Speech Therapist

Position Qualifications

• Assertiveness - Ability to act in a self-confident manner to facilitate completion of a work assignment or to defend a position or idea.
• Active Listening - Ability to actively attend to, convey, and understand the comments and questions of others.
• Detail Oriented - Ability to pay attention to the minute details of a project or task.
• Diversity Oriented - Ability to work effectively with people regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or job type.
• Empathetic - Ability to appreciate and be sensitive to the feelings of others.
• Interpersonal - Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals.
• Communication, Oral - Ability to communicate effectively with others using the spoken word.
• Honesty / Integrity - Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Goal Oriented - Ability to focus on a goal and obtain a pre-determined result.
• Analytical Skills - Ability to use thinking and reasoning to solve a problem.
• Coaching and Development - Ability to provide guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas.
• Communication, Written - Ability to communicate in writing clearly and concisely.
• Conceptual Thinking - Ability to think in terms of abstract ideas.
• Conflict Resolution - Ability to deal with others in an antagonistic situation.
• Persuasive - Ability to influence others to change position or to adopt a specific point of view.
• Motivation - Ability to inspire oneself and others to reach a goal and/or perform to the best of their ability.
• Negotiation Skills - Ability to reach outcomes that gain the support and acceptance of all parties.
• Management Skills - Ability to organize and direct oneself and effectively supervise others.
• Leadership - Ability to influence others to perform their jobs effectively and to be responsible for making decisions.
• Enthusiastic - Ability to bring energy to the performance of a task.
• Ethical - Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
• Energetic - Ability to work at a sustained pace and produce quality work.
• Safety Awareness - Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
• Delegating Responsibility - Ability to allocate authority and/or task responsibility to appropriate people.
• Resource Management (People & Equipment) - Ability to obtain and appropriate the proper usage of equipment, facilities, materials, as well as personnel.
• Problem Solving - Ability to find a solution for or to deal proactively with work-related problems.
• Training - Ability to develop a particular skill in others to bring them up to a predetermined standard of work performance.
• Team Builder - Ability to convince a group of people to work toward a goal.
• Strategic Planning - Ability to develop a vision for the future and create a culture in which the long range goals can be achieved.

Education

• Speech and Language Pathology from an accredited college.

Experience

• Registered and current Speech Pathologist license
• Long Term Care Experience (preferred)