Senior Speech Pathologist

• Jun 2022 - Present

Senior Speech Pathologist

• May 2021 - Jun 2022

• Sole practitioner independently providing quality speech pathology assessment and treatment services for caseload of sub-acute, inpatient, and outpatient rehab adults within a multi-disciplinary team. • Management of competing priorities across clinical services, supervision, and quality improvement responsibilities. • Provision of SpeakOut individual and group voice therapy for Parkinson’s dysphonia • Active collaboration at case and family conferences to ensure quality patient multidisciplinary care outcomes. • Supervised, trained, and developed AHAs to deliver individual therapy programs. Delivered team wide in-services. • Facilitated the planning, development and implementation of a collaborative quality improvement initiative that partnered with consumers to improve the hospital’s modified menu.

Speech Pathologist

• Feb 2020 - Feb 2021

• Assessment, therapy, and management of mixed caseload: paediatrics and adults in clinic, community, and telehealth. • Managed areas of advanced practice: high-tech AAC, dysphagia in degenerative disease, complex disability • Participated in quality and service delivery improvement initiatives. • Managed own caseload independently and regularly met and exceeded billable hours targets • Collaborated within a multi-disciplinary team to advocate for comprehensive allied health support provision. • Assisted clients to navigate NDIS diverse service delivery pathways and liaised with support workers, support co-ordinators, schools, aged care, and community organisations to ensure continuity of care.

Senior Speech Pathologist

• Sep 2019 - Jan 2020

• Sole practitioner providing care across subacute, rehab, aged care, outpatient and community health services. • Broad rural generalist adult caseload: dysphagia, apraxia, dysarthria, aphasia, AAC, dysphonia. • Management of advanced areas of clinical practice: head and neck cancer, mental health, tracheostomy. • Providing in-services and education to allied health and nursing to optimise continuum of care. • Advocating for community health providers to provide referrals to SLP and building community referral networks. • Direct supervision, training and clinical development of allied health assistants within MDT setting. • Development of quality improvement projects to improve diet standardisation in line with Australian commission for safety and quality in healthcare standards and transition to IDDSI.

Speech Pathologist

• Mar 2018 - Sep 2019

• Assessment and management of geriatric dysphagia, broad neurological and chronic disease caseload • Providing education on mealtime management, aspiration risk, safe swallow strategies to nursing and PCAs • Modifying patient diets to optimize nutrition and minimize risk according to clinical bedside examination • Independently scheduled follow ups and planned site wide screening to generate referrals • Assessed and managed dysarthria, apraxia and voice disorders where client referred

Speech Pathologist

• Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

• Managed rehab caseload of neurogenic communication disorders as a sole clinician in a multidisciplinary team. • Provided assessment and management of dysphagia and liaised with dietician, nursing and diet aids. • Independent assessment, therapy and discharge planning for outpatients with participation and activity goals. • Demonstrated active collaboration with in-services, case conferences and discharge planning. • Managed rehab caseload of neurogenic communication disorders as a sole clinician in a multidisciplinary team. • Provided assessment and management of dysphagia and liaised with dietician, nursing and diet aids. • Independent assessment, therapy and discharge planning for outpatients with participation and activity goals. • Demonstrated active collaboration with in-services, case conferences and discharge planning.

Speech Pathologist

• Jul 2018 - Dec 2018

• Planned and delivered programs to support the development of communication and social interaction skills: Secret Agent Society, Cool Conversations • Provided transdisciplinary consultative support for client's social communication, emotional regulation, activities of daily living and curriculum access through school and parent meetings and telehealth • Established and maintained effective collaborative relationships with relevant stakeholders to ensure their participation in goal setting, planning, decision making and reporting • Prepared and maintained assessment, observation, meeting, service data and progress records to an exceptional standard • Provided training and information for parents and professionals in the role of speech pathology for children and young people with ASD • Conducted functional behaviour analysis and developed positive behaviour support plans • Delivered assessment and intervention for social communication for adults with ASD within an NDIS framework

Speech Pathologist

• Jan 2018 - Mar 2018

SLP for Aphasia LIFT • Providing evidence-based impairment, functional and computer based therapy • Led client and family centered functional goal setting and treatment planning • Monitoring client progress on outcome measures, feeding back to treatment team • Co-ordinating goals and intervention with three SPs • Creation of clear standard operating procedure documents that ensure replicability of trial • Facilitating discussion on impact of stroke for carer and client in group therapy

Allied Health Assistant

• Oct 2017 - Dec 2017

AHA for Aphasia LIFT • Computer-based therapy for people with aphasia, apraxia and cognitive communication • Apps include: Tactus Therapy Solutions, Constant Therapy Apps, Step-By-Step • Collaboration with impairment and functional therapy team to ensure suitability of therapy • Setting and monitoring client's personalized homework exercises • Training on and adapting iPad, mobile phone & laptop devices to maximize client/carer access • Assisting client/carer to find appropriate resources on aphasia/post stroke changes • Facilitating discussions on psycho-social impact of stroke for carer and client in group therapy