Speech Language Therapist
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About the Role
Provide evaluation and treatment for speech and swallowing disorders, manage multidisciplinary collaboration, and maintain professional standards and development.
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Responsibilities
- Provide evaluation and treatment to patients of all ages with speech, language, cognitive communicative, voice and swallowing disorders
- Screen, assess, and treat patients with communication and swallowing disorders
- Develop and implement linguistically and culturally appropriate strategies and tools
- Communicate effectively and collaboratively with nursing, medical colleagues, and voluntary/independent services
- Provide highly specialist advice and support to team members and multi disciplinary team
- Maintain comprehensive and accurate assessment and treatment records
- Participate in in service training, staff meetings, tutorials, and reflective practice
- Manage designated caseload efficiently and effectively
Requirements
- Hold an appropriate qualification and be registered with professional/statutory authorizing organizations
- Hold a license from the Department of Health Abu Dhabi (DOH)
- Must maintain and update professional knowledge and skills
- Must develop and implement linguistically and culturally appropriate strategies
- Must engage in strategies to manage Arabic first language speakers
- Ability to communicate effectively with nursing, medical colleagues, and other services
- Demonstrate sound understanding of clinical governance and risk management
- Maintain continuing professional development (CPD)
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Job Overview
- To provide evaluation and treatment to patients of all ages with speech, language, cognitive communicative, voice and swallowing disorders.
- Is expected to hold an appropriate qualification and be registered with their professional and/or statutory registration/authorizing professional organizations.
- SLPs are also required to hold a license from the Department of Health Abu Dhabi (DOH).
Professional Knowledge and Skills
- Must maintain and update professional knowledge and skills to screen, assess, and treat patients with communication and swallowing disorders.
- If the SLP has a dual qualification that includes Audiology, he/she may screen and evaluate the hearing status of the residents.
- Must develop and implement linguistically and culturally appropriate strategies and tools to work with patients.
- Must engage in at least the following appropriate strategies to manage Arabic first language speakers: Demonstrate knowledge and skill sufficient to analyze and manage the phonetics, linguistics, and social use of the Arabic language parameters (cf. dialectically relevant to at least Emirati nationa
- Engage the services of a suitably trained translator.
Communication
- To communicate effectively and collaboratively with nursing, medical colleagues, and voluntary/independent services across health and social care sectors to ensure the delivery of a coordinated multi disciplinary service.
- To provide highly specialist advice and support to all team members in their clinical area and members of the multi disciplinary team.
Professional Responsibilities
- To work as an autonomous professional according to the standards of DOH.
- To meet the regulations of the DOH and fulfill the requirements for physiotherapy registration.
- To maintain comprehensive and accurate assessment and treatment records in line with legal and departmental requirements.
- To demonstrate a sound understanding of clinical governance and risk management.
- To maintain continuing professional development (CPD).
- Being an active member of the in service training program.
- Informal/formal supervision with Team Lead.
- Assisting with the facilitation of the team's continued professional development.
- Participating in the staff appraisal scheme.
- Writing learning contracts to achieve agreed goals.
- Being proactive in seeking supervision.
- Facilitating and supporting the identification, measurement, and evaluation of your work and team's current practice.
Managerial/Organizational Responsibilities
- To efficiently and effectively manage designated caseload with regard to clinical responsibilities and use of time.
- To attend mandatory training sessions.
- To ensure the application of professional standards in day to day practice of physiotherapy.
- To ensure/manage health and safety aspects within the workplace.
- To be responsible for ensuring the effective selection and use of all treatment resources.
- To be responsible for equipment used in carrying out clinical duties.
- To comply with organizational and departmental policies and procedures.
- Any other duties that might be considered appropriate by the Team Lead.
- To carry out responsibilities with due regard to the Equal Opportunities Policy.
- To be aware of the responsibility of all employees to maintain a safe and healthy environment.
Health, Safety, and Security
- Shall undertake roles and responsibilities in accordance with general requirements of OSHAD SF Element 01.
- Familiarize themselves and comply with all OSH policies, standards, and procedures.
- Monitor and maintain health, safety, and security of self and others.
- Adheres to the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Management System.
- Adheres to requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Guidelines and Infection Control Guidelines.
- Understands and adheres to emergency preparedness, fire safety, and code policies/plans.
- Complete mandatory education and competencies as well as specific education and competencies.
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