Speech Pathologist NE

About the role

Join our team at Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Indian River Hospital is located in sunny Florida’s Treasure Coast and is committed to providing optimal family-centric and community-focused care.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate patients and apply a wide variety of therapeutic techniques for the rehabilitation of patients with functional limitations, impairments and disorders.
• Provide, interpret, plan and supervise patient evaluations and treatments in accordance with the physician referral, ensuring the care, safety and wellbeing of the patient.
• Continually review the plan of care and make revisions as needed.
• Prepare progress reports on all treatments in conjunction with departmental policies and procedures and report to the physician as needed.
• Instruct and counsel medical staff and family members to assist the patient in treatment techniques.
• Perform voice evaluations, treatment of various voice disorders and bedside swallow evaluations.
• Demonstrate competency with the Modified Barium Swallow (MBS) for adults and pediatrics.
• Follow Code Blue and all protocols as per Clinic policy.
• Adhere to National Patient Safety Goals as outlined by the Joint Commission.

Requirements

• Masters, Doctorate or SLP-D Degree from an accredited School of Speech-Language Pathology
• Registered in the State of Florida
• Current Speech-Language Pathology License (SP) from the State Board of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology or eligible Speech Pathologist (SP) license in the state of Florida
• Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) from the American-Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Externship experience

Preferred qualifications

• Laryngectomy experience

Benefits

Indian River Hospital offers a supportive and collaborative environment where you can grow professionally and personally. As a Speech Pathologist, you will work PRN (as needed) from 9:00AM – 4:00PM.

Pay

Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.