Speech-Language Pathologist - ICOM

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Job Summary: A professional to provide hospital-based speech-language pathology services, with focus on dysphagia, language, voice, and orofacial motor function, aiming for continuous improvement of services and patients' quality of life. Key Highlights: 1. Bedside speech-language pathology services in a hospital setting 2. Focus on dysphagia, language, voice, and orofacial motor function 3. Contribution to the foundation's continuous growth and legacy For 86 years, the José Silveira Foundation has kept its gaze fixed on the future, reinventing its practices in an unpredictable world while never losing sight of its solid roots—its foundational purpose: caring for people's health and improving their quality of life. Thus, we seek individuals connected to innovation who can 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 function; * Assist in developing the Administrative and Technical Manual to standardize service operations, routines, and clinical interventions; * Support implementation of feeding assessment kits jointly with the Nutrition Department, to streamline service routines and patient progress—reducing the interval time between assessments and oral intake initiation, accelerating weaning from alternative feeding routes, ultimately supporting cost reduction in enteral nutrition and patient discharge; * Participate in shift handovers, where patient cases are discussed to ensure multidisciplinary resolution and management, and guaranteeing consistency in clinical decision-making; * 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 actions 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 the Nutrition and Nursing teams of Nutritional Therapy in developing the Enteral Nutrition Handbook, to deliver health education across units through staff training on safe and effective weaning from alternative feeding routes and oral intake initiation; Provide support to the Nutrition and Nursing teams of Nutritional Therapy 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** * Completed undergraduate 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 focused on achieving optimal outcomes. As a nonprofit philanthropic institution, FJS primarily serves underserved populations, delivering high-quality services. This is demonstrated by the benchmark 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, over 1.2 million services are delivered. FJS also promotes preventive and health promotion initiatives, as well as socio-environmental actions targeting communities in Salvador and municipalities across Bahia’s interior, contributing to improvements in social and health indicators throughout the state. **\#JoinFJS**