Speech-Language Pathologist (Volunteer)

About the role

Hillside Health Care has run a year-round clinic in the Toledo District of southern Belize since 2000, offering free services and medications to patients. It provides home health care, public health education, rehabilitation and clinic care, working with community leaders, government ministries, local groups and NGOs. The Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) is a full-time position lasting 6 months to a year, reporting to the Rehabilitation Director, with short-term options from one week to one month also available.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain and provide patient care in a community-based rehabilitation model
• Supervise students
• Deliver direct patient care in the clinic or patients' homes, including travel to remote villages
• Collaborate with community organizations to raise public awareness
• Work closely with the Hillside directors and the rehabilitation team on clinical and educational programmes

Required profile

• English proficiency; Spanish is not required
• Active state licensure (required for long-term volunteers)
• ASHA CCC-SLP certification (required for long-term volunteers)
• At least nine months after certification (required for long-term volunteers)