Speech And Language Therapist, Senior, University Hospital

University Hospital Kerry is the second largest of the Health Service Executive – South/South west Area’s seven acute hospitals. The hospital provides acute general hospital services to the population of Co. Kerry (139,616) and additionally, to a proportion of the populations of West Limerick and North Cork.

Services Include:

• Emergency Medicine

• Ear, Nose & Throat Services

• General Medicine including Medicine of the Elderly & Endocrinology

• General Surgery

• Gynaecology (Colposcopy & Urodynamics)

• Obstetrics

• Orthopaedics

• Paediatric including Special Baby Care Unit

• Pathology

• Psychiatry

• Radiography including C.T. Scanning Service.

• Renal Dialysis Satellite Unit

• Oncology Satellite Unit

• Palliative Care

The hospital provides a safe, effective, efficient pathology service on a twenty-four/seven basis to patients in Kerry, parts of Limerick and Cork.

POST A: The UHK Geriatric Emergency Multidisciplinary Service (GEMS) includes a GEMS Consultant, CNS, Physiotherapist & Occupational Therapist to respond to the specific & complex needs of the older person. The person appointed to this Senior Speech and Language Therapist post will work as part of the GEMS team delivering a coordinated approach to older persons that attend the Emergency Department (ED) University Hospital Kerry (UHK) and who, on presentation are identified as frail.

POST B: The UHK Stroke Service includes an acute stroke unit and a specialist and stroke-specific rehabilitation service. The team includes consultant, nursing, physiotherapist, occupational therapist and rehabilitation assistant. The person appointed to this Senior Speech and Language Therapist post will be a core member of the stroke multi-disciplinary team services. The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of evidence based care in stroke.