Speech & Language swallowing Specialist

• Ensures through his/her actions, either directly or indirectly, that a superior quality of medical treatment, compassion and understanding is given to every patient served at the Care National Hospital.
• Evaluates plans and performs Speech and hearing therapy treatments.
• Writes evaluation assessment and maintain adequate treatment records and progress notes for review by medical staffs.
• Carries own patient case load and responsible for all duties this entails.
• Participates in departmental meeting, case conference and clinical in-service.
• Prepares patients for discharge from the hospital by teaching those precautions, basic procedures and giving home instructions if necessary.
• Communicates all pertinent changes in patients' condition to the Physicians and medical staff.
• Promptly completes daily documentation of treatment.
• Ensures good maintenance in the treatment area. Reports to Department Head any damage and out of order equipment.
• Acts as an advisor in clinical problems discusses diagnosis and treatment plans with medical team.
• Assists the attending Physician in determining appropriate speech therapy treatment; reviews and evaluates patient's records; schedules, performs and evaluates patient tests; recommends the most appropriate treatment for specific disabilities; submits a written treatment program to the Physician for concurrence.
• Maintains complete records of the patients' original diagnosis, evaluation and treatment plan; records and evaluates patients' response and discusses progress with the Physician/Surgeon; recommends changes; advises when the patient is ready for discharge from the therapy room.
• Demonstrates proper treatment procedures to ward personnel; instructs patients and families in procedures to be continued at home. As requested, plans and conducts lectures and training programs for medical staff, students and community groups; plans and participates in the speech and Hearing therapy research programs.
• Keeps abreast of new techniques or equipments and recommends or implements them as applicable.
• Complies with hospital dress code.
• Performs other applicable tasks and duties assigned within the realm of the employee's knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Patient and Family Education
• Involves the patient/families in plan of care and respects patients/families regarding their goals and choices of patient care.
• Provides health promotion and health teaching thru methods appropriate to a patients’ developmental level, learning needs, readiness and ability to learn, language preference, culture and situations.
• Allots time necessary to assess, plan implement and evaluate patient education provided to patients/families with appropriate documentation.
• Utilize the nursing process in creating and coordinating teaching plans for individualized patients.
• Create patient care assignments as per competency regarding surgical procedures.

Reporting to:

Department Head and Supervisor

Supervises:

None

Qualifications:

Education:

• BS degree in Speech and language Therapy from an accredited institution, plus the required clinical internship for professional registration.
• Holder of Professional license to practice.
• Passed Saudi Council Registration exam.
• Current CPR certification.

Experience:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience similar to the job in an acute care hospital facility.  

• Fluency in verbal and written English. Preferable also in Arabic
• Knowledgeable of computer skills.
• Ability to exhibits professionalism and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Must be willing and able to work with multi-cultural and physical handicapped.
• Good in customer care and team work.