Summary of Duties:

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre has an opportunity for a Speech-Language Pathologist to provide speech, swallowing and voice services to outpatients in the Odette Cancer Centre.  The successful candidate will work collaboratively with SLP staff, patients, families and inter-professional team members across multiple oncologic site groups, including the Head and Neck disease site.

Responsibilities include:

• Triage, assess, and manage swallowing impairments in the Head and Neck cancer population, as well as other oncologic sites
• Provide care to the laryngectomy patient population as program needs and caseload demand
• Provide education/counselling for patients experiencing communication and/or swallowing difficulties and their caregivers
• Support inpatient care as it relates to facilitating smooth and timely transition to the outpatient setting
• Act as an SLP resource to the SLP team, the interprofessional team, families and students
• Maintain patient records and workload measurement in accordance with facility and professional standards
• Maintain and upgrade skills and knowledge through continuing education and seek opportunities for knowledge dissemination
• In support of Sunnybrook’s full affiliation with the University of Toronto, participate in teaching speech-language pathology students on an ongoing basis including acting as a clinical educator for placements; supervision of one student placement annually is expected.
• Participate in SLP Professional Council, Program and hospital-wide meetings, committees and planning as required
• Practice in accordance with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario

Qualifications/Skills:

• Current CASLPO registration
• Extensive clinical experience (5 years) required working with an Oncology caseload including Head and Neck patients in a contemporary acute care setting and outpatient environment is preferred
• Extensive independent experience with videofluoroscopic instrumental swallowing evaluation
• FEES instrumental evaluation experience an asset
• Exposure to tracheoesophageal voice restoration preferred (training for delegation procedure will be undertaken)
• Experience with patients undergoing organ preservation treatment modalities preferred
• Experience with tracheostomy management required
• Demonstrated commitment to SLP student and interprofessional student education
• Demonstrated commitment to Person-Centred Care
• Excellent communication and time-management skills
• Ability to work collaboratively & efficiently as a member of intra- and interprofessional  teams
• ADP authorizer status preferred