Speech Language Pathologist

About the Role

Seeking a compassionate and skilled Speech and Language Pathologist (SLP) to join a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team. The role involves assessing, diagnosing, and managing communication, cognitive-communication, voice, and swallowing disorders across pediatric and adult populations, with a focus on neurological rehabilitation.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical Assessment & Evaluation

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, and swallowing disorders using standardized and non-standardized assessment tools.
• Perform bedside swallowing evaluations and participate in instrumental swallowing assessments such as Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFSS).
• Assess communication and swallowing abilities in patients with tracheostomy and those requiring ventilatory support.
• Evaluate patients across inpatient, outpatient, ICU, and neuro-rehabilitation settings.

Therapy Planning & Intervention

• Develop individualized, evidence-based treatment plans based on clinical findings and functional goals.
• Provide therapy for speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, and swallowing disorders.
• Manage dysphasia using appropriate therapeutic exercises, compensatory strategies, safe feeding techniques, and swallowing rehabilitation protocols.
• Deliver early neuro-rehabilitation interventions, including coma stimulation for patients with disorders of consciousness.
• Implement Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) strategies for individuals with severe communication impairments.
• Modify treatment plans based on patient progress and clinical outcomes.

Multidisciplinary Collaboration

• Work closely with physicians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, dietitians, nurses, and other rehabilitation professionals to develop and implement comprehensive rehabilitation plans.
• Participate in multidisciplinary case discussions and rehabilitation meetings.
• Communicate patient progress, recommendations, and treatment outcomes to the healthcare team.

Patient & Caregiver Education

• Educate patients and caregivers on communication strategies, swallowing precautions, feeding techniques, therapeutic exercises, and home-based rehabilitation programs.
• Provide counseling and emotional support to promote functional independence and improve quality of life.

Documentation & Compliance

• Maintain accurate clinical documentation, therapy notes, treatment plans, progress reports, discharge summaries, and other required records.
• Ensure timely completion of documentation in compliance with institutional, legal, and regulatory standards.
• Adhere to ethical practices, patient confidentiality, infection control protocols, and organizational policies.

Training, Research & Quality Improvement

• Mentor and provide clinical training to interns and trainees through supervision and evidence-based teaching.
• Participate in academic programs, continuing education, research activities, and professional development initiatives.
• Contribute to quality improvement projects and service development within the rehabilitation department.

Patient Population

The Speech and Language Pathologist will work with patients presenting with:

• Stroke
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Head injury
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Parkinson's disease
• Encephalitis
• Disorders of consciousness (coma/minimally conscious state)
• Tracheotomy and ventilator-dependent patients
• Dysphasia and swallowing disorders
• Aphasia, dysarthria, apraxia of speech
• Voice disorders
• Cognitive-communication disorders
• Pediatric speech and language disorders
• Articulation and language delays

Requirements & Tech Stack

Required Skills

• Strong clinical assessment and diagnostic skills
• Expertise in speech, language, cognitive-communication, and dysphasia rehabilitation
• Knowledge of tracheotomy management and neuro-rehabilitation
• Familiarity with AAC systems and communication aids
• Excellent interpersonal, counseling, and communication skills
• Strong documentation and clinical reasoning abilities
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
• Commitment to ethical practice, patient-centered care, and continuous professional development

Qualifications

• Bachelors/Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology (BASLP/MASLP/M.Sc. SLP) or equivalent.
• Valid registration with the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI).
• Experience in neurological rehabilitation, dysphasia management, ICU rehabilitation, or tracheotomy care will be preferred.