Senior Speech-Language Pathologist — Impactful Patient Care

Atrium Health; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium Health is seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist to join our team. The role involves comprehensive evaluations across ages for differential diagnosis of communication, cognitive-linguistic, feeding, and swallowing disorders.

You will follow hospital policies and educate patients and families. You will serve as a consultant to educational and medical services, participate in in-service training, and help develop new services while maintaining high-quality patient care and adherence to

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology required.
• Current license in Speech-Language Pathology issued by applicable state
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology issued by the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association.
• Current certification from American Heart Association BLS for Healthcare Providers, CPR and AED.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive professional evaluations of patients of all assigned ages referred for differential diagnosis of communicative, cognitive-linguistic, feeding, and/or swallowing disorders.
• Follows hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
• Ensures patient and/or caregiver education regarding communicative, cognitive-linguistic, feeding, and/or swallowing disorders.
• Serves as speech pathology consultant to educational, medical, and other professional services.
• Provides and participates in in-service education and training of speech pathology interns and fellows, medical students/residents, and allied medical personnel.
• Continuously seeks to maintain or improve patient care services and evaluates opportunities to develop new services.
• Evaluates options for augmentative/alternative communication and recommends and/or fits appropriate devices or prostheses to meet patient needs, as applicable.
• Ensures age/development appropriate patient care is provided in accordance with Age-Specific Care Guidelines for the specific age groups served.
• Adequate performance on financial/budget and inpatient care expectations.
• Adheres to the general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment by utilizing communication skills, interpersonal relationships and team building.

Education

Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

Job description

Atrium Health is seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist to join our team. The role involves comprehensive evaluations across ages for differential diagnosis of communication, cognitive-linguistic, feeding, and swallowing disorders.

You will follow hospital policies and educate patients and families. You will serve as a consultant to educational and medical services, participate in in-service training, and help develop new services while maintaining high-quality patient care and adherence to