Speech Language Pathologist PRN (Pedi Neurosurgery)

McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the renowned McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics at UTHealth Houston as a Speech Language Pathologist PRN. You will provide comprehensive evaluation and treatment for patients with voice and swallowing disorders. Enjoy a supportive work environment with generous benefits, including paid medical premiums and time off. Build your future with us as we impact lives through expert patient care.

Benefits

100% paid medical premiums for full-time employees

Generous time off (around 37-38 days per year)

Longevity Pay after two years of service

Retirement/pension plan

Free financial and legal counseling

Free mental health counseling services

Qualifications

• Must be a licensed Speech Pathologist.
• Experience as part of a multi-disciplinary team preferred.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates and treats patients with voice, airway, and swallowing problems.
• Performs clinical evaluations and plans therapy.
• Responsible for outpatient therapy sessions.

Skills

Clinical Evaluation

Therapy Planning

Diagnostic Imaging

Patient Assessment

Education

Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology

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Job Description

• SP-L - Licensed Speech Pathologist required
• CCC - Clinical Speech Pathologist required
  
  

Benefits

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
  
  

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Job Description

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

• SP-L - Licensed Speech Pathologist required
• CCC - Clinical Speech Pathologist required
  
  

Benefits

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
  
  

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!
  
  

Position Summary

Provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment of patients with voice, airway, and swallowing problems.Responsible for evaluation and treatment of primarily adult patients, as well as select pediatric patients in atertiary academic medical center.

Position Key Accountabilities

Essential Functions

• Performs clinical evaluation of voice, airway, and swallowing pathology as related to educational, medical, social and psychological factors to identify patient needs for therapy services.
• Evaluates special populations, including professional voice users/performers, patients with neurological disorders, head & neck cancer patients, and select pediatric patients with voice/airway/swallowing pathology.
• Performs diagnostic laryngeal imaging examinations (flexible and rigid videostroboscopy) and acoustic/aerodynamic assessments of voice/airway function.
• Performs instrumental assessments of swallowing, including flexible endoscopic evaluations of swallowing (FEES) and modified barium swallow studies (MBSS).
• Plans and conducts rehabilitative treatment programs consistent with the specific area(s) of deficit. Maintains competency in up-to-date physiologic voice and dysphagia therapy skills.
• Coordinates pre- and post-operative therapy services for select patients undergoing surgery for voice, airway, and swallowing pathology. This includes determining the need for, and facilitating the referral to, specific specialists and imaging.
• Performs outpatient therapy sessions with patients, in person or virtually. Writes reports on diagnostic findings, therapy used, and progress made. Depending on department needs, may provide clinical coordination for speech therapy related programs.
• Depending on department needs, may recruit subjects for research programs, as well as actively participate in the conceptualization and actualization of research projects within the department.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

Certification/Skills

• SP-L - Licensed Speech Pathologist required
• CCC - Clinical Speech Pathologist required
  
  

Minimum Education

Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology required

Minimum Experience

None completion of a Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) covering the clinical domains of voice, airway and swallowing pathology and/or experience as part of a collaborative member of a multi-disciplinary laryngology treatment team preferred

Physical Requirements

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive

Security Sensitive: This job class may contain positions that are security sensitive and thereby subject to the provisions of Texas Education Code

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Residency Requirement

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.

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Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

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