I have been working as a speech therapist and as a special need assistant.I have 7 years experience in these areas, working alongside other speech therapists, health care professionals and also by running my own private office in Tunisia.
I have taken a year out from my work to study and improve my english, as my goal is to further my career, by applying for a Speech and language Therapist Assitant position before making my degree equivalent in the UK.
I am eager to learn new skills,improve my knowledge and I feel I can easily adapt to new challenges.
Assessing patients who have a wide variety of diffculties including: eating and swallowing, speech,language and communication, and learning disabilities.
Creating treatments plans to best suit individual patients.
Writing case notes for each patient.
Monitoring treatment plans for each patient to make sure they are making good progress.
Working with patients families to make sure they understand the treatment plan, to manage their expectations and ensure they can contribute to treatment at home.
Booking appointments with patients, managing case loads and keeping on top of all appointments.
Prioritising cases, keeping good standards in my office to maintain health and safety and a good working and learning environment.
Liaising and coordinating with other doctors in the private practice, ensuring that any patients we have in common are getting the right treatment and care.
Admin duties: Taking payments from patients, paying office bills.
Self learning to make sure I am always acquiring new techniques and skills