Speech Pathologist, Fitchburg Campus, 40 Hours, Days

Exemption Status: Non-Exempt | Cost Center: 24060 - 3920 Speech Therapy

Pay

Hiring Range: $35.34 – $63.61 per hour (based on a full-time schedule of 40 hours per week). The final offer will vary based on scheduled hours; compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations. This position may have a signing bonus available — eligibility will be confirmed by a member of the Recruitment Team during the interview process.

Schedule

• Shift: Day Shift, 8 hours (8:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
• Hours per week: 40
• Monday through Friday
• Weekends: Every other weekend
• Holidays: Every other holiday

About the role

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver — regardless of title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence, and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where you can build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community, and each other.

Responsibilities

Major Responsibilities

• Conduct diagnostic evaluations of various communication disorders in both children and adults, including language disorders, articulation deficits, auditory and auditory-perceptual deficits, voice disorders, stuttering, and neurological disorders (congenital, developmental, or acquired).
• Select appropriate evaluation tools for assessment purposes; administer diagnostic testing procedures to determine prognosis for improvement.
• Analyze client data and interpret test results to physicians.
• Provide remedial treatment in individual and group settings for children and adults with communication and swallowing disorders, utilizing clinical techniques appropriate to each disorder type.
• Use complex decision-making to analyze each patient’s problems and develop treatment interventions to maximize function in daily living activities.
• Recommend, design, and/or implement augmentative methods of communication (e.g., communication boards, mechanical devices) when oral and/or aural communication is not possible, in conjunction with the patient, family, and/or others.
• Provide information about communication disorders to patients, families, and others.
• Design and establish home programs and other activities for carryover or reinforcement of the therapy program.
• Maintain records and reports necessary to the conduct of treatment, including diagnostic evaluation reports, daily treatment notes, monthly physician renewals, progress reports, and closing summaries of treatment.
• Confer with other individuals and/or agencies involved with the patient’s program, including physicians, related professions, school personnel, and social service agencies.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities

• Comply with established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.
• Attend meetings, conferences, and seminars as required or directed.
• Demonstrate use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
• Comply with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Respect diverse views and approaches, demonstrate Standards of Respect, and contribute to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility, and acceptance toward all employees, patients, and visitors.
• Maintain regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Perform other similar and related duties as required or directed.

Qualifications

License / Certification / Education Required

• Master’s Degree in Speech Pathology
• Current Massachusetts Speech Pathology license
• Member of ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)

Experience / Skills Required

• Attainment of the Certificate of Clinical Competence (typically requires one year)
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated clinical knowledge
• Excellent customer service skills and ability to work cooperatively with all members of the healthcare team

Unless certification, licensure, or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements. Department-specific competencies, including age-specific competencies and their measurements, will be developed and maintained in the individual departments.

Physical Demands

Work is considered medium. Position requires work indoors in a normal office and patient care environment.