Senior / Speech Therapist

KK Women's & Children's Hospital; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

KK Women's & Children's Hospital is seeking a dedicated Speech Pathologist to assess and treat patients with voice and swallowing disorders. The role involves collaborating with a multidisciplinary team, ensuring effective treatment and patient safety, and contributing to departmental education initiatives. Candidates should have a relevant degree, excellent interpersonal skills, and be able to work in a bilingual environment.

Qualifications

• Trained and experienced in working with adult patients with voice and swallowing disorders.
• Preferably bilingual or multilingual.
• Must be fully vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccinations.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and implement treatments based on scientific evidence.
• Monitor progress and maintain confidentiality of records.
• Supervise support staff and contribute to clinical education.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Clinical reasoning

Education

Bachelor / Master Degree in Speech Pathology

Job description

Job Responsibilities:

• Assess patients in a logical and sequential manner, generating and testing a hypothesis reasoning.
• Analyse patients' problems directly related to the conditions referred, demonstrating sound clinical reasoning.
• Plan and implement treatment, reflecting current available scientific evidence, ensuring patient safety and effectiveness of intervention.
• Monitor patients' progress throughout treatment, prepare and maintain records and reports as appropriate, ensuring adherence to confidentiality requirements.
• Participate as an active member of the care team via attending relevant ward / unit rounds, clinics, meetings and in research and work improvement activities.
• Contribute to achievement of departmental action plan, collaborating with internal and external clients in a professional manner.
• Contribute to learning and growth through active participation in departmental clinical education and clinical training initiatives.
• Supervise and facilitate learning of support staff / students / junior staff / peers as required.
• Oversee Therapy Assistants on performance of duties to ensure safe and effective treatment.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor / Master Degree in Speech Pathology or its equivalent.
• Trained and experienced in working with adult patients with voice and swallowing disorders
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Good team player and able to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team.
• Preferably with ability to speak more than 1 language or dialect.
• Must be fully vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccinations.