Staff Grade Speech and Language Therapist 104676

Health Service Executive; Dublin; On-site; EUR 46,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

HSE Pay Scale

Pension

Sick Pay Scheme

Generous Annual Leave

Training / CPD

Job summary

Health Service Executive invites applications for a Staff Grade Speech & Language Therapist to support children with complex needs within St Michael’s House CDNTs in Dublin. The role offers full-time permanence and opportunities for growth in a multidisciplinary environment.

The successful candidate will contribute to evidence-based practice, family-centred care, and progression of disability services, while benefiting from structured governance and CPD opportunities.

Qualifications

• Fully registered or registration in progress with CORU.
• Bachelor or master level qualification in Speech & Language Therapy.
• Excellent communication and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a self-directed manner and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide a quality evidence-based SLT service to children and families within CDNTs.
• Work within an interdisciplinary team across St Michael’s House to deliver family-centred services.
• Develop skills in high-tech AAC systems and FEDS-related approaches.
• Contribute to CPD and professional development within a paediatric FEDS team.

Job description

Staff Grade Speech and Language Therapist 104676

Date posted: 2 October 2026

Before you apply

This job opportunity is open to both HSE and non-HSE applicants.

Reference

104676

Category

Health and Social Care Professionals

Grade

Speech and Language Therapist 336Y

Section 38

Advertisement Type

Open to all

The HSE is advertising this job on behalf of a publicly funded organisation. This job is not with the HSE. The terms and conditions of this job may be different from the HSE’s terms and conditions.

Health region

HSE Dublin and North East

County

• Dublin North

Location

Dublin

Contract type

• Permanent Wholetime

Post specific related information

Staff Grade Speech & Language Therapists

Children’s Disability Network Team

Full Time Permanent and Specific Purpose Posts

A panel will be created for future employment opportunities, across the 4 St Michael’s House Children’s Disability Network Teams Ballymun, Coastal, Coolock and Kilbarrack CDNTs.

Newly qualified Speech and LanguageTherapists (2026) are welcome to apply and are eligible for CDNT graduate sponsorship!

This is an exciting opportunity for a Staff Grade Speech and Language Therapist to support children and their families, presenting with complex needs arising from a combination of intellectual, physical, and/or sensory disabilities.

The Speech and Language Therapist is a valuable member of the Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) who will provide a quality evidence-based service in line with family centred practice and Progressing Disability Services (PDS) principles.

Working within a large supportive inter-disciplinary team across a variety of clinical settings the SLT will provide a combination of direct and targeted supports to children and their families. The SLT will be part of a large, vibrant, SLT Department across St. Michael’s House who are committed to delivering an evidence-based communication and FEDS service to maximise the quality of life of the children and families they work with.

St Michael’s House CDNTs have the following supports and structures available for Staff Grade SLTs joining our CDNTs:

• Excellent clinical governance structures including regular CDNM line management and clinical supervision from an assigned Senior SLT.
• SLT Manager in position for discipline-specific support.
• Structured and funded CPD systems to support professional development goals including access to courses such as Hanen, Lámh, Earlybird and Cygnet.
• Opportunity to develop skills within a dynamic and varied clinical caseload including early communication development, use of high-tech AAC systems, neuro-affirmative therapeutic approaches, Aversive Feeding and FEDS.
• Opportunities for structured development of FEDS clinical competencies within a large, well-established paediatric FEDS team, including a Clinical Specialist FEDS SLT.

Benefits of working in St Michael's House

• HSE Pay Scale (incremental*)
• Premium Payments (Frontline staff)
• Sick Pay Scheme
• Paid Maternity Leave
• Pension
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Generous Annual Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Training / CPD
• Career Progression

The successful candidate must have the following:

Essential Criteria

• Speech & Language Therapist: (i) the B.Sc degree (Clinical Speech and Language Studies) from the University of Dublin/ NUIG or UCC OR (ii) the BA (Moderatorship)(Remedial Linguistics) from the University of Dublin OR (iii) the M.SC in Speech & Language Therapy (Professional Qualification) from the University of Limerick OR (iv) Licentiateship from the College of Speech Therapists OR (v) A validated Speech & Language qualification at least equivalent to (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above.
• Fully registered or registration in progress with CORU.
• Excellent communication and time management skills and the ability to work in a self directed manner.
• Excellent ability to work with complex cases as part of a team.
• Committed to the delivery of quality, family-centred, community-based services.
• Evidence of a commitment to continuous professional development (CPD) in the relevant area.

Desirable Criteria

• Clinical experience of working with children with a variety of complex needs including Autism, Intellectual Disability and Physical Disability.
• Experience of working within an interdisciplinary team framework.
• An undergraduate or post-graduate qualification in dysphagia would be desirable but is not essential.
• Training relevant to children’s disability services e.g. Hanen, Lámh, AAC, Neurodiversity.
• Previous experience related to Preliminary Team Assessment/ Assessment of Need.
• Full clean driving licence and use of a car.

Salary scale: Successful candidates will be paid in line with the HSE Speech and Language Therapist consolidated pay scales - Point 1 45,514 to Point 14 LSI 65,068 per annum.

Should you have no prior public sector experience you will be placed on point 1 of the pay-scale above.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 14th October 2026

Informal enquiries: Coolock CDNT [e-mail] or Ciara McGlade SLT Manager [e-mail]

Job descriptions are available from the HR Department.

St. Michael’s House is an equal opportunities employer.