Speech and Language Pathologist

Description

•  Participate in screening of students and complete all corresponding paperwork.
•  Provide direct and indirect speech and language therapy services and consultation to students in the school setting.
• Complete evaluations, reports and design student plans based on individual need.
•  Communicate the needs of students with appropriate school personnel and parents to facilitate acquisition of goals.
•  Schedule and/or attend meetings and invite team members.
•  Attend parent/teacher conferences and participate in in-service workshops.
•  Support a full range of services to help students develop the communication skills they need to succeed in the classroom and beyond.
•  May supervise professional and non-professional personnel providing patient care. Provides supervision to others through task assignments, direction, evaluation and feedback of assigned tasks.
•  Works with the contracting employer who is also responsible for monitoring work in progress and reevaluating the status of the assigned work at the end of the assignment.
•  Completes other assignments as requested and assigned.
• May have access to personal health information (“PHI”) necessary to fulfill the above duties and responsibilities. Access to use and ability to disclose PHI is further defined by each organization/department.

•  Master’s or doctoral degree in speech language pathology, and who meets either of the following requirements:
•  Licensed as a speech-language pathologist in PA which the individual furnishes such services; or
•  In the case of an individual who furnishes services in a state which does not license speech-language pathologists:
•  Has successfully completed 350 clock hours of supervised clinical practicum (or is in the process of accumulating such supervised clinical experience).
•  Performed not less than 9 months of supervised full-time speech-language pathology services after obtaining a master’s or doctoral degree in speech-language pathology or a related field; and
•  Successfully completed an approved national examination in speech-language pathology
•  At least one (1) year of Speech/Language Pathology experience within the past five (5) years and as defined by the contracting employer.
• Certification in Speech/Language Therapy required.
• Evidence of current Basic Life Support (BLS) training for infants, children and adults.

• Weekly pay
• Holiday Pay
• Referral bonus
• Employee assistance programs
• AVA Rewards