Speech Language Pathologist

The University Health Network, where “above all else the needs of patients come first”, encompasses Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Western Hospital, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and the Michener Institute of Education. The breadth of research, the complexity of the cases treated, and the magnitude of its educational enterprise has made UHN a national and international resource for patient care, research and education. With a long tradition of ground breaking firsts and a purpose of “Transforming lives and communities through excellence in care, discovery and learning”, the University Health Network (UHN), Canada’s largest research teaching hospital, brings together over 16,000 employees, more than 1,200 physicians, 8,000+ students, and many volunteers. UHN is a caring, creative place where amazing people are amazing the world.

As an integral member of Allied Health, the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) provides swallowing and communication intervention to patients in the Rumsey Neuro Outpatient Stroke Program. The successful candidate will: provide evidence-based assessment, management and counselling of patients with voice, fluency, language, cognitive-communicative, swallowing and motor speech disorders. They will also provide treatment and education services to patients, with a focus on maximizing patients functional abilities. Rehabilitation potential of patients based on environmental considerations, assessments of other health care professionals as well as speech and language assessment will result in innovative individual and group-based models of clinical intervention, realistic goals and objectives for effective patient management, and referrals to community agencies where appropriate. The SLP will facilitate communication exchanges between patients and other professions; provide family members, caregivers, and staff, education in management techniques/approaches; initiate and participate in inter-professional and service specific patient-focused research; participate in program planning and quality improvement initiatives. The SLP may also provide clinical supervision to SLP graduate students, interns, volunteers and CASLPO initial practice. The successful candidate may provide cross program coverage in the other programs at Rumsey Neuro including ABI and Multiple Sclerosis programs as needed.

Why join UHN?

In addition to working alongside some of the most talented and inspiring healthcare professionals in the world, UHN offers a wide range of benefits, programs and perks. It is the comprehensiveness of these offerings that makes it a differentiating factor, allowing you to find value where it matters most to you, now and throughout your career at UHN.

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