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Job Summary

As an integral member of Allied Health, the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) provides swallowing and communication intervention to patients across Toronto Rehab. 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 planning for return to work or return to school for many patients.



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, staff, and volunteers education in management techniques/approaches; initiate and participate in inter-qualified and service specific patient-focused research; participate in program planning and quality improvement initiatives; This role will primarily provide coverage across all inpatient settings, helping to ensure consistency in SLP services. This role may also provide coverage in outpatient stroke rehab's Early Supported Discharge program. The SLP will also provide clinical supervision to SLP graduate students, interns, volunteers and CASLPO initial practice registrants on occasion.

Duties

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.

📌 Speech Language Pathologist - Toronto Rehab - Brain Program
🏢 University Health Network
📍 Toronto