Speech Pathologist II

Job Description

Job Summary:

• The 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, and 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.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. 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.

2. Administration:

• Participates in Departmental or program-based functions (i.e., staff meetings, Departmental continuing education activities, work group meetings/committees, Quality Improvement projects, development and refinement of clinical protocols and equipment/supplies maintenance and ordering).

3. Education:

• Teaches within the Department, Hospital, professional community, and non-professional community.
• Provides consultative services outside of the Hospital setting.
• Mentors professional observers, students, and clinical fellows.

Education and Experience:

• Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
• Minimum of 2 years of licensed experience.
• Experience in pediatric medical-based setting.
• Level 4 Worker

Required Licenses, Certifications, Registrations:

• License in Speech-Language Pathology (within 3 months of hire) License in Speech-Language Pathology from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and/or from the State of New Jersey, or eligible for same, in which case licensure will be obtained within 3 months of initial employment.
• CCC-SLP – Clin Competence in Speech-Lang – Required upon hire

Languages:

• English( Speak, Read, Write ).

Skills (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