Speech Therapist at Gigastreams Consulting

Location: Lekki-Ajah axis, Lagos

Basic Function

• A speech therapist is a specialist with training in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of speech, voice, and language disorders who works with people, unable to make speech sounds or cannot make them clearly.

Principal Responsibilities

• Undertaking patient assessments
• Planning and providing appropriate treatment
• Giving advice and support to patients, family members and teachers
• Writing reports
• Maintaining records and case notes
• Liaising with doctors, physiotherapists, teachers and family members and carers
• and performing controlled therapy sessions with individuals, groups and/or families
• Some therapists work with people who have difficulties swallowing or eating.

Skills/Qualifications

• A health and care professionals (HCPC) accredited degree is required. This can either be an undergraduate or postgraduate degree. Competition for postgraduate places is strong, so relevant work experience can be helpful.

Required Experience:

• 1 to 3 years
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Organizational skills
• Communication skills
• Initiative
• Flexibility
• Adaptability
• Patience
• Team working skills.