Speech Language Pathologist

About This Role

Implement treatment programs for pediatric patients with cognitive, speech, language, feeding/swallowing, and social/emotional disabilities. Provide high-quality care, develop individualized goals, and empower caregivers and families to carry over therapeutic activities into the child's daily routine.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care by performing evaluations and interpreting assessment results, developing appropriate goals, and creating and implementing speech therapy treatment plans in conjunction with the physician.
• Assist pediatric patients to develop or regain functioning and improve their level of independence by implementing skilled interventions.
• Participate in educating, coaching, and empowering caregivers and families to develop skills to carry over therapeutic activities into the child's daily routine.
• Coordinate with referral partners to provide services for children in accordance with the physician order.
• Assure continuation of therapeutic plan following discharge by designing and instructing patients, families, and caregivers in home exercise programs.
• Document patient care services and care coordination in an electronic medical record system.
• Maintain patient confidence by keeping information confidential.

Requirements

• ASHA certification
• State License
• Current CPR certification

Qualifications

• 1+ year of experience preferred

Nice to Have

• A minimum of 1 year of experience

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits

Certifications