Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist – Outpatient, Virtual Programs

Advocate Health; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium Health is seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist for its virtual rehabilitation program. You will evaluate and treat communication, cognitive, voice, and swallowing disorders via secure telehealth visits, while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team in the Greater Charlotte area.

Responsibilities include patient assessment, care planning, documentation, and clinical leadership to improve access to high-quality care across the community.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology is required.
• Applicable state license in Speech-Language Pathology required.
• BLS per policy guidelines.
• Experience with outpatient healthcare and telehealth preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient evaluation and care planning for speech-language pathology.
• Delivers patient care appropriate to age specific and other population needs.
• Provides clinical leadership and mentoring.
• Assesses and documents patient needs and plans discharge appropriately.
• Communicates patient information and documents actions and plan of care.

Skills

Telehealth

Clinical assessment

Documentation

Leadership

Education

Master's in Speech-Language Pathology

State license (SLP)

BLS certified

Tools

EPIC

Job description

Atrium Health's Virtual Rehabilitation Program offers convenient, patient-centered therapy services through secure telehealth visits. As part of an interdisciplinary team, Speech-Language Pathologists provide evaluation and treatment for communication, cognitive, voice, and swallowing disorders, expanding access to high-quality care for patients across the community.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with outpatient healthcare setting and telehealth. EPIC documentation experience also preferred. Resides in the Greater Charlotte NC area.

Job Description:

Provides patient evaluation and care planning for speech-language pathology. Delivers patient care appropriate to age specific and other population needs. Provides clinical leadership.

Essential Functions

• Assesses and documents patient's medical, mental and emotional needs at admission and on an on-going basis. Develops and implements a plan of care to meet patient and family needs, to include discharge planning and utilization of available resources.
• Acts as patient advocate; treats patients and families with compassion and implements plan of care in a safe and timely manner.
• Demonstrates clinical reasoning, coupled with clinical skills to conduct accurate clinical assessments and perform patient care activities; evaluates effectiveness of therapy interventions, identifies and prioritizes patient/family strengths, needs and priorities.
• Identifies the normal course of illness in assigned patient population recognizing and intervening appropriately when deviations occur.
• Communicates patient information and thoroughly documents therapist's actions and plan of care.
• Provides clinical leadership and mentoring.

Physical Requirements

Hearing (corrected) adequate for oral/aural communication. Vision (corrected) adequate for reading. Intelligible speech and adequate language/cognitive skills to perform job duties. Sitting, standing, and walking required throughout the day. Job duties sometimes require climbing stairs, kneeling, twisting, bending; on occasion, crouching, crawling and reaching overhead. Lifting of patients, equipment or supplies will be required up to 20 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally. Must be able to demonstrate any appropriate exercise and activities to patients/caregivers. Personal Protective Equipment such as gloves, goggles, gowns, and masks are sometimes required due to possible exposure to hazardous chemicals or blood and body fluids. Work is in a fast-paced clinical environment. The work environment is primarily indoors but occasionally outdoors.

Education, Experience and Certifications

Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology required. applicable state license for Speech Language Pathology required. BLS required per policy guidelines.