Senior / Speech Therapist

You will assess, diagnose and treat patients in the areas of communication, voice and swallowing in a multi-disciplinary setting. Caregiver training will be an essential aspect of your work. Job Responsibilities: • Assess patients in a logical and sequential manner, generating and testing a hypothesis reasoning. • Analyse patients' problems directly related to the conditions referred, demonstrating sound clinical reasoning. • Plan and implement treatment, reflecting current available scientific evidence, ensuring patient safety and effectiveness of intervention. • Monitor patients' progress throughout treatment, prepare and maintain records and reports as appropriate, ensuring adherence to confidentiality requirements. • Participate as an active member of the care team via attending relevant ward / unit rounds, clinics, meetings and in research and work improvement activities. • Contribute to achievement of departmental action plan, collaborating with internal and external clients in a professional manner. • Contribute to learning and growth through active participation in departmental clinical education and clinical training initiatives. • Supervise and facilitate learning of support staff / students / junior staff / peers as required. • Oversee Therapy Assistants on performance of duties to ensure safe and effective treatment. Job Requirements: • Bachelor / Master Degree in Speech Pathology or its equivalent. • Trained and experienced in working with adult patients with voice and swallowing disorders • Good interpersonal skills. • Good team player and able to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team. • Preferably with ability to speak more than 1 language or dialect. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.