Speech Language Pathologist Assistant (SLPA)

About This Role

Implement treatment programs for pediatric patients with cognitive, speech, language, and social/emotional disabilities by providing speech therapy services in home and community settings. This role involves assisting patients to develop or regain functioning and educating caregivers.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality care and meet the needs of the patient and family by implementing speech therapy treatment plans in conjunction with the speech therapist supervisor
• Assist pediatric patients to develop or regain cognitive, speech, language, feeding/swallowing and/or social/emotional 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
• 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 intuitive electronic medical record system
• Maintain patient confidence by keeping information confidential

Requirements

• Texas State SLPA License
• Current CPR certification

Qualifications

• A minimum of 1 year of experience preferred

Nice to Have

• 1 year of experience

Benefits

Certifications