Speech-Language Pathologist - Ipiaú - PwD

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Job Summary: A professional to provide hospital-based speech-language pathology services, focusing on dysphagia, language, voice, and orofacial motor skills, aiming to enhance daily routines and patient care. Key Highlights: 1. Healthcare and improvement of people's quality of life 2. Bedside speech-language pathology services in hospitals 3. Multidisciplinary collaboration to optimize patient care For 86 years, the José Silveira Foundation has kept its gaze fixed on the future, continuously reinventing its practices in an unpredictable world—without ever losing sight of its solid roots in its founding purpose: caring for health and improving people's quality of life. Thus, we seek individuals who embrace innovation and are eager to contribute to our continuous growth and the perpetuation of our legacy. Join our purpose! **Responsibilities and Duties** * Provide bedside speech-language pathology services across all hospital units, with emphasis on dysphagia, language, voice, and orofacial motor skills; * Assist in developing the Administrative and Technical Manual to standardize service operations, routines, and clinical interventions; * Support implementation of feeding assessment kits in collaboration with Nutrition, to streamline service routines and improve patient progress—reducing the interval between assessments and oral intake initiation, accelerating weaning from alternative feeding routes, thereby facilitating cost reduction associated with enteral nutrition and patient discharge; * Participate in shift handover meetings where patient cases are discussed, ensuring multidisciplinary resolution and management, and guaranteeing consistency in clinical approaches; * Complete daily patient mapping spreadsheets to monitor service utilization and track the number of patients per unit; these spreadsheets also record each patient’s clinical status, as well as established interventions and observations for each case; * Document speech-language pathology progress notes in the electronic health record system, to optimize service workflow and communication among the multidisciplinary team; * Collaborate with Nutrition and Nursing teams in Therapeutic Nutrition to develop the Enteral Nutrition Handbook, enabling health education across units through staff training on safe and effective weaning from alternative feeding routes and oral intake initiation; Provide support to Nutrition and Nursing teams in Therapeutic Nutrition during EMTN trainings, to deliver health education across units through staff training on safe and effective weaning from alternative feeding routes and oral intake initiation. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Bachelor’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology; * Specialization in the field is desirable; * Experience in hospital settings; * Active CREFONO registration. Founded on February 21, 1937 by Professor José Silveira, the José Silveira Foundation (FJS) has expanded its mission through sustainable growth, grounded in strategic planning and a commitment to achieving optimal outcomes. As a nonprofit philanthropic institution, FJS primarily serves underserved populations, delivering high-quality services. This is evident in the exemplary work of our units in areas such as tuberculosis control, neonatal care, humanized childbirth, breast cancer treatment, and rehabilitation of patients with neuropsychomotor, intellectual, and autism-related disabilities. Annually, FJS delivers over 1.2 million services. Additionally, FJS implements preventive and promotional health initiatives, as well as socio-environmental actions targeting communities in Salvador and municipalities across Bahia’s interior—contributing to improved social and health indicators across the state. **\#JoinFJS**