Senior Principal Therapist and Head, Speech and Language Pathology - #1095980

OVERVIEW

The head manages the department's operations, sets key performance indicators, leads speech therapists to enhance clinical innovation, evidence -based practice, and drives patient care and service excellence. The individual focuses largely on managerial work and performs some clinical, educational and research tasks. Responsibilities include managing departmental resources and risks, ensuring compliance to regulatory requirements, leading change management at a organizational and sector level by implementing new or revised policies, ensuring sufficient manpower for clinical services, managing department budgets, and helping to start new departmental services. The individual should possess strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, effective communication, and be meticulous, strategic, fair, decisive and insightful. This individual should also be a visionary leader who is driven and decisive, and possesses, team-building and leadership skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Management:

1. Assess risks of work systems, work processes and service delivery.

2. Conduct workforce planning and/or manpower projection based on department's current and future needs, and tactful allocation to programmes based on individual programme’s funding model

3. Conducts audits on the department systems, processes and operations.

4. Reviews and refine workplace health and safety audits.

5. Contribute to cluster-wide and/or national level initiatives.

6. Develop business continuity plans.

7. Develop health and safety policies.

8. Develop mentorship frameworks.

9. Develop talent retention and recruitment strategies for therapists and therapy assistants in collaboration with human resource department.

10. Develop strategies based on clinical audit results.

11. Set strategic direction for the department to align with organisational strategy and goals.

12. Develop work plans for the department to meet the department's key performance indicators.

13. Conduct staff performance reviews and manage learning and development.

14. Identify opportunities for leadership development.

15. Identify strategic quality improvement initiatives.

16. Implement department policies, guidelines and strategies.

17. Manage feedback from stakeholders.

18. Manage impact of adverse events and refine risk management plans.

19. Contribute to cluster-wide and/or national level initiatives.

20. Monitor compliance to clinical protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in the therapy department

Clinical:

1. Collaborate with transdisciplinary team to enhance clinical services.

2. Guide staff during assessments and intervention for complex cases and communicate assessment results, therapy plans, goals and outcome measures to clients and other relevant stakeholders.

3. Assess gaps in clinical assessment practice and protocols.

4. Provide consultation as a specialist or expert in complex cases.

5. Provide interventions for complex cases.

6. Provide therapy recommendations, for complex cases, based on an evaluation of client's needs.

7. Prescribe assistive devices and equipment according to clients' needs.

8. Develop systems of communication which facilitate continuity of care beyond the clinical setting.

9. Lead the development of new clinical services.

10. Develop strategies to optimise the utilisation of new clinical services.

Education, Training and Development:

1. Provide clinical education in advanced techniques for complex cases.

2. Oversee the update of client and caregiver education materials and resources.

3. Deliver training to parents, and /or caregivers on methods and techniques to manage continuity of care in complex or escalated cases.

4. Create opportunities for capability development and for co-learning across institutions or settings to advance staff's learning.

5. Identify training needs of therapists and plan continuing education programmes.

6. Lead the design and delivery of training programmes for caregivers, teachers, and peer professionals and public educational initiatives at organizational level

7. Review evaluation findings of training programmes for clinical educators.

8. Set strategic direction for clinical training and development, clinical placement offers, and resource utilisation appropriately

9. Supervise and guide staff in conducting talks and workshops to professionals and the public.

10. Liaise, coordinate, and plan for placement opportunities for students pursuing undergraduate and/or postgraduate degree in speech and language pathology for clinical attachment.

Research and Development:

1. Provide clinical expertise and consultation for research and education.

2. Apply for grants to secure research resources.

3. Assess research competencies of staff.

4. Plan and implement research and development programmes in consultation with the Head of the Organization.

5. Identify practice or service gaps for research.

6. Lead research projects and provide reports on research progress to relevant stakeholders.

7. Participate in peer reviews of journal articles and reviews of conference abstracts

8. Partner with internal and external collaborators for research projects.

9. Create opportunities for staff to be involved in research, provide guidance and support for presentations and /or research publications.

10. Translate research evidence into clinical practice.

REQUIREMENTS:

· Bachelors or Masters in Speech and Language Pathology / Therapy recognised under Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC), Singapore

· Must have obtained full registration under AHPC

· At least 10 years in a leadership position with general management experience

· Experience in a Social Service Agency (SSA) will be an added advantage.

Evidence of other Potential Comptencies:

· Ability to embrace and act on the Organisation’s vision and mission in creating awareness and advocacy for stakeholders.

· Excellent people and leadership skills

· A dynamic and highly driven individual with strong analytical skills.

· Proven ability to mentor and motivate a team of talented professionals.

· Ability to effectively manage public feedback and crisis communications

· Experienced in planning and organizing events and activities

· Embraces change and demonstrates ability to manage concurrent projects

· Able to create and maintain effective administrative systems and processes

· Committed to high standards, adopts a professional and conscientious approach

· Excellent command of spoken and written English and tactfulness in interpersonal dealings

· Meticulous and strong sense of urgency to meet tight deadlines.

· Flexibility to work occasional weekends, evenings and travel as and when required

Working Location: 65 Pasir Ris Drive 1 Singapore 519529