Overview
Reporting to the ENT Allied health team lead and the ENT ST team lead, the successful applicant will work with children and adults who have communication problems arising from
- Cleft lip and palate related communication disorders;
- Voice disorders; and
- Hearing loss and other auditory related disorders.
The senior speech therapist's job scope includes, but is not limited to,
- the provision of outpatient speech therapy for cleft, voice and auditory related disorders
- caregiver education
- school and home visits to advocate for support and inclusion for our patients
- the provision of educational talks and workshops to promote awareness of communication disorders
- mentoring and clinical education for junior clinicians and Speech Therapy students on placements
Key Accountabilities
- Receive and attend to referrals for speech therapy services from medical practitioners and/or other professionals within or external to NUH ENT.
- Work within in a multidisciplinary team comprising the ENT doctors, audiologists as well as other healthcare professionals and stakeholders to provide coordinated speech therapy services.
- Participate in formal and informal clinical discussions, including multidisciplinary team meetings, clinical handover meetings and family/case conferences.
- Manage a caseload in accordance to departmental guidelines (on-the-job training will be provided)
- Conduct screening and diagnostic communication assessments.
- Provide evidence-based therapy for our clientele.
- Track clients progress using measurable outcome tools.
- Provide care-giver and stakeholder training.
- Provide timely referrals and inform other professionals of any patient findings.
- Prepare patient reports for caregivers, stakeholders and other professionals.
- Support speech therapy student clinical observations and placements (only for experienced applicants).
- Contribute to the identification, recommendation and implementation of speech therapy services within the ENT ST team.
- Maintain and attend to a personal professional development plan, in consultation with the ENT Allied Health team lead, and the ENT ST team lead.
- Administrative duties.
Requirements
Qualification:
- Tertiary qualifications in Speech Pathology
- Full registration with the Allied Health Professional Council
Experience:
- Clinical experience of 1-3 years in a similar setting is preferred
- Fresh graduates are welcome to apply. (Mentoring for AHPC available)
Skills and Knowledge:
- Sound verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to empathise with, and build rapport with patients and their caregivers.
- Knowledge of communication disorders and their functional impact.
- Knowledge of and commitment to patient-centered care and evidence-based care models.
- Able to prioritise and manage workloads with established routines and methods.
- A good team player who is able to work well within a multidisciplinary team.
- Possess a passion for working with people with hearing loss and other disabilities.
- Possess capacity for creativity and innovation in service development, delivery and improvement.
- Commitment to comply with NUH policies and procedures, as well as health and safety regulations.
- Commitment to adhere to professional ethics.
- PC literate.
We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
