Speech-Language Pathologist

How to Apply

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume. The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.

Job Summary

To diagnose and treat patient with speech, voice, language, cognitive-communicative and oral-pharyngeal swallowing disorders.

Responsibilities

• Diagnose speech, language and cognitive-communicative disorders.
• Evaluate oral-pharyngeal swallowing disorders, using clinical evaluation tools.
• Design and implement treatment programs to facilitate improved communication and swallowing skills.
• Maintain standards of clinical productivity.
• Counsel patients and their families concerning social, behavioral, and psychological problems associated with communication and swallowing disorders.
• Provide documentation of evaluation data, test/re-test data and speech-language progress, in accordance with insurance and regulatory agency requirements.
• Provide patients and families with recommendations and referrals to appropriate health care sources.
• Participate in patient evaluation conferences with emphasis on discharge planning and referrals pertinent to continued rehabilitation and/or stabilization of clinical gains.
• Provide assistance to medical and rehabilitation team members about the most feasible communication pathways to help the patient achieve maximum understanding of medical information and rehabilitation techniques.
• Participate in staff meetings regarding individual patients with physicians, nurses, insurance representatives and allied health professionals.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Supervision Received

Administrative supervision is received from the Director of Speech-Language Pathology and/or the Speech Language Pathology Supervisor. Clinical supervision may be received from the Speech-Language Pathology Supervisor and/or the Programmatic Lead SLP Senior. Programmatic team input may be received from a programmatic leader.

What You'll Do

• Evaluation and management of adults with communication and swallowing disorders in an academic university hospital acute care
• Documentation of clinical findings, adhering to regulatory agency and insurance requirements
• Education of patients and families regarding communication and swallowing disorders.

Required Qualifications

• A Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology
• Current licensure as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the State of Michigan
• A Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) awarded by the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA), or eligibility to initiate a Clinical Fellowship. This classification requires Primary Source Verification

Desired Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills, verbal, and written.
• Ability to work effectively with medical and allied health professional within an interdisciplinary team.
• Previous experience in adult neurological rehabilitation strongly desired.

Work Schedule

Days, M-F, typically 8-5, hours may vary

Work Locations

Split, 3 days/week at Briarwood Med Rehab and 2 days/week at Canton Health Center