Speech Language Pathologist II

Job Description

Job Summary:

• Client is seeking a speech-language pathologist to provide inpatient dysphagia, speech, and language services to a varied population of infants and children with neurological, DEVELOPMENTAL, medically based communication and feeding/swallowing disorders. Job responsibilities include providing inpatient and outpatient clinical based assessments and intervention, performing video-fluoroscopic swallow studies, consulting with medical and therapy personnel, and providing education and instruction to patients, families, health care professionals, students, and the community. Inpatient rehabilitation experience preferred.
• Client is also seeking a speech-language pathologist to provide outpatient weekly speech and language therapy to a varied population of children with developmental, neurological, and medically based communication disorders.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Patient Care:

• Independently evaluates patients with known or suspected communication disorders (including speech, language, and oral motor dysfunction) using both non-standardized and standardized evaluation tools.
• Records evaluation findings according to Departmental and Hospital procedures.
• Refers patients to medical and educational services, when appropriate.
• Develops an individual therapy plan for each assigned patient which includes goals of treatment.
• Updates goals and records patient progress according to Departmental and Hospital procedures.
• Presents and defends evaluation findings, progress and recommendations to patients, families/significant caregivers, and health care professionals.
• Instructs family members and caregivers in home therapy programs.
• Consults with health care and educational staff to promote the patients’ communication skills.

Required Education:

• Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology.

Required Licenses, Certifications, Registrations:

• License in Speech-Language Pathology from the Client of Pennsylvania.
• CCC-SLP – Clin Competence in Speech-Lang – Required upon hire.

Required Experience:

• Minimum of 1 years of licensed experience, strongly preferred 2 years.
• PEDIATRIC MEDICAL-BASED SETTING EXPERIENCE, INPATIENT REHAB EXPEREINCE PREFERRED.
• Level 4 Worker.

Languages:

• English( Speak, Read, Write).

Additional Technical Requirements:

• High level of analytical skill in order to work independently to identify and plan for the resolution of problems encountered in clinical and research duties.
• High level of skill in various assessment procedures pertaining to speech and language skills in the pediatric population.
• Fundamental research skills including a general understanding of research methodology, design, and statistics.

Schedule Hours Per Week: 40.00
Schedule Hours Per Day: 8.00
Schedule Days Per Week: 5.00