Hospital Speech-Language Pathologist

Description

For 89 years, the José Silveira Foundation has kept its gaze fixed on the future, continuously reinventing its practices in an unpredictable world while never losing sight of its solid roots—roots grounded in its founding purpose: caring for people's health and improving their quality of life. With this vision, 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, focusing on dysphagia, language, voice, and orofacial motricity; * Support the implementation of feeding assessment kits in collaboration with the nutrition department, aiming to streamline service routines and patient progress—reducing the time interval between assessments and oral intake initiation, accelerating weaning from alternative feeding routes, and ultimately supporting cost reduction related to enteral nutrition and patient discharge; * Participate in shift handovers, where patient cases are discussed to ensure multidisciplinary resolution and management, as well as uniformity in clinical approaches; * Complete daily patient mapping spreadsheets to monitor service delivery volume and patient count per unit; these records also include all relevant clinical information about each patient, along with established interventions and observations for each case; * Rehabilitate organs involved in phonation using phonatory equipment; * Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team to discuss, formulate, implement, and/or modify therapeutic interventions, always prioritizing favorable prognoses; * Conduct speech-language pathology progress notes to optimize service workflow and communication among the multidisciplinary team. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Completed undergraduate degree in Speech-Language Pathology and active registration with the professional council; * Completed or ongoing postgraduate studies in a related field; **Additional Information** * Health and dental insurance; * Transportation allowance; * Employee benefits club; * Employee health club. Founded on February 21, 1937 by Professor José Silveira, the José Silveira Foundation (FJS) has expanded its mission through sustainable growth, anchored in strategic planning and a commitment to achieving optimal results. As a nonprofit philanthropic institution, FJS primarily serves underserved populations, delivering high-quality services. This is reflected in the benchmark work carried out by 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. Furthermore, FJS implements preventive and health promotion initiatives, as well as socio-environmental actions targeting communities in Salvador and municipalities across Bahia’s interior—contributing to improved social and health indicators throughout the state. **\#JoinFJS**