Certificate (PSAC).

3. Health

Candidates for and any person holding the office must be fully competent and capable of undertaking the duties attached to the office and be in a state of health such as would indicate a reasonable prospect of ability to render regular and efficient service.

4. Character

Candidates for, and any person holding the office, must be of good character.

Note 1:

2024 undergraduate students who are due to qualify no later than 31stDecember 2024 are eligible to apply. These applicants if successful at interview will be recorded as Dormant. This means that they will remain on the panel but will not be offered any posts until they inform the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group HR in writing that they are in receipt of their final qualification (with recognition of this qualification from CORU where applicable).

Speech and Language Therapists qualifications awarded outside the Republic of Ireland must be assessed through a process of ‘recognition’ by CORU. Candidates who have completed a Speech and Language Therapist qualification outside the Republic of Ireland and have not yet received recognition of their qualification with CORU will be recorded as Dormant. This means that if they are successful at interview and placed on the panel, they will not receive any expressions of interest until they provide the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group HR with proof of recognition with CORU.

Any qualified candidates who have not yet attained their registration on the Register of Speech and Language Therapist with CORU, will be recorded as Active. These candidates will be eligible to receive expressions of interest but will not be able to take up post as a New Graduate Speech and Language Therapist – Staff Grade until they are in receipt of their CORU registration.

Further information is available on Page 1 of Additional Campaign Information.