Speech Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Description:

We are looking for an SLP who has a passion for working with the pediatric population including, but not limited to, working with children with autism. Must be a fully licensed SLP, with CCCs, and have experience with articulation and language disorders. Our SLPs receive paid planning time to plan sessions, gather materials, and complete paperwork when needed. Responsibilities include evaluating speech and language disorders, writing treatment plans, participating in peer reviews, providing direct therapy, coordinating with a multidisciplinary team of other professionals such as BCBAs and OTs.

Responsibilities

• Perform a clinical assessment to identify patient needs and appropriateness of patient.
• Document, prepare and complete a Plan of Care, progress notes, clinical record documentation on an ongoing basis.
• Analyze patient needs and administer appropriate care as ordered by a physician.
• Performs and oversees other team members, when applicable, in the performance of patient care that is consistent with patients’ needs and desires.
• Applied concepts of infection control and standard precautions in coordinating/performing patient care activities to prevent contamination and transmission of disease.
• Accepts clinical assignments that are consistent with education and competence to care for patients.
• Use effective interpersonal relations and communication skills; facilitates the use of these skills by other team members to achieve desirable outcomes.
• Meets mandatory continuing education requirements of the agency/licensing board.
• Provides appropriate plan, treatment, and evaluation for speech, language, voice, fluency, cognitive and swallowing disorders with appropriate tests and measurements. Maintain pertinent records of specific tests performed and progress made.
• Educate patient/family concerning patient deficits, ways to facilitate communication, and appropriate discharge plans through family members.

Minimum SLP Qualifications:

Education:

• Master’s degree from an accredited Speech-Language Pathology program

Licenses:

• License from the State of Texas as a Speech Therapist or a Speech Language Pathologist.

Compensation/Wage:$42-$55/hour

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to pick up, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk and hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and also must often assist children who weigh in excess of 100 pounds in standing up and sitting down.

Equal Opportunity Employment: It is the policy of Help, Hope, Solutions to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment and not to discriminate on any basis prohibited by law, including race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring practices, appraisal systems, promotions, and training and career development programs.