Speech Language Pathologist/Fellow - Part Time 20 Hours - Jackson

This position is open to already certified ASHA SLP's or SLP's who are interested in completing their fellowship year with Henry Ford Health to then become ASHA certified.

Schedule: Part Time, 20 Hours/Week. Requires 1 shift to be a weekend day.

Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP) with certification by the American Speech Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) provide clinical services to individuals with adult and pediatric speech, language cognitive, voice and swallowing disorders. Services include diagnosis, evaluation, therapy, treatment and follow-up. All clinical fellows in Speech-Language Pathology are supervised by ASHA certified SLP's.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides clinical speech-language pathology services to HFHS patients including:

• Consultation with patients, family, and HFHS staff about communication and swallowing disorders;

• Diagnoses speech, language or swallowing disorders and evaluates patient's condition and prognosis;

• Develops treatment/therapy programs for patients.

• Performs videofluoroscopic assessment of swallowing function.

• Performs endoscopic assessment of swallowing function.

• Participates in all phases of departmental education and research programs including program development and clinical fellow orientation and instruction.

• Supervises the activities of departmental graduate students and clinical fellows including work scheduling, motivation, performance appraisal, and day-to-day work duties.

• Represents the Institution at community, regional and national conferences. Educates local community and social organizations on programs available at HFHS.

• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited graduate program;
• Successful completion of the National Praxis Examination;
• Successful completion of the Clinical Fellowship Year.
• One year of experience in a clinical setting required.

LICENSURES AND CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

• The State of Michigan license; Certificate of Clinical Competence by ASHA

Additional Information

• Organization: Henry Ford Jackson Hospital
• Department: Rehab Inpatient Services (Main
• Shift: Day Job
• Union Code: Not Applicable