Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)

Extendicare•Oshawa, ON

19d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join us in Kawarthas and the surrounding areas, where your work will leave a lasting impact on your clients and their families. In this role of Speech Language Pathologist/Therapist, you will provide community visits to assess and determine treatment in referred adult or pediatric clients for speech and language disorders, pre-linguistic communication behavior, cognitive communication, and or dysphagia. This is a new position. As the leading home care provider in the country, ParaMed Home Health Care, has proudly been helping Canadians live better at home since 1974. When you join ParaMed, you become part of a caring community of over 12,000 dedicated professionals committed to delivering compassionate, person-centred care.

Requirements

Degree in Speech Language Pathology.
Current registration with the provincial licensing body where applicable.
Minimum 1 year speech language pathology experience, community health experience preferred.
Technical knowledge of different speech and swallowing disorders and how to treat them.
Technical knowledge of specialized equipment for testing and treating speech and swallowing disorders.
Ability to create a patient-centered treatment plan that would fit into the patient’s life and help improve their symptoms.
Ability to work with a diverse team of medical professionals.
Advanced communication skills, with the ability to explain speech and swallowing disorders to patients and their families.
Able to provide a current, clear Vulnerable Position Screening (VPS)
Access to reliable transportation as this position requires visiting multiple locations daily

Responsibilities

Assess, diagnose, and treat communication disorders such as speech, fluency, language, voice and swallowing disorders.
Develop, plan, and implement a treatment plan that will remedy the issue the patient is presenting with.
Create personalized care plans for each patient, often working with other medical staff on an interdisciplinary team.
Educate and counsel patients and families on communication and swallowing disorders.
Research speech and communication disorders and develop new diagnostic procedures and devices.
Instruct and supervise communicative disorders assistants, students, and other health care professionals.