Speech - Language Therapist/Pathologist-Speech & Language Therapy

Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City - SSMC


Date: 4 hours ago
City: Abu Dhabi
Contract type: Full time
JOB DESCRIPTION

Provides quality professional services in the evaluation and treatment of patients with speech, language, cognitive, fluency, voice, swallowing and feeding disorders and associated communication problems.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Provides support to a caseload of patients with developmental speech and language delay and disorder, and swallowing or feeding disorders in adults and/or paediatrics, appropriately. This includes developing and implementing specialised speech and language treatment plans for such individuals.
  • Facilitates and study in-depth case histories to include medical, social, psychological, educational and developmental information
  • Advises others regarding the management and care of patients with communication needs and oro-motor difficulties
  • Investigates skills and broad knowledge of standardized assessments together with sound, analytical clinical reasoning skills in order to form a baseline measure or differential diagnosis to plan a program of intervention
  • Deliveries therapy intervention ensuring that speech, language and communication programs are an integral part of the patient's learning and daily routines
  • Coordinates and works as a member of the SLP team providing an efficient and effective service, and liaising with internal and external agencies.
  • Provides timely and targeted individualized management, treatment and advice for patients, involving families, carers and educators and providing appropriate recommendations and training to professionals from other agencies and other disciplines
  • Monitors all use of equipment, reporting any faulty behaviour and contacting maintenance/supplier for any required repairs/updates
  • Develops standard precautions for infection control
  • Maintains the strictest confidence in relation to patient information whether formally or informally recorded
  • Attends regular staff meetings within the department/ Maintaining and assisting in the

enforcement of up-to-date clinical and professional knowledge development, according to organizational/unit/s requirements (e.g. minimum of CPD / CME hours per year required for re-licensing)

  • Manages shortage of materials to supervisor at earliest convenience, ordering and approving replenishments when necessary

Accountabilities

  • Clinical competency and performance measurement (safety, efficiency, effectiveness and satisfaction) and management for assigned unit/s

QUALIFICATIONS

Experience :-

Required:

  • NLT 2 years of post-graduate experience in field of Speech and Hearing Sciences or in Speech Language Pathology.

Desired:

  • N.A.

Educational Qualification: Required:

  • BSc in Speech & Hearing, or Speech Language Pathology, Speech or Communications Sciences
  • &Disorders
  • AND Current National License or membership in a recognized international agency preferred
  • MSc. in Speech & Hearing, or Speech Language Pathology, Speech or Communications Sciences
  • &Disorders (will reduce 1 year from the required years of experience) Candidates with Msc will be accepted with basic degree in psychology or language.

Desired:

  • N.A.

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