Job Description

One of our clients is in the Health Care industry in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and is hiring for the position of  Speech-language Pathologist.

Location: AL Khobar Eastern Province KSA

Years of Experience: At least 3 years of clinical experience in the healthcare industry.

Educational Qualification: Masters Degree in speech pathology phoniatrics

Notice Period: Immediate joiners or maximum one-month notice period.

Assessing, diagnosing, screening, managing and preventing language, speech, and swallowing disorders.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complete the new hire mandatory orientation program within 30 days of hire.
• Complete the competency-based department orientation within 90 days of hire.
• Consult with and keep Chief Medical Officer informed of activities, needs and problems.
• Comply with established speech therapy standards.
• Implement and maintain established Center programs, policies, procedures, objectives, quality improvement, safety, environmental and infection prevention and control.
• Responsible for proposing and implementing departmental policies.
• Ensures service is in compliance with all regulatory and accreditation bodies.
• Maintains clinical competency through assumption of clinical duties if licensure is required.
• Maintain a clean, orderly, safe environment for patient and personnel.
• Assist in care and maintenance of department supplies, equipment facilities. Report defective supplies, malfunctioning equipment to Chief Medical Officer. Request maintenance and repair. Document maintenance.
• Ensure that preventive maintenance on all instrument and equipment are done and PPM is attached and valid.
• Performs tasks such as:
• Assessing, diagnosing, screening, and preventing language, speech, and swallowing disorders.
• Evaluating and managing children with speech problems.
• Managing children with improper speech, letter substitution and articulation problem.
• Teaching adults with hoarseness and voice professionals, how to vocalize and speak without voice strain.
• Talking and taking care of all voice, phonatory and articulatory problem.
• Communicating with the patient, and liaising with their family members, physicians to design effective treatment plans.
• Using tried and tested therapies in combination with new, innovative techniques to provide the best care.
• Educating patients and their families on speech disorders and available therapies.
• Evaluating patient progress and implementing changes to therapy programs as required.
• Perform other applicable tasks and duties assigned within the realm of his/her knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Participate in the quality improvement activities as required.
• Participate in the implementation of performance improvement initiatives within and across the department.
• Identify general areas of actual or potential risk in the clinical aspects of the delivery of patient care and safety.
• Report actual or potential risk of patient and staff injury.
• Promote communication:
• Effectively communicate and maintain harmonious interpersonal relationships with health care team and peers
• Complete all documentation in a timely and accurate manner
• Demonstrate tact and understanding when dealing with team members and ancillary staff
• Maintain patients rights and confidentiality of patient information, and abide by established communications code.
• Professional attributes:
• Display assertive behavior that enables speech therapist to exercise own rights without denying the rights of others
• Exhibit enthusiastic, optimistic attitude
• Demonstrate knowledge of changing trends in speech therapy practice, active participation in conference, classes and meetings.
• Apply scientific principles in performing speech therapy procedure; knowledge of the rationale for actions
• Support and interpret the Center' mission, vision, objective, programs, policies and procedures.
• Participate in activities that will assist the speech therapy department and Center' administration to provide ongoing improvement in patient care services

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Required:

• Saudi Council registration as speech therapy specialist.
• Master in speech pathology phoniatrics.
• At least 2 to 3 years clinical experience in healthcare facility
• Abilities:
• Excellent relationship-building skills.
• Arabic and English language proficiency.‎

 Note: We thank all applicants for their interest however, only those candidates who are shortlisted will be contacted.