Speech Language Pathologist Ii, Autism Unit

2 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada PHSA Full time

**Speech Language Pathologist II, Autism Unit**

BC Children’s Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre

Vancouver, BC

The Speech-Language Pathologist provides a range of clinical services that focus on promoting communication, language and speech and that contribute to a client/patient’s overall cognitive, physical, social and emotional well being. The Speech-Language Pathologist supports the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of children within their specified program or programs.

The Speech-Language Pathologist uses advanced level knowledge of child development, diagnostic and therapeutic principles, disorders of development, cognition and mental health, in combination with advanced clinical reasoning and best practice to provide evidence based therapeutic, clinical, diagnostic, and preventative services to develop functional solutions for the day-to-day issues in the lives of clients/patients and their various environments.

Working collaboratively as part of an inter-professional team, the Speech-Language Pathologist provides information, develops educational materials and resources, participates in research/evidence based practice activities and in ongoing quality improvement and risk management initiatives/projects. Services may be provided across a continuum of care either onsite or on outreach in communities throughout the province.

**What you’ll do**
- Provide assessment, diagnostic and intervention services to children using advanced level clinical skills and knowledge in the specified program area and within the full range of communication and swallowing disorders (as required). Utilize processes such as the administration and interpretation of standardized assessment tools, detailed history taking, informal observation/evaluation procedures and consultation with other professionals to ensure consideration of additional factors (e.g. cognitive factors, mental health, medical status, environmental influences) that may affect assessment, subsequent diagnosis and recommendations for treatment.
- Provide counselling and psycho-education to families and other relevant caregivers to understand the nature, treatment and prognosis of the specific speech and language diagnoses and the relationship of these diagnoses to the individual’s developmental, cognitive and/or mental health presentation/profile.
- Provide clinical leadership within the specified program/inter-professional team, speech and language pathology discipline, and in partnership with community services, demonstrated by initiating and participating in activities such as evaluating and developing clinical treatment practices, guidelines and protocols and promoting excellence in practice and treatment team in partnership with the Program Manager and/or Professional Practice Lead
- Take leadership in program planning, identify, promote and lead program and discipline specific development and planning strategies in collaboration with the Program Leadership to enhance system processes and resources for patients. Attend and contribute to ongoing discipline/program and quality improvement, risk management activities as required.
- Develop orientation and mentorship structures for new and Grade 1 employees, provide clinical supervision and case discussion, initiate and support the development and completion of learning plans for Grade 1 and new staff in collaboration with the Program Manager/Director and PPL. Identify and initiate learning opportunities, role development and support requirements in collaboration with other team members, Program Manager/Director and Professional Practice Leader.
- Supervise Master level students on practicum programs within the program by performing duties such as demonstrating and explaining procedures and processes and providing input regarding progress. Provide students with the opportunity to observe and take an active role in the treatment of patients and their families.

**What you bring**
- Masters degree in speech-language pathology from an approved academic program by the College of Speech and Hearing Professionals of British Columbia.
- Three (3) years of recent experience in areas related to child development and rehabilitation.
- Documented evidence of post graduate education in the specified program area/areas.
- Documented learning related to professional development and leadership/personal development.
- Evidence of current advanced competency in the specified program area as defined by the current competency requirements of the program client population and successful completion of advanced competency certificates if required as identified by the College of Speech and Hearing Professionals of BC.
- Registrant of the College of Speech and Hearing Professionals of British Columbia.

You also have:

- In depth specific knowledge and experience in specific areas of clinical practice related to assigned program.
- Demonstrated leadership ability within own professional group and in an inter-profe

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