Speech and Language Pathologist

Join Decypher and make a direct impact on the health and readiness of America's service members, veterans, and their families. Since 2008 Decypher has offered healthcare industry professionals careers where their expertise is valued, and their work makes a meaningful impact. Decypher partners with the Defense Health Agency to deliver professional services, technology, and management solutions. Our mission is to provide and support quality care for our veterans, servicemembers and their families, across the United States.

Required Qualifications:

• Education: Master's degree in speech pathology or communication disorders.
• Certifications:
  • Basic Life Support (BLS)
  • Maintain current certification of Clinical Competency in speech-language pathology (CCC-SLP) from ASHA.
• License:
  • Current, full, active, and unrestricted license to practice as a speech pathologist
• Experience:
  • A minimum of 2 years of acute and/or rehabilitation hospital-based experience within the past 4 years as a credentialed Speech and Language Pathologist working with individuals with traumatic brain injury and other neurological disorders.

U.S. Citizenship is required

Key Responsibilities:
• Develop coherent treatment strategies.
• Incorporate new clinical procedures sufficient to perform clinical services independently.
• Conduct patient assessments; provide treatment interventions and consultation to other health care professionals.
• Use instrumentation (e.g., videofluoroscopy, nasendoscopy, stroboscopy, computer technology) to observe, collect data, and measure parameters of communication and swallowing, or other upper aero-digestive functions in accordance with the principles of evidence-based practice.
• Provide prevention, screening, consultation, assessment and diagnostic, treatment, intervention, management, counseling, and follow-up services for disorders of speech and language, including comprehension and expression in oral, written, graphic, and manual modalities.
• Provide in-patient and outpatient care involving a full range of speech and language pathology evaluation and treatment services to include, but not limited to: selection of screening and assessment instruments for speech, language, cognitive function, voice, fluency, and/or swallowing disorders, interpretation of patient evaluations and soundness of treatment plans.
• Evaluation and interpretation of assessments, make recommendations for therapeutic intervention and referrals for other services; design and implement a treatment plan that meets evidence-based practices patterns.
• Management of complex patients with sensory, motor, physical, cognitive, or other issues. Responsible for making clinical management options, decision making, analyzing complex data, risk, complication, morbidity, and mortality evaluations to include modification of tracheoesophageal voice prosthesis and laryngectomy tubes. Evaluate and select patients with tracheostomas who may or may not be ventilator dependent for fitting speaking valves and swallowing functions with speaking valves in place.
• Work with physicians on flexible/ nonflexible, rigid endoscopy with stroboscopy, nasopharyngoscopy, fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing with/without sensory testing, and videofluoroscopic modified barium swallow exams; and independently conducts acoustic and perceptual speech and voice evaluations.
• Provide patient and family education and counselling regarding cognitive communication, speech-language, voice and swallowing disorders, treatment plans to include patient homework assignments, treatment progress, diet, and exercise, prognosis, and community resources.
• Prepare documents for physician's review for various entities to include but not limited to, disability, VA, and the DMV.

Work Environment & Schedule: Monday-Friday 0700 - 1700, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California

Compensation & Benefits: $115,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

Decypher is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce (M/F/D/V)