Speech Pathologist - FEES Specialist
About the role
This is an amazing opportunity for the clinician who wishes to grow exponentially in dysphagia skills performing FEES and Speech Pathology Diagnostics, while reaching that work-life balance that you have been searching for!
Responsibilities
- Utilize the DST and incorporate the patient's entire Care Team to present a customized diagnostic profile, as well as recommendations for diet, therapy and further evaluations.
- Enjoy a pay system that rewards you for building successful relationships with your customers and providing clinically excellent diagnostics.
- Provide access to online CE content, a weekend scoping course, an observational period, and a comprehensive patient-focused in-the-field learning experience to help you become skilled in FEES to the ASHA standards.
- Perform a pre/post educational Self-Assessment of Skills to document ASHA-required knowledge and skills.
- Offer a mentor program, weekly team calls, and continuing education to support you throughout your career!
Requirements
- Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology
- Completion of Certificate of Clinical Competency
- At least 5 years experience in long-term care following completion of CFY
Qualifications
DMS has revolutionized on-site Dysphagia evaluation and instrumentation to meet the needs of both facilities and patients. The result is our unparalleled Dysphagia Systems Test (DST), which evaluates the five systems required for safe swallowing: Muscular, Neurological, Respiratory, Gastrointestinal, and Cognitive. The specificity of our evaluation technique results in the establishment of realistic goals, functional management, and improved patient outcomes.
Skills
We need both! You can choose to specialize in Dysphagia Diagnosis utilizing FEES as well as short term therapy, OR specialize in therapy alone and leave the FEES performance to another colleague!
Benefits
- Health, dental and vision insurance
Pay
A pay system that rewards you for building successful relationships with your customers and providing clinically excellent diagnostics.
Schedule
Not specified