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Speech Language Pathologist

Location: Niagara Falls, Ontario

Category: Other

Status: Occasional

Employer: Lundy Manor, Oxford Living

To evaluate Client need based on presenting impairment/ disability / handicap, employing standardized assessment tools;
To assess the safety and risk factors of the client/caregivers/health care team and set out appropriate resolutions and/or coping strategies ;
To determine whether Speech-Language Pathology is required ;
To design a treatment plan considering evidence-based information, relevant best practice guidelines and clinical expertise;
To set specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-limited and client centered goals;
To determine the need for additional or alternative services;
To organize workload considering client and other team members’ needs;
To incorporate discharge planning into treatment planning/process;
To select and execute appropriate, cost effective intervention strategies;
To educate Clients, Families/Caregivers and the health care team regarding the nature of the client’s illness/ problem, purpose of the interventions, and self-management strategies;
To link Families/ Clients with appropriate community partners/ services;
To evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention, the client’s response, and progress toward goal attainment and/ or need for changes in service;
To evaluate client outcome using appropriate outcome measures;
To collaborate and communicate with the Health Care Team regarding assessment findings, possible barriers, treatment and future planning ;
To participate in case conferences as required;
To maintain daily and weekly records of client care activity, which comply with Revera’s regulatory body standards;
To submit timely and accurate clinical and administrative reports, including billing and payroll invoices;
To comply with Revera’s and college/professional regulatory agency standards of practice;
To uphold and promote the organization’s values and philosophy relating particularly to ethics, morality, and integrity as set out in Revera’s Code of Conduct;
To complete all other tasks as assigned.