Job Description
Speech Therapist Opportunity
This role involves providing Speech Therapy services to participants in their natural settings, managing a caseload of increasing complexity and multiple comorbidities. The ideal candidate will have expertise in assessments, interventions, and planning, with a focus on augmentative and alternative communication systems.
1. Key Responsibilities:
2. Manage a caseload of participants in their natural settings who may present with increasing complexity, multiple comorbidities and functional limitations across multiple areas of their life
3. Conduct assessments and provide recommendations on the functional impact of disability on positioning, eating and swallowing
4. Assessment, recommendation and development of mealtime management plans in consultation with Speech Pathologists from mainstream medical services, medical specialists and other allied health disciplines
5. Assessment, prescription and recommendation of AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) systems under the NDIS and other external funding agencies, this includes the preparation of funding applications
6. Utilise a strengths-based, client centred approach to support a participant to identify their goals and utilise a capacity building approach towards achievement and long term sustainability of these goals
7. Reporting outcomes and recommendations, written and verbal, in a timely manner
8. Provide recommendations and quotes for assistive technology to the NDIS for approval
9. Develop training packages and training to participants, carers, support workers and other communication partners on AAC, meal-time management and optimising function for eating, swallowing and drinking
10. Promoting health and wellness solutions and support optimal mental and physical outcomes for participants referred to us
11. Liaising with participants, families, referrers, doctors, employers and other allied health professions to achieve coordinated outcomes to meet participants goals from a capacity building and enabling perspective
12. Participate in integrated health care meetings as required and provide advice and consultation to relevant workers when necessary
13. Ensure that client files are maintained and managed in accordance with PHASE's policy and procedures
14. Active participation in the training, mentoring and development of support workers Provide health education and prevention advice to participants, carers, and other health professionals as appropriate
15. Maintain professional development through access to current literature, education programs, supervision programs and special interest groups
16. Provide direct client related activities under the supervision of the delegating Allied Health Professional and in accordance with NDIS Competency framework this include conduct home and community visits to participants
17. Scheduling of customer appointments when required
18. Utilise our CRM (MYP) for relevant training, reporting, and invoicing of hours
19. Completion of data-entry, information management, reporting and maintenance of database systems
20. Manage client case ratios effectively to ensure that caseloads are met
21. Monitor client hours of service against agreed Participant Service Agreements
22. Perform other job-related tasks requested by management and as necessitated by the development of this role and the development of the business
23. Attend and participate in staff meetings
24. Attend any relevant training or stake holder meetings
25. Liaze with and provide therapy and progress reports to the NDIS, Support Coordination, external organisations and other referrers/funding bodies as required
26. Work with other Allied Health Professional internally/externally within a multi-disciplinary team
27. Participate in quality improvement and allied health service delivery projects and team meetings as directed by the Clinical Service Manager
28. Attend and participate in staff meetings
29. Develop and maintain an up to date and in depth understanding of NDIS legislation, rules and regulations and how this applies to the delivery of community based allied health services and other capacity building supports under the NDIS
30. Work with the Clinical Service manager, therapy team, and community engagement and marketing team to identify and participate in community events that increase PHASE'S Health prescence and identity as an NDIS service provider of choice
31. Participate in NDIS audit