Summary
Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) is seeking a senior Speech-Language Therapist/Pathologist in Abu Dhabi. The role provides specialist assessment and treatment for speech, language, cognitive, voice, fluency, swallowing and feeding disorders, and leads the speech-language therapy team. Duties include supervising staff, allocating workloads, managing equipment and supplies, and contributing to service planning, audits and performance monitoring. Applicants need at least 4 years of postgraduate experience, specialist knowledge, at least 1 year of demonstrated leadership, and the stated speech-language pathology education and licensing credentials.
The posting
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Provides safe, effective, evidence based and comprehensive services in the evaluation and treatment of patients with Speech, Language, Cognitive, Fluency, Voice, Swallowing and Feeding Disorders and Associated Communication problems.
Responsible for leading a team of Speech language pathologists/therapists.
Responsibilities
• Investigates skills and broad knowledge of evidence based and standardized assessments together with sound, analytical clinical reasoning skills in order to form a baseline measure or differential diagnosis from which to plan appropriate intervention for various swallowing, speech and language disorders for pediatrics or/and adults.
• Provides specialist assessment and treatment for various swallowing, speech-language disorders e.g. Flexible Endosopic Evaluation of Swallowing, Videostroboscopy, Electropalatography (EPG) , Vital Stim therapy, Nasometry, as necessary
• Assesses complex/undifferentiated abnormalities (e.g. Second Opinions) and develops the necessary treatment plans
• Enhances the performance and capability of others through formal and informal
interactions/skilled coaching techniques
• Monitors the equipment and device usage, flagging any miss manipulation and authorize maintenance or backing case study to replace faulty ones
• Maintains a necessary inventory of supplies for assigned room or work station, rotation of stock in an orderly fashion, and eliminating outdated items
• Manages and reports shortage of materials to supervisor at the earliest convenience, ordering and approving replenishments when necessary
• Supervises junior staff and ensuring their abidance to going rules and policies as applied and implemented in the Section/Department/Facility
• Maintains a high control over infection, safety and health regulations and making sure that all concerned parties follow the same
• Participates in the daily management of workload allocation within the specialist area, taking into account the changing/competing demands and making decisions about prioritization of
caseloads.
Accountabilities
• Leads project managing the development of new business cases and/or options appraisals in agreed areas
• Assists in providing managerial leadership for both clinical and non-clinical issues through consultation and joint working with all grades of staff within the SLT services
• Leads and working with the Speech language pathology or therapy team to provide an efficient and effective high quality service, including but not limited to being involved in the proposal/development and implementation of department/section policies , the annual business plan, the development of future strategies to improve the service, accreditation surveys, audits of services and staff, development and monitoring of performance indicators, compliance with productivity and revenue cycle management targets, etc.
• Manages the Speech language pathology or therapy team including objective setting, appraisals, training, duty rosters, annual leave, supervision and reflective practice, delegation of tasks, etc.
• Manages at a service level efficient workload allocation, making decisions about prioritization of caseloads
• Ensures sufficient inventory of equipment and consumables for performance of duties, including ordering and approving replenishments when necessary
Qualifications
Experience :-
Required:
• NLT 4 years of post-graduate experience in field of Speech and Hearing Sciences or in Speech Language Pathology.
• Evidence of specialist knowledge, NLT 1 year demonstrated leadership
Desired:
• N.A.
Educational Qualification: Required:
• Recognized Bachelors in Speech language pathology or similar accredited course
• Or BSc in Communication or Psychology or Linguistics And Master’s program in speech language pathology from an accredited educational institution, college or university • AND Current National License or member
• Preferred:
• Masters in Speech language pathology or similar accredited course (will reduce 1 year from the required years of experience)
Desired:
• N.A.