Speech Pathologist, Part Time

47866174

Sign on bonus of $5000 for applicants outside the DH system

• POSITION STANDARDS
  
  
  • Master's degree with a major in Speech-language Pathology, Communication Disorders, or other similarly titled area consistent and acceptable to the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA).
    
    
  • Possess or be eligible for the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from ASHA .
    
    
    
    
  • Be licensed as an SLP in the State of New Hampshire.
    
    
  • One (1) year of experience in speech pathology preferred.
    
    
  • Knowledge of common computer applications and functions.
    
    
  
  
  
• POSITION PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
  • Anything listed here requires a pre-employment physical by Employee Health to determine if the employee is capable of meeting the requirements.
    
    
    • Physical Activity:
      
      
    • Ability to sit for at least one hour
      
      
    • Upper Extremity:
      
      
    • Mobility to get to a patient's room
      
      
    • Ability to lift small equipment of 10 pounds or less
      
      
    • Push/Pull/Lift/Carry:
      
      
    • Ability to push up to 50 pounds
      
      
    • Demonstrated fine motor dexterity
      
      
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
• PART TWO: FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
  • Position Objective
    
    
    • The Speech-language Pathologist (SLP) organizes and provides speech, language, and swallowing intervention to facilitate rehabilitation and directs patient participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and/or enhance such performance. The SLP facilitates the learning of skills and functions essential for communication, cognitive-linguistic functions, and swallowing to diminish or remediate disorders or deficit. S/he directs activities to promote and maintain health within the Code of Ethics of the Profession.
      
      
    
    
    
  • Performance Expectation
    • Screens, examines, and evaluates patients including history, review of systems, and application of appropriate tests and measures; interprets examination finding in conjunction with analysis of medical record in order to establish a diagnosis, identify impairments, provide a prognosis and time required to meet it, identify precautions/contraindications, and design and execute plan of care; develops appropriate treatment goals and methods in collaboration with the patient and caregivers; designs treatment programs and implements the speech-language pathology treatment plan; and completes all related documentation and recordkeeping regarding these services.
    • Applies appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in areas such as cognitive-linguistic, speech intelligibility, oral motor skills, swallowing disorders, perceptual ability affecting communication or swallowing; orientation; memory; pragmatics, psychosocial expression, and/or functional communication.
    • Attends and contributes to patient care, staffing conferences, and other, related meetings.
    • Supervises Clinical Fellows (CF), temporary licensees, students, and support personnel in accordance with state licensure requirements and professional standards, as appropriate.
    • Coordinates the acquisition of adaptive communication devices and instructs Pt. in their use.
    • Facilitates identification of hearing deficits, vocal fold disorders, and esophageal disorders and appropriately refers for assessment, diagnosis, and/or rehabilitation.
    • Provides internal and/or external education or in-services related to the Speech Pathology program development at least quarterly
    • Develops collaborative communications with other local and/or regional Speech Pathology professionals, to support best practices, program development and professional growth.
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
  

Min: $35.60

Max: $55.18

• Area of Interest: Allied Health/Clinical;
• Work Status: varied/ M-Sat;
• Employment Type: Part Time;
• Job ID: 5740

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