SLP - Speech Language Pathologist

Direct Staffing Inc; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A staffing agency in California is seeking a Speech-Language Pathologist to provide rehabilitation services for patients with communication and swallowing disorders. Responsibilities include patient evaluations, treatment planning, and supervising clinical fellows. Applicants must have a Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology and be eligible for ASHA certification. This role offers opportunities to work closely with patients in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Eligibility for ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence.
• State licensure in Speech-Language Pathology.

Responsibilities

• Screen and evaluate patients to establish diagnosis and treatment plans.
• Supervise Clinical Fellows and students in clinical settings.
• Coordinate acquisition of adaptive communication devices.

Skills

Effective communication

Cognitive-communication techniques

Patient care management

Education

Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology

Job description

Overview

Extensive experience w/ geriatric and dementia patients. POSITION SUMMARY: The Speech-Language Pathologist organizes and provides speech-language services to facilitate rehabilitation. S/he directs patient participation in selected tasks to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance. The Speech-Language Pathologist facilitates the learning of skills and functions essential for communication and swallowing, to diminish or remediate disorders or deficits. S/he directs activities to promote and maintain health, within the scope of practice and consistent with the Code of Ethics of the profession.

Responsibilities

1. Screens, examinations and evaluates patients, including history, systems review, and application of appropriate tests and measures; synthesizes information and interprets examination findings in order to establish a diagnosis, identify impairments, determine the predicted level of improvement and the time required to achieve it, identify precautions/contraindications and design and plan of care. Develops appropriate treatment goals and methods in collaboration with the patient and caregivers, implements the speech-language pathology treatment plan, and completes all related documentation and record keeping regarding these services. Applies therapeutic techniques in areas such as cognitive-communication; speech intelligibility; oral motor skills; swallowing disorders/dysphagia; perceptual abilities; orientation; memory; pragmatics; psychosocial expression; and/or functional communication.


2. Attends and contributes to patient care, staffing conferences and other related meetings.


3. Supervises Clinical Fellows (CFYs), temporary licensees, students and support personnel in accordance with state licensure requirements and professional standards, as appropriate.


4. Coordinates the acquisition of adaptive communication devices and instructs patients in their use.


5. Facilitates identification of hearing deficits and appropriately refers for assessment, diagnosis, rehabilitation and/or personal amplification.


6. Puts patient service first, ensuring that residents and families receive the highest quality of service in a caring and compassionate atmosphere which recognizes the individual’s needs and rights.

Qualifications

1. A master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, Communicative Disorders or similarly titled area that is consistent and acceptable to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.


2. Possess or be eligible for a Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) or be eligible to participate as an ASHA Clinical Fellow (CFY).


3. Be licensed, certified or credentialed, as required in the state of practice.

Additional Information

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