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Job Summary: The hospital-based speech-language pathologist prevents, diagnoses, and treats disorders related to communication, swallowing, voice, and hearing, working as part of a multidisciplinary team to promote comprehensive patient care. Key Highlights: 1. Essential practice with significant impact on patients' health and quality of life. 2. Collaboration within a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive patient care. 3. Focus on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of communication disorders. The **speech-language pathologist** in the hospital setting plays an essential yet often underrecognized role, significantly impacting patients' health, safety, and quality of life. Their scope extends far beyond speech: they are specialists who prevent, diagnose, and treat communication, swallowing, voice, and hearing disorders that may arise or worsen during hospitalization. **Salary**: R$ 4\.251,64 **Workload**: 150 hours (Mon\-Fri) **Modality**: In-person **Responsibilities and Duties** * Conduct comprehensive assessments and diagnoses for hospitalized patients or those receiving clinical care, using standardized instruments and techniques to identify impairments in communication, voice, language, hearing, orofacial motor function, and swallowing; * Develop and implement individualized therapeutic plans, defining objectives, methods, and intervention techniques tailored to the patient's clinical context, functional progression, and specific therapeutic goals; * Intervene in swallowing disorders (dysphagia) and aspiration risk, evaluating chewing and swallowing function, adjusting food textures, supervising safe ingestion techniques, and preventing respiratory complications; * Collaborate within a multidisciplinary healthcare team, participating in case discussions, joint therapeutic planning, and ongoing communication with physicians, nurses, nutritionists, and other professionals to ensure comprehensive patient care; * Record and document assessments, interventions, and clinical progress in patients' medical records and hospital information systems, ensuring data accuracy for continuity of care and clinical decision-making; * Provide guidance to patients, families, and caregivers regarding therapeutic procedures, exercises, dietary adaptations, and communication strategies to enhance treatment adherence and health education; * Develop and participate in preventive programs, health promotion initiatives, and continuing education activities—including preventive measures for speech-language pathology disorders, educational campaigns, and staff training on communication and swallowing in the hospital environment; * Perform other duties inherent to the position. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Bachelor’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology; * Specialization in the field is desirable; * Valid registration with the professional regulatory council; * Basic Office software package; * Prior experience in the role is desirable. **Additional Information** * Fuel allowance; * Cafeteria; * SESC benefits; * DayOff. **IMED** is a nonprofit social organization dedicated to public health. The Institute is committed to community well-being and excellence in managing hospital units. Since 2013, we have combined cutting-edge technology, professional appreciation, and a humanized approach to deliver high-quality services within Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS). Our focus on planning, rational resource use, and commitment to sustainability ensures quality care for the population within an environment of growth and collaboration. IMED spares no effort to continuously improve its work environment, solely aiming to deliver high-quality services to those who depend on them. Motivated employees contribute to a high-performance environment: they produce more, interact more effectively, develop greater passion for their work, improve organizational performance, and consequently elevate customer satisfaction. Currently, IMED manages the **Trindade State Hospital** (Hetrin), the **State Hospital of the North-Central Region of Goiás** (HCN) in Uruaçu, the **Formosa State Hospital** (HEF), the **Northeast Regional State Polyclinics – Posse**, and the **Entorno Regional Polyclinics – Formosa**, both in Goiás, and the **Brasilândia Municipal Hospital** (HMB) in São Paulo.
