Speech Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) - Burnaby Hospital

Join our collegial-spirited team at Burnaby Hospital as we build for the future of health care in Burnaby.

The Burnaby Hospital redevelopment project is a multi-phase project that will transform the hospital into a modernized medical and surgical health care campus. Phase one is slated to open in spring 2025 and phase two in 2030.

Highlights of the two-phase redevelopment project include:

• Expanded Emergency Department with additional treatment spaces
• New health care pavilion with 83 beds to support maternity, neonatal intensive care, medicine and mental health patients
• New operating rooms, procedure rooms and recovery spaces
• New acute care tower with 160 beds
• New medical imaging department
• New integrated BC Cancer Centre

Burnaby Hospital plays an essential role to those living in the community by delivering a variety health care services. Services and specialties include emergency medicine, intermediate-level critical care, medical imaging, internal medicine, hospitalist medicine, geriatric medicine, neurology, gastroenterology, palliative, psychiatry, oncology, outpatient clinics, and an extensive surgery program with anesthesia, orthopedics, general surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, urology and plastics specialties.

We are committed to staff wellness and planetary health and have active working groups to support these initiatives. In addition, we value career advancement and offer professional development and education opportunities.

We are currently looking to fill a Part Time opportunity for a Speech Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) to join the Rehabilitation Unit at Burnaby Hospital located in Burnaby, B.C.

Experience the exceptional benefits of working with us including:

• Comprehensive, 100% Employer-Paid Benefits: Enjoy peace of mind with full coverage.
• Generous Vacation Time: eligible employees can earn up to four weeks of vacation to recharge and relax.
• Benefit Portability: Seamlessly transfer your benefits from another HEABC employer.
• Immediate Pension Enrollment: Secure your future with a defined municipal pension plan from day one.
• Maternity Top-Up: Receive an 87% top-up during maternity leave.
• TransLink Pass Subsidy: Save on commuting costs with a 50% subsidy on TransLink passes
• Additional employee discounts and perks available

*Eligibility based on employment status

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families and under the delegation of the Registered Speech Language Pathologist and within the Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC) Code of Ethics, the Speech Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) implements rehabilitative Speech Language Pathology treatment plans and programs and assists the Registered Speech Language Pathologist in monitoring and evaluating patient’s/resident’s progression.

1. Administers defined screening protocols for speech, language, and swallowing, without interpretation, selected by the supervising Registered Speech Language Pathologist.
2. Assists the Registered Speech Language Pathologist during assessments, including, but not limited to, collecting data, assisting with behaviour management techniques, providing positive reinforcement as directed.
3. Assists the Registered Speech Language Pathologist in providing care to clients with dysphagia (e.g., assisting with feeding of patients, demonstrating and practicing compensatory strategies and/or exercises).
4. Follows and implements documented treatment plans or protocols developed by the supervising Registered Speech Language Pathologist clients in individual and group activities.
5. Provides aspects of treatment to clients as directed by the Registered Speech Language Pathologist. Treatment may include but is not limited to the use of virtual care when the supervising Registered Speech Language Pathologist identifies clients for this service delivery model.
6. Documents client performance during treatment and reporting the information to the supervising Registered Speech Language Pathologist. Assists with documentation in compliance with the Documentation & Records Management standard of practice and associated clinical practice guideline as per College of Speech and Hearing Health Professionals of British Columbia and Fraser Health guidelines.
7. Relays treatment processes (e.g., scheduling, treatment goals and activities, home programming, etc.) to clients with support and approval of the supervising Registered Speech Language Pathologist.
8. Participates in family conferences, case conferences or interprofessional team conferences with the supervising Registered Speech Language Pathologist present.
9. Assists in the provision of certified practice services, excluding the performance of restricted activities, as prescribed by the registrant and in keeping with Communication Health Assistants standards.
10. Assists the Registered Speech Language Pathologist in communicating with clients when there is a language difference, and the Speech Language Pathology Assistant is competent in the client’s language. The Speech Language Pathology Assistant may also arrange for translator or interpreter services as directed.
11. Assists with program development under the guidance of the supervising Registered Speech Language Pathologist
12. Programs and creates augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) resources.
13. Assists the Registered Speech Language Pathologist with research projects, in-service training and family or community education that has been approved by the supervising Registered Speech Language Pathologist.
14. Under Speech Language Pathology supervision, assists with Speech Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) student training and practicum.
15. Provides assistance to Registered Speech Language Pathologist with public education events.
16. Performs administrative functions such as answering the telephone, directing calls, data entry, assisting in inventory control, entering and updating patient information, obtaining patient information and completes necessary patient related forms.
17. Performs other related duties as required.

Education, Training & Experience

Completion of a Rehabilitation Assistant Program or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to deal with others effectively.
• Ability to organize work.
• Ability to operate related equipment.
• Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.