Speech Language Pathologist

About the role

The Speech & Hearing Center is seeking a dedicated Speech-Language Pathologist to join our dynamic clinical team. This role involves assessing, diagnosing, and treating individuals with communication and swallowing disorders across various age groups. You play a crucial part in restoring function, improving quality of life, and empowering patients to communicate effectively.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Conducts comprehensive diagnostic evaluations to identify a person’s receptive and expressive language skills, processing abilities, voice quality, fluency, articulation, oral motor abilities and functional communication skills.
• Develops and implements individualized treatment plans based on assessment findings, patient goals, and evidence-based practices.
• Provides targeted articulation therapy to improve speech sound production and intelligibility.
• Implements effective language therapy strategies for receptive and expressive language delays or disorders.
• Manages dysphagia, including assessment of swallowing function and provision of appropriate interventions and dietary recommendations.
• Recommends, refers and/or trains patients on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems to facilitate functional communication as needed.
• Addresses cognitive-communication disorders through specialized interventions that target attention, memory, problem-solving, and executive functions.
• Delivers voice therapy to improve vocal quality, pitch, and loudness for individuals with voice disorders.
• Applies fluency therapy techniques to reduce stuttering and improve overall communication flow.
• Educates patients and their families, including information on treatment strategies, and home exercise programs.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to ensure holistic patient care and optimal outcomes.
• Documents patient progress, treatment plans, and discharge summaries accurately and timely.
• Maintains continuing education hours for state licensure.
• Supervises speech-language pathology assistants and students, as needed.
• Participates in community outreach activities to promote the Center in the community, as needed.
• Adheres to professional and ethical standards of practice.

Required Qualifications

• Holds a Master's or Doctoral degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited program.
• Possesses relevant clinical experience in diagnostic evaluation and treatment across diverse populations.
• Holds current Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
• Possesses specialized experience with specific patient populations (e.g., pediatric, geriatric, neurological).

Core Values/Ethical Conduct

• The ability to consistently model our Core Values of Accountability, Community Impact, Compassion, Trustworthiness, and Teamwork.
• The ability to interact with staff, clients, management, community partners and funders in a respectful and professional manner.
• The ability to create and embrace new ideas and utilize creative problem solving with an eye to improve services and delivery methods.
• The ability to work cooperatively with staff, clients, management, funders and community partners.
• The ability to be wise, accountable, and careful with use of resources and time.
• The ability to conduct oneself with honesty, reliability, and fairness, holding to our code of ethics.