SPEECH THERAPIST / AUDIOLOGY/ SPEECH AND AUDIOLOGIST GRADE 1

Gauteng Provincial Government; Gauteng; Vor Ort; ZAR 420.000 - 540.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

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Zusammenfassung

Gauteng Department of Health seeks an eligible Speech-Language Therapist/Audiologist for Pholosong Regional Hospital. You will provide comprehensive care for hearing loss and communication disorders, including assessment, counselling, and intervention planning with families.

The role includes individual and group therapy, report writing, and collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. Applicants must be registered with the HPCSA and have completed community service, with no post-community

Qualifikationen

• Registered HPCSA independent practitioner eligibility.
• Knowledge of adult and paediatric hearing screening and diagnostic assessments.
• Experience with hearing aid fittings or speech-language therapy elements.
• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and coordinate care.
• Commitment to patient advocacy and holistic care.

Aufgaben

• Provide comprehensive care for patients with hearing loss, including assessment of communication and listening.
• Counselling, set joint intervention goals with families, and assist in audiological management.
• Deliver individual and group therapy, facilitate support groups, and develop listening/language skills.
• Contribute to report-writing, teacher training, and clinical research per guidelines.
• Maintain resources, perform equipment checks, and work within professional boundaries.

Kenntnisse

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Empathy toward patients

Planning and coordination

Problem-solving

Ausbildung

Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology degree (HPCSA eligible)

Jobbeschreibung

Requirements

• Grade 12 and an appropriate qualification in Speech-Language Therapy, Audiology, or Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology that permits registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) in the relevant professional category. Applicants must have completed community service and hold current registration with the HPCSA as an independent practitioner. No post-community service experience is required. Applicants must demonstrate knowledge and skills in adult and paediatric hearing screening, diagnostic hearing assessments, and hearing aid fittings, and/or individual speech-language therapy, facilitation of support groups, family-focused interventions, and the development of listening and language skills in children and adults with hearing loss within an Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) approach. Competencies include the ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team, good planning, organising, coordination and communication skills, and the ability to engage in solution-oriented problem-solving. Applicants must demonstrate empathy towards patients, promote patient advocacy, and facilitate holistic patient care. Applicants must also be prepared to undergo medical surveillance, as this is an inherent requirement of the post.

Duties

• To provide a complete package of care to patient with hearing loss, including assessment of communication, and listening; counselling, creation of joint intervention goals with the family; assisting in audiological management of these patience; provision of individual and group therapy; facilitation of support groups; report-writing, teacher trainingTo conduct adult and paediatric audiological procedures in accordance with best practice guidelines and engage in clinical research. To ensure that clinical resources are maintained according to protocols, which includes biological checks and reporting of faults. To work within a multidisciplinary team within professional boundaries. To supervise community service therapists and students. To comply with Performance Management processes. To participate in departmental team building and projects. To adhere to infection control procedures and assist with maintaining accreditation requirements. to engage in solution-based problem solving.To work within a multidisciplinary team within professional boundaries. To engage in mentoring and audits. To comply with Performance Management processes. To participate in departmental teambuilding and projects. To adhere to infection control procedures and assist with maintaining accreditation requirements. To participate in departmental research projects.

Criteria Questions

Do you an appropriate qualification in Speech-Language Therapy, Audiology, or Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology that permits registration with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) in the relevant professional category?

Have you completed community service and hold current registration with the HPCSA as an independent practitioner?

Do you have the ability to work effectively as part of a multidisciplinary team?

Employer : Department of Health

Location : Pholosong Regional Hospital

Closing Date : 30-10-2026

The Gauteng Department of Health is guided by the principles of Employment Equity. People with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Pholosong Regional Hospital does not have budget for resettlement and S & T claims.

Pholosong Regional Hospital reserves the right to utilize practical exercises/tests for non-SMS positions during the recruitment process to determine the suitability of candidates for the post(s).

The employer reserves the right not to fill this post.