Speech-Language Pathologist - ICOM

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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 improve patients' quality of life. Key Highlights: 1. Bedside speech-language pathology services across all hospital units 2. Multidisciplinary participation in case discussions and patient management 3. Collaboration in health education regarding weaning from alternative feeding routes For 86 years, the José Silveira Foundation has kept its gaze focused on the future, continuously 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. With this in mind, we seek individuals connected to innovation who can contribute to our constant 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 patient progress—reducing intervals between assessments and oral feeding initiation, accelerating weaning from alternative feeding routes, thereby contributing to reduced enteral nutrition costs and earlier patient discharge; * Participate in shift handovers, where patient cases are discussed to ensure multidisciplinary resolution and management, and to guarantee consistency in clinical approaches; * Complete daily patient mapping spreadsheets to monitor service utilization and track the number of patients per unit; these sheets also record all relevant clinical information about each patient, along with 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 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 feeding introduction; 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 feeding introduction. **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, anchored in strategic planning and a focus on achieving optimal outcomes. As a nonprofit philanthropic institution, FJS primarily serves underserved populations, delivering high-quality services. This is reflected in 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, FJS delivers over 1.2 million services. Additionally, FJS implements preventive and health promotion initiatives, as well as socio-environmental programs targeting communities in Salvador and municipalities across Bahia’s interior—contributing to improvements in social and health indicators across the state. **\#JoinFJS**