Speech Language Therapist-Emirati Females ONLY

Description

Speech Therapists provide evidence-based family-centered pediatric speech and language services to patients and their families with speech, language and/or relevant developmental or learning needs. They are a resource to the family in supporting the child’s communication development by providing screening, assessment, consultation, individualized intervention, parent training, education and home programs with the goal of empowering individuals and/or parents with skills and strategies to continue supporting the child in their development.

Job functions and Key Accountabilities:
Clinical
Evidence Based Practice: Ensure that all aspects of clinical service is consistent with evidence-based practices and internationally recognized standards or guidelines.
Assessment: Administer, interpret and analyze assessments using formal and informal measures of speech, language and communication. Review and synthesize information from medical and other professional reports to determine appropriate therapeutic plan and recommendations for patients with complex needs.
Treatment: Provide therapeutic services to individuals and their families in the areas of speech, language and communication, including specific communication disorders, speech sound production, fluency, apraxia of speech, expressive and receptive and written language, and Autism spectrum disorders. Initiate referrals to other services and programs as necessary.
Documentation: Compose written documentation as required by the hospital medical records. Establish and maintain ongoing data collection of patient progress for treatment planning and medical records through consultation with parents, direct therapeutic work with patients, anecdotal records and assessment.
Continuing Education: Value and pursue life-long learning and professional development. Establish annual professional development goals and engage in ongoing educational opportunities aligned with professional goals and clinic needs, including journal reviews, interest groups, attendance at workshops and conferences. Obtain necessary continuing education units for license maintenance and beyond.
Communication
Coordination of Services: Coordinate and provide necessary communication of all aspects of patient care and management with all relevant personnel including, family members, school teachers, and medical professionals, in timely fashion.
Parent Education: Provide expertise and training to parents, families and caregivers in areas of specific communication disorders as a vital part of wholistic family-centered care. Discuss, demonstrate, model and provide communication strategies to support recommendations and treatment progression outside the clinic setting.
Community Resource: Serve as a resource and support to community stakeholders for the therapeutic care of the patient and their family. Engage in school meetings and parent conferences as requested and clinical beneficial to the patient. Liase and collaborate with medical professionals, colleagues and other relevant personnel to ensure a coordinated approach to service for the patient.
Public Relations: Utilize problem solving, conflict resolution, negotiation, facilitation and coaching skills when communicating with relevant stakeholders and/or family members.

Qualification

BSc in Speech-language pathology/ Speech and language therapy /Speech pathology /Speech therapy/Speech