Speech Language Pathologist

Associates in Pediatric Therapy; Tennessee; Presencial; USD 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Associates in Pediatric Therapy in Tennessee is seeking a Speech Language Pathologist to provide skilled evaluation and treatment for infants, children, and adolescents to improve communication, feeding, and swallowing skills.

You will collaborate with families, caregivers, and interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized treatment plans that support each child’s communication and functional development.

Formación

• Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology required or in progress; valid licensure in state of practice expected.
• New graduates welcome to apply; strong clinical skills preferred.
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written) and ability to collaborate with families.

Responsabilidades

• Evaluate and treat birth to age 21 for speech, language, oral motor, feeding, voice, fluency, articulation, or social communication disorders.
• Develop and implement individualized treatment plans with families and interdisciplinary teams.
• Accurately document treatment sessions and progress in records and reports.
• Maintain licensure and professional competencies as required by law and ethics.

Conocimientos

Excellent communication skills

Educación

Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology

Current unrestricted license to practice

Descripción del empleo

Summary

The primary responsibilities of the Speech Language Pathologist is to provide skilled speech-language evaluation and treatment to infants, children, and adolescents to improve communication, speech, language, feeding, and swallowing skills. The therapist will collaborate with families, caregivers, and interdisciplinary teams to develop individualized treatment plans that support each child’s communication and functional development.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluate and treat children from birth to age 21 for speech, language, oral motor, feeding, voice, fluency, articulation, or social communication disorders to achieve highest level of functioning and prevent regression.
• Work closely with patients caregivers and the interdisciplinary team to develop and implement individualized treatment plans.
• Accurately document treatment sessions as well as progress or evaluation reports in detail.
• Maintains professional/technical competencies and proficiencies for job responsibilities and upholds federal/state licensure and ethical expectations.

Requirements

• Masters degree in Speech Language Pathology and hold an applicable and current, unrestricted license to practice (or in the process of obtaining license). New Grads welcome!

Experience & Skills

• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

Physical Needs

• Ability to travel to other APT locations as needed
• Ability to move freely in office or any other areas where treatment is provided (ex. Contract site or home visits)
• Ability to lift up to 15 pounds
• Ability to sit for brief to extended periods of time and work on computer