Speech Language Pathologist-Bilingual in Spanish Preferred

Essential Functions

• Conducts age-appropriate clinical and functional speech-language/communication evaluations/assessments, develops therapy treatment plans based upon evaluation/assessment findings and patient/family input
• Provides skilled, evidenced-based therapy services and adapts treatment to patient’s progress and needs
• Incorporates parents/guardians in treatment sessions using a coaching model
• Collaborates within a multidisciplinary model, including multidisciplinary clinics and co-treatment sessions with other therapeutic providers (e.g., physical therapy, occupational therapy, audiology, nutritionists)
• Provides ongoing education to parents, families, educators, and other professionals regarding speech-language and feeding therapies and their impact on communication, learning, socialization, and overall quality of life, as well as advances in diagnoses and treatment
• Documents evaluations/assessments, treatments, consultations, patient/family education, and all relevant and required patient care information in the electronic health record in an accurate and timely manner, in accordance with clinic policies
• Participates in new staff orientation and ongoing staff education
• Performs other duties as required and assigned

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Knowledge of evidence-based approaches to planning and providing patient care; experience in measuring and reporting clinical and functional outcomes of care to parents, physicians, and other professionals
• Experience with light-tech and high-tech forms of augmentative and alternative communication and/or personal amplification such as, cochlear implants, bone-anchored hearing aids, conventional hearing aids, and classroom amplification technology
• Specialty training in at least one of the following areas: cleft lip and palate, Deaf/Hard of Hearing, feeding, autism, augmentative and alternative communication, early intervention, and complex, rare medical conditions
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and relevant software skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of patient, personnel, and corporate data
• Ability to select and use age, diagnosis, and developmentally appropriate assessment methods, standardized tests, and other tools to evaluate the communication abilities of children of all ages and varied disorders
• Ability to complete screenings for specific needs including feeding, AAC, VPI, and listening and spoken language; and refer, as appropriate, for specialized evaluation and treatment
• Ability to develop appropriate, measurable treatment goals, document progress towards goals, modify treatment plans according to patient progress and established policies
• Ability to provide culturally sensitive and linguistically appropriate intervention services; work with and support interpreters and translators, as needed
• Supervises students and clinical fellows, as well as other support personnel in accordance with all local, state, and national guidelines
• Effectively manages time with a proven ability to meet deadlines; organization and attention to detail
• Operates personal computer and related office equipment as needed to perform job function

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology required
• Experience: Two years related pediatric experience preferred
• Licenses And Certificates:
  • Speech Language Pathologist Licensure from the state of Arizona SLP Licensing Board required
  • Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech Language Hearing Association required
  • AHCCCS Provider identification number required, may be obtained upon hire
• Physical Demands And Work Environment:
  • Frequent lifting and/or moving up to 25 pounds
  • Occasional lifting and/or moving more than 100 pounds
  • Frequent standing, walking, reaching, talking, and hearing
  • Frequent exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals
  • Occasional exposure to fumes or airborne particles, risk of electrical shock, and risk of radiation
  • BLOODBORNE PATHOGEN CATEGORY: 1