Speech Therapist

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for:

• Assessing the patients, developing and delivering the individual speech therapy treatment to improve patient's auditory comprehension, visual reading perception and comprehensive, oral motor strength, coordination and symmetry, swallowing components of oral phase, pharyngeal phase indicators, verbal expression, word finding skills, speech intelligibility and articulation, voice characteristics, written expression, gestured communication skills, augmentative and alternative modes of communication
• Writing patient assessment and progress notes according to the designed format
• Liaising with other healthcare personnel in daily ward rounds to get and receive relevant information about the progress of patients;
• Interacting professionally with patients, families, peers and other health care personnel
• Participating in appropriate in-house training programmes, tutorials and individual training sessions
• Educating and advising patients and their family about how to prevent and /or improve conditions
• Complying with the department policies and organizational quality standards i.e. ISO & JCIA

Requirements

• MA in Speech Audiology & Pathology from a recognized university
• Post education 1 years' experience as speech therapist or 1 year traineeship in healthcare setting
• Sound knowledge of speech therapy, theory, techniques and equipments 

Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.​

Applications should be submitted latest by February 24, 2019