Speech Language Pathologist - Odette Cancer Centre - Regular Full-Time - 2025-15237

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