Location: Ponoka, Alberta
Requisition #: REC00002520
Salary Range: $47.40 – $62.97 per hour
Job Type: Regular Part Time
Your Opportunity:
Are you ready to make a significant impact in the lives of Albertans? The Centennial Centre for Mental Health and Brain Injury (CCMHBI) is thrilled to announce a fantastic opportunity for a Registered Speech Pathologist II to join our bustling Seniors Mental Health Program!
Nestled in Ponoka, our state of the art facility is renowned for its cutting edge treatment and care, setting us apart as a leader not just a typical hospital. At CCMHBI, we bring together a campus full of specialists and health professionals who are dedicated to providing integrated, multidisciplinary care. Our team collaborates through daily rapid rounds and weekly patient care conferences, ensuring that every decision is made with the patient’s best interests at heart. Join our progressive Seniors Mental Health Program, committed to professional development and excellence!
As a vital member of the team, you will assess, plan, and implement client centered treatment programs for patients with neurological illnesses and decline, including those with complex mood and thought disorders or moderate to advanced dementia. Engage in communication, voice, language, and swallowing therapies while playing a key role in enhancing patient care.
You will also collaborate with the Clinical Nurse Educator and fellow disciplines on Quality Improvement (QI) projects, ensuring we continuously strive for excellence. Strong time management skills and the ability to handle a complex caseload are essential.
This is more than a job; it’s a chance to make a real difference in the lives of patients and their families! Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to elevate your career at CCMHBI!
This position may qualify for a recruitment incentive of up to $60,000, based on the length of their Return for Service. For full details, visit rcif-hsaa.ca.
Description:
As a Speech-Language Pathologist, you will provide clinical professional practice both independently and as a part of a collaborative team, which may include external partners.
You will be responsible for providing prevention, health promotion, identification, assessment, intervention, and case management. You will participate in the planning, coordination and delivery of rehabilitation services in collaboration with patients/clients, families, healthcare professionals and other partners.
Your leadership and interpersonal skills will aid you in supervising students and providing clinical guidance to other staff as appropriate. You will use your clinical expertise to inform ongoing quality improvement, service integration, and program development.
Required Qualifications:
Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology. Active or eligible for registration and practice permit with the Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (ACSLPA).
Additional Required Qualifications:
Previous experience within the last two years must include partnering with the Clinical Nurse Educator to assist in and engage with a quality improvement project focused on developing, implementing, and evaluating a Communication Access Strategy, as well as working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary swallowing team that includes Speech Pathology, Occupational Therapy, and Dietetics to assess, plan, and deliver evidence informed swallowing management. New Graduates are welcome to apply.
Preferred Qualifications:
As Required.
How to Apply:
Please visit our online job board to learn more and apply: https://careers.recoveryalberta.ca/jobs/speech-pathologist-ii-3871
