Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Function

Rehabilitation

Facility

Life New Kensington Clinic

Position

Senior Speech and Language Therapist

Introduction

Job Title:  Full time Senior Speech and Language Therapist
Location: Life Rehabilitation Unit at Kensington Clinic
Reporting Line: Therapy Services Coordinator
Job Summary: Provide discipline-specific clinical leadership to therapists in the Acute Rehabilitation Team to ensure appropriate clinical knowledge, skill and competence within the specific therapy discipline and provide discipline-specific clinical services for all patients admitted to the Rehabilitation Unit. 

Critical Outputs

Leading the clinical processes in the discipline-specific team to deliver a high standard of clinical rehabilitation

• Implementing up-to-date clinical practice within a specific discipline
• Provide or facilitate training on new practices
• Coordinate change implementation within discipline and wider team
• Participate in the development of national, discipline-specific clinical and quality standards

Training and mentoring to facilitate skills development within discipline

• Identification of training needs within discipline
• Coordination of training activities within the unit
• Formal mentoring of junior staff and students within the discipline as well as other disciplines
• Participate in training to Nurses and Rehabilitation Attendants
• Participate in external training, as required

Facilitate access to appropriate discipline-specific equipment

• Keep up to date on new equipment in the field of rehabilitation, including basic and advanced equipment
• Participate in planning for equipment in unit, including identification of gaps and recommendation of new equipment

Supporting the Therapy Services Coordinator in managing the team towards service delivery compliance

• Appropriate patient allocation within discipline and assist other departments when need be
• Demonstrating commitment and knowledge to the Life Rehabilitation model of service delivery and philosophy
• Enforcing compliance of the model within the rehabilitation team on an ongoing basis
• Provide direction and inspire positive work behaviour and performance outputs amongst the team
• Developing of strong, professional relationships with the entire rehabilitation team

Fulfilling the requirements of the discipline-specific job as per job-specification

• Provide therapy to assigned patients
• Quality Clinical Documentation for all allocated patients
• Participation in team activities and unit development, as required
• Coordination of comprehensive quality therapy delivery within rehabilitation service.
• Manage own clinical caseload
• Provide case studies and feedback
• Marketing of the unit to other facilities referral hospitals
• Networking with appropriate stakeholders
• Create a unit culture, which promotes business objectives, a performance / results orientation, customer focus and teamwork.
• Promote and maintain sound and productive relationships with referral sources and stakeholders in the field of Rehabilitation.
• Active participation in national therapy management forum.

Requirements

• Minimal 8 years Qualification as a Speech and Language Therapist
• Full time position
• HPCSA Registration
• Relevant, post-basic Rehabilitation-specific training
• Active membership in Rehabilitation-specific Associations such as SANDTA, SANRA, SASCA
• 8 years’ experience and more than 5 years in a rehabilitation-specific environment
• Proven interest in skills-development and involvement in professional development, including conference attendance and presentation
• Experience in student training and supervision
• Computer proficiency
• Proven and recognized further training within their profession in the field of rehabilitation.
• Organized, results-driven and team-oriented.
• High level of drive and motivation, with ability to instill motivation in team-members
• Active problem-solving capacity.

Competencies

• Problem-solving, analysis and judgement
• Resilience
• Engaging diversity
• Verbal & written communication and presentation
• Influencing
• Building relationships
• Customer responsiveness
• Organisational awareness
• Excellence orientation
• Ethical behaviour
• Drive & energy

Email

sylvia.tsotetsi@lifehealthcare.co.za

Closing date

Saturday, April 26, 2025