Speech Therapist

Position Description: Assesses and treats patients with speech, language, swallowing, voice, and fluency disorders. Position Responsibility: - Participates in departmental and hospital quality improvement measurement, activities and goals. - Assists in the development, implementation and monitoring of practice guidelines and policies related to care of patients requiring rehabilitation services. - Complies with standards, policies, laws and regulations outlined in the hospital policies and plans. - Evaluates information to determine compliance with standards and analyzes data or information to improve or make decisions. - Assists with the development of a speech/language therapy competency program and ongoing learning and education programs. - Performs duties as per the job description, and employee contract as per the American Hospital Dubai (AHD) Code of Conduct and Human Resource Policies. - Performs administrative activities, such as day-to-day maintenance of files and processing of paperwork. - Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks and participating in national and international professional societies. - Assesses, develops, and implements Speech and Language Therapy treatment to the assigned patients. - Reflects on auditory, visual and kinesthetic aspects of the client's communication and identifies appropriate strategies to facilitate and enhance communicative effectiveness. - Administers hearing or speech/language evaluations, tests, or examinations to patients to collect information on the type and degree of impairments, using written and oral tests and special instruments. - Develops clear care plans based on best practice, patient findings and patient needs. - Provides advice to others regarding the management and care of patients/clients with communication difficulties. - Ensures that patients are involved in the planning and prioritizing of their care plans wherever possible. - Adapts practice to meet Individual patient's circumstances, including due regard for cultural and linguistic differences. - Uses of evidence-based practice and outcome measures for clinical effectiveness. - Advises on aids and adaptations needed by the patient to promote independence. - Evaluates hearing and speech/language test results and medical or background information to diagnose and plan treatment for speech, language, fluency, voice and swallowing disorders. Position Qualification: - Bachelor's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology/Speech and Language Therapy/Speech Pathology/Speech therapy/Speech or - Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology - Current/Valid Dubai Health Authority (DHA) License PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: - Minimum of two (2) years of experience in Speech and Phonetics field in hospital or clinical settings. - Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups and the measurement of training effects. - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English and Arabic language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar. - Knowledge of human behaviour and performance, individual differences in ability, personality, and interests, learning and motivation. - Skills in sound clinical judgments/decision-making for case management. - Ability to reflect on practice with peers and managers and identify their own strengths and development needs. - Private hospital experience preferred.