Pediatric Acute Care SLP (PRN) - Feeding & Swallowing

Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PRN scheduling

Job summary

Vanderbilt Health's Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital in Nashville is seeking a Pediatric Acute Care Speech-Language Pathologist on a PRN basis to provide feeding therapy, swallowing therapy, dysphagia management, and pediatric rehabilitation for infants, children, and adolescents across inpatient and outpatient settings.

The role serves medically complex populations including infants with feeding difficulties, VFSS, NICU/PICU, and collaboration with NICU, PICU, and outpatient programs.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology required
• Tennessee SLP license or eligibility for licensure
• ASHA CCC-SLP certification (CCC-SLP)
• Pediatric feeding and swallowing experience required
• Dysphagia evaluation and treatment experience required
• VFSS experience preferred
• Pediatric hospital, acute care, NICU, PICU, or inpatient rehabilitation experience preferred
• Strong interdisciplinary collaboration and communication skills
• Availability for PRN weekday and weekend shifts

Responsibilities

• Provide pediatric speech-language, feeding, swallowing, and dysphagia therapy across inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Evaluate and treat medically complex infants and children with feeding, communication, cognitive-linguistic, and swallowing disorders.
• Perform assessment and treatment of pediatric dysphagia and feeding disorders.
• Participate in Video Fluoroscopic Swallow Studies (VFSS) as appropriate.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, and interdisciplinary care teams.
• Develop individualized plans of care and establish meaningful functional goals.
• Document evaluations, treatment plans, patient progress, and outcomes in the electronic medical record.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers regarding feeding strategies, swallowing safety, communication development, and home programming.
• Support discharge planning and continuity of care across settings

Skills

Pediatric CCC-SLP

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Feeding and swallowing evaluation

Dysphagia management

PRN weekday/weekend availability

Education

Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

Job description

Vanderbilt Health's Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital in Nashville is seeking a Pediatric Acute Care Speech-Language Pathologist on a PRN basis to provide feeding therapy, swallowing therapy, dysphagia management, and pediatric rehabilitation for infants, children, and adolescents across inpatient and outpatient settings.

The role serves medically complex populations including infants with feeding difficulties, VFSS, NICU/PICU, and collaboration with NICU, PICU, and outpatient programs.