83 Speech Therapist jobs in Singapore

We are seeking experienced and passionate Speech Therapist/ Senior Speech Therapist to join our community-based services in the following areas:

• Paediatric Rehabilitation (Early Intervention Programme)
• Adult Rehabilitation
• Community-Based Rehabilitation (Day Care Centres, Day Rehabilitation Centres, Nursing Homes)

As a member of a dynamic Allied Health team, you will deliver speech therapy services to our partners across the community sector.

Key Responsibilities

As a Speech Therapist, you are expected to:

• Assess and identify the needs of individual clients to recommend appropriate therapeutic interventions and programmes.
• Conduct individual or group therapy to ensure client outcomes.
• Participate in public education/outreach to build an inclusive society.
• Keep abreast of the latest research and developments in speech therapy and be involved in networking with hospitals and other community organisations.
• Senior Speech Therapists will be expected to take on supervisory and administrative roles in addition to clinical work.

Key Requirements

• Bachelor or Masters Degree in Speech Therapy (or equivalent) recognised by the Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC).
• Eligible for registration as Speech Therapist with the AHPC in Singapore.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage clients and families with empathy and professionalism.
• A team player with a heart for serving in the social service sector and supporting people with disabilities.
• Experience in management and multi-agency collaboration will be an added advantage.
• Applicants for the position of Senior Speech Therapist should have at least 5 years of relevant working experience, including one year of clinical supervision to practicing Speech Therapists.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Provide clinical supervision and consultation to enhance rehab service standard.
• Assist to establish evidence based practice through the means of guideline, protocol and equipment
• Provide direct clinical service to a general or specialized group of patients
• Coordinate rehab team to enhance manpower usage and good rehab standard.
• Follow up improvement after auditing.
• Involve in procurement of equipment and allocation.
• Maintain equipment and its inventory.
• Assist to organize staff and caseload coverage.
• Assist to lead in staff meeting which is related to rehab service standard.
• Appraise juniors
• Incident investigation and reporting.
• Assist in introducing measures to enhance efficiency and work safety.
• Follow up individual staff training plan
• Assist in organize drill and audit to ensure staff competency
• Coordinate departmental in-service training planning, project and individual training plan to progress the rehab development.
• Enhance staff specialization and skill specialize
• Assist in building up successor at different level
• Assist in leading research activities and projects.

Requirements:

• Recognized Masters in Speech Therapy
• Full registration with the Allied Health Professions Council
• At least more than 5 years of experience as Speech Therapist in a community setting
• Experience in project management preferred
• Able to work well in a team and also independently
• Competent in using Microsoft Office software
• Possess management skills, leadership skills and problem-solving skills

Job Category: Allied Health Professional

Posting Date: 5 Apr 2025

You will assess, diagnose and treat patients who are unable to communicate effectively and who may also have swallowing difficulties. Your patients will be a mix of children and adults from ENT, Oncology, Neurology, Plastic Surgery, Respiratory Medicine and Paediatrics.

For senior positions, you are expected to undertake delegated areas of operational and administrative responsibilities.

• Bachelor of Speech Pathology (or equivalent) or Masters of Science in Speech Pathology with a Certificate of Clinical Competence
• Minimum 4 to 6 years' relevant clinical experience in a large acute hospital setting to be considered for a senior position
• Strong interpersonal skills are essential
• Eligible for registration with the Allied Health Professional Council

About the role

Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital is seeking an experienced Speech Therapist to join our team. As a full-time Speech Therapist, you will play a crucial role in providing comprehensive speech and language therapy services to our residents, helping them regain and improve their communication and swallowing abilities.

What you'll be doing

• Conducting comprehensive assessments to evaluate patients' speech, language, voice, and swallowing disorders

• Developing and implementing individualised treatment plans to address the unique needs of each patient

• Providing one-on-one and group therapy sessions to patients, focusing on improving their communication, feeding, and swallowing skills

• Prepares care giver training.

• Supervises subordinates during client treatment to ensure established levels of safety and professionalism are met.

• Work out client treatment roster and schedule for therapy treatment.

• Documenting patient progress, maintaining detailed records, and reporting on treatment outcomes, as well as to ensure billing and charging procedures for treatments given are being done properly.

• Manages and summits daily and monthly statistics on time and monitors inventory management.

• Collaborating with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated and effective patient care

• Participating in ongoing professional development and training to stay up-to-date with the latest speech therapy practices and techniques

What we're looking for

• A degree in Speech Pathology or a related field

• Minimum of 2 years of experience working as a Speech Therapist in a healthcare setting

• Registered as an Allied Health Professional with the Singapore Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC).

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with our residents, NOK, and the healthcare team

• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills to assess patient needs and develop tailored treatment plans

• Ability to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team

• Commitment to ongoing professional development and a desire to stay up-to-date with the latest advancements in speech therapy

You will be responsible for assessing and managing communication and swallowing disorders in adults and works collaboratively with a multidiscplinary healthcare team to provide quality care for patients. You will also provide education to patients, caregivers and other healthcare professionals.

As a Senior Speech Therapist, you will contribute to the organisation's implementation of initiatives and programmes that aim to provide quality patient care, delivery clinical education and engage in quality improvement/research activties. In addition, assist in the management of daily operations and resources, and contributes towards staff development (e.g provide training and supervison to junior Speech Therapists and students).

Job Requirement

• Bachelor Degree in Speech Pathology or equivalent, or
• MSc in Speech and Language Pathology (No experience candidate-entry level), or
• MSc / MA in Speech-Language Pathology (U.S.A) with Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP)
• Full registration with the Allied Health Professions Council
• Valid membership with local professional body/association preferred

Job Description

You will assess, diagnose and treat patients who are unable to communicate effectively and who may also have swallowing difficulties. Your patients will be a mix of children and adults from ENT, Oncology, Neurology, Plastic Surgery, Respiratory Medicine and Paediatrics.

For senior positions, you are expected to undertake delegated areas of operational and administrative responsibilities.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor of Speech Pathology (or equivalent) or Masters of Science in Speech Pathology with a Certificate of Clinical Competence
• Minimum 4 to 6 years' relevant clinical experience in a large acute hospital setting to be considered for a senior position
• Strong interpersonal skills are essential
• Eligible for registration with the Allied Health Professional Council
• Fully vaccinated for COVID-19

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CREATE , which stands for C areer R esourcing and dE velopment of A llied health T alE nts, is a non-mandatory centralised employment scheme for allied health professionals (AHPs) employed by MOHH. Since its inception in 2012, the scheme has facilitated career deployment in the community care sector. In 2015, CREATE was enhanced to CREATE+ to broaden its scope, extending allied health services to all types of healthcare organisations and the social services sector.

CREATE+ aims to grow and manage a sustainable pool of AHPs under CREATE+ to support the development of allied health services.

Under the CREATE+ initiative, Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists will be offered a career pathway and development opportunities similar to that offered by the public acute sector. This initiative will be extended to encompass the recruitment of other AHPs in the near future.

Job Responsibilities

The Speech Therapist is responsible to assess and manage patients with communication and swallowing disorders to enable them to achieve maximal functional outcomes. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, you will ensure a good standard of clinical practice and professional conduct in the delivery of patient care.

Job Requirements:

• Degree in Speech Therapy or equivalent

• Full registration with AHPC preferred

• Relevant work experience in an adult acute setting is preferred

• Self-motivated and passionate about delivering quality patient care

• Team player with excellent communication skills

• Seniority level Associate

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Other
• Industries Hospitals and Health Care

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Job Description:
You will be responsible for assessing and managing communication and feeding disorders in adults and childrenwith craniofacial anomalies and velopharyngeal dysfunction. You will work collaboratively with a multidisciplinaryhealthcare team to provide equality care for patients and provide education to patients, caregivers and otherhealthcare professionals. You are to contribute to the organisation’s efforts in providing quality patient care,delivering clinical education and engaging in research activities.

Responsibilities:

• Assess, plan and provide intervention and monitor outcomes for routine cases independently
• Communicate with patients and caregivers to deliver care and be aware of patients’ needs in routinesituations
• Demonstrate responsible working practices in adherence to health and safety policies and procedures
• Have excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Speech and Language Pathology (or equivalent) from an accrediteduniversity recognised by the Ministry of Health under the Allied Health Professions Act.
• A valid Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC) Practicing Certificate.
• Preferably with 1 year of relevant experience

• Seniority level Entry level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Health Care Provider
• Industries Hospitals and Health Care

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A full-time speech/language therapist is invited to join our team of speech therapists in Tan Tock Seng Hospital (Singapore). The caseloads will comprise mainly adult patients from varied disciplines, including ICU, neuroscience, geriatric, medical and surgical. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to work in settings including acute wards, tertiary rehabilitation, slow-stream rehabilitation, in the community and doing home visits. The department runs weekly videofluoroscopy and FEES (Fiberoptic Endoscopic Examination of Swallowing) clinics and is actively involved in research and teaching.

• Degree in Speech Therapy recognised by Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC)
• Ability to work well inter-professionally
• Candidates with adult experience and expertise in dysphagia are welcomed.