Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist at Intermountain Health summary:
The Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist specializes in diagnosing and treating communication and swallowing disorders in children. This role includes providing clinical services, educating patients and caregivers, and supervising training for new staff and students. Required qualifications include a Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology, state licensure, and certification of clinical competence, with a preference for prior experience in a hospital setting.
Job Description:
The Speech Pathologist is responsible for screening, testing, evaluating, diagnosing and treating disorders of speech, language, cognitive communication, voice, and swallowing. In addition, this position is also responsible for consulting, educating and training patients and their caregivers.
Job Essentials
Provides clinical services, utilizing standards of care and evidence based practices, with appropriate goals, and duration and intensity of service for each patient's needs.
Complies with department and regulatory requirements and guidelines for all types of documentation charging, and scheduling.
Supervises and educates when asked, including colleagues, new employees and students and others in training.
Mentors student clinician externship/affiliations/ new employee(s).
Maintains effective and appropriate communication and relationships with other professionals, patients, families and other caregivers.
Participates in patient care conferences when appropriate, as well as staff meetings and other meetings as required or requested by supervisor.
Minimum Qualifications
Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology. Education must be obtained from an accredited program. Degree will be verified.
Current state Speech Pathologist license.
Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers.
Basic computer skills (e.g., word processing and email).
Current certificate of clinical competence.
Preferred Qualifications
Physical Requirements:
Hearing/listening, lifting, manual dexterity, pulling/pushing, seeing, sitting, speaking, squatting/kneeling, standing, and walking.
Location:
Intermountain Health Orem Community Hospital
Work City:
Orem
Work State:
Utah
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$41.22 - $63.59
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Keywords:
speech therapy, pediatric speech pathologist, communication disorders, swallowing therapy, patient education, clinical services, caregiver training, healthcare, speech language pathology, therapeutic interventions
