Clinical

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work and to ensure a high standard of clinical care for patients under one’s care and support other team members to do likewise. To maintain and update professional knowledge and skills to screen, assess and treat patients with communication and swallowing disorders.  To undertake a comprehensive, highly specialist communication and dysphagia assessment of patients across the age continuum, including those with the most complex presentation, using advanced investigative and analytical skills. To ensure that methods of assessment and treatment are used for patients with communication and swallowing disorders are according to evidence-based practice and in compliance with the institutional policies. To use advanced clinical reasoning and a wide range of treatment skills and options to formulate individual management and specialist treatment plans, in agreement with the patient where appropriate If the SLP has a dual qualification that includes Audiology he / she may screen, evaluate the    hearing status of the residents. To develop and implement linguistically and culturally appropriate strategies and tools to work with patients.  SLPs must engage in at least the following appropriate strategies to manage Arabic first language speakers: demonstrate knowledge and skill sufficient to analyze and manage phonetics, linguistics and social use of the Arabic language parameters (dialectically relevant to at least Emirati national citizens); engage the services of a suitably trained translator. To work with members of the multi-disciplinary team, to ensure optimal outcomes for the patient. To provide advice, guidelines, and instruction to other team members, patients, and carers regarding the best communication, swallow and/ or feeding methods for the patient. To communicate effectively with patients and carers, whilst addressing cultural, religious and language barriers, to maximize rehabilitation potential, to ensure understanding of condition and address anxieties and concerns.  Communication skills of persuasion, motivation, explanation, and gaining informed consent will be used with a wide variety of patients. To be flexible with scheduling and be willing to work across business units of Americare as per the clinical / staffing needs.