Description
Bermuda Hospitals Board ensures the highest in quality health care through service excellence, education and leadership. We seek qualified, highly motivated, and experienced professionals to work in a supportive but demanding environment.
Vision:
to pursue excellence through improvement, to make Bermuda proud
Key responsibilities include:
- Meeting productivity standards set by the department for direct patient contact and other related non-patient contact duties
- Performing an appropriate assessment on all in and/or outpatients following referral; use objective clinical measures to identify problems and formulate treatment plans based on realistic stated goals; conduct specific therapeutic interventions as indicated
- Utilizes diplomacy in supervising and delegating specific written treatment plans to Allied Health Services aides, assistants, and/or students
- Observing and evaluating effectiveness of treatment; communicate patient progress or lack of thereof to multidisciplinary team.
- Maintaining patient documentation using the appropriate paperwork and Electronic Medical Records systems, ensuring documentation meets current standards and policies; prepares specific clinical reports as requested
- Keeping accurate, timely statistics of both direct and indirect time spent
- Promoting the team approach through participation in patient care rounds and discharge planning meetings
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; liaison with other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure continuity of care
- Contributes to improvements in Speech and Language Pathology services in their assigned area(s) through programme development and continuous quality improvements.
Requirements
Qualifications & Registration required:
- Master of Arts (MA) or Science (MS) degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders/ Speech-Language Pathology or equivalent, with certification, if applicable, in jurisdiction of training
- One (1) to two (2) years postgraduate experience in a Speech Language Pathology environment, preferably within a hospital
- Local registration to practice with the Council for Allied Health Professions (CAHP) and meet all re-registration requirements
- Must be proficient in the Microsoft Office Suite
Salary:
$114,769.46 - $123,543.44 per annum / $63.0601 - $67.8761 per hour (BP29-31) (Bermuda dollar is on par with USD)
Schedule:
Allied Health Services participates in a six-day rota that includes evenings, weekends and public holidays.
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS:
(a) Paid Vacation leave - 18 days
(b) Pension
(c) Medical / Life Insurance
(d) Paid Sick leave - 6 weeks
(e) Relocation Allowance - $5,000
(f) Temporary Accommodation - 3 months
