SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

Description

Job Summary: Speech-language pathologist responsible for screening, assessment, and therapeutic guidance for patients with communication disorders, applying various rehabilitation techniques. Key Highlights: 1. Detailed patient assessment and counseling for communication disorders 2. Application of swallowing rehabilitation techniques and auditory training 3. Opportunity at a philanthropic institution with social commitment Assist and evaluate patients with speech-language pathology disorders, performing screening, detailed assessment, and therapeutic guidance to identify communication impairments. **Responsibilities and Duties** * Conduct screening through interviews with patients and/or caregivers, followed by a more detailed assessment to guide therapeutic interventions; * Assist and evaluate patients referred for speech-language pathology disorders, conducting in-depth interviews with patients and/or caregivers while observing speech, language, voice, cognition, and reading/writing abilities through specialized and playful activities, aiming to prevent and rehabilitate oral, written, gestural, and bodily communication disorders, and to identify communication impairments; * Perform adaptation phenomenon testing, immittance audiometry, tubal function tests, and stapedial reflex decay testing; * Select and apply passive, active direct, and active indirect swallowing rehabilitation techniques, hearing impairment therapy, and auditory training (attention, localization, discrimination, and auditory memory); * Carry out other duties pertinent to the position. **Requirements and Qualifications** * Bachelor's degree in Speech-Language Pathology; * Specialization in Voice and Human Communication Disorders; * Proficiency in computer applications; * Active CRFa license. **Additional Information** Workload: 30 hours per week. Working hours: 08:00 – 14:00. Salary range: R$ 6.000,00 – R$ 6.500,00. **SPDM** – Associação Paulista para o Desenvolvimento da Medicina is a non-profit civil association of philanthropic nature, recognized as being of federal, state, and municipal public utility in its headquarters city, respectively by Decrees No. 57.925 of 03/04/1966, No. 40.103 of 05/17/1962, and No. 8.911 of 07/30/1970. The Association’s primary directive is its integration into the health system, focusing on treatment, disease prevention, and promotion of primary, secondary, and tertiary health care, strengthening ties with the local community and reaffirming its social commitment to serving all individuals without discrimination. With institutional growth, **SPDM** has been expanding its scope of operations through ongoing projects in Social Assistance and Education. This wide array of activities increasingly consolidates **SPDM** as a large-scale philanthropic institution pursuing economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Thus, SPDM effectively contributes to the continuous improvement of services provided by Brazil’s Unified Health System (SUS), primarily aiming to guarantee universality and equitable access to health services essential for human and social development. Our commitment is to foster an inclusive culture embracing diversity, empowering our staff to contribute their best. All qualified candidates will be considered for positions without distinction based on ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, race, nationality, or disability. SPDM is an equal opportunity employer for all individuals who meet the minimum requirements. We value idea sharing, teamwork culture, respect for diversity, and inclusion. **MISSION** To deliver excellent, non-discriminatory, impartial, and unclassified health care to all citizens. **VISION** To be recognized as Brazil’s largest and most competent philanthropic health organization. **VALUES** * Professional Development * Social Commitment * Reliability * Entrepreneurship * Equity * Ethics * Humanization * Quality * Ecological, Economic, and Social Sustainability * Tradition * Transparency