Speech Language Pathologist Odette Cancer Centre Regular Full-Time
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Job Summary
Summary of Duties:
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has an opportunity for a Speech-Language Pathologist to provide speech swallowing and voice services to outpatients in the Odette Cancer Centre. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with SLP staff patients families and inter-professional team members across multiple oncologic site groups.
Responsibilities include:
- Triage assess and manage swallowing impairments arising from multiple cancer sites including (but not limited to) Lung Breast GI CNS H&N
- Provide education/counselling for patients experiencing communication and/or swallowing difficulties and their caregivers
- Support inpatient care as it relates to facilitating smooth and timely transition to the outpatient setting
- Act as an SLP resource to the SLP team the interprofessional team families and students
- Maintain patient records and workload measurement in accordance with facility and professional standards
- Maintain and upgrade skills and knowledge through continuing education and seek opportunities for knowledge dissemination
- Participate in SLP clinical education and interprofessional education activities
- Participate in SLP Professional Council Program and hospital-wide meetings committees and planning as required
- Practice in accordance with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario
Qualifications/Skills:
- Current CASLPO registration
- Extensive clinical experience (5 years) required working with an Oncology caseload including Head and Neck patients in a contemporary acute care setting and outpatient environment
- Extensive independent experience with videofluoroscopic instrumental swallowing evaluation
- FEES instrumental evaluation experience an asset
- Experience with patients undergoing organ preservation treatment modalities preferred
- Experience with tracheostomy management required
- Demonstrated commitment to SLP student and interprofessional student education
- Demonstrated commitment to Person-Centred Care
- Excellent communication and time-management skills
- Ability to work collaboratively & efficiently as a member of intra- and interprofessional teams
- ADP authorizer status preferred
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