Senior Speech Pathologist

Job Description

Provides individual and group therapy treatments for patients with problems associated with hearing, speech, and language disorders. Keeps records, monitors progress and counsels patients and their family members. May provide supervision to Interns, and lead/guide speech pathologists.

Job Responsibility

• Treats patients with complex problems and a wide variety of diagnoses across services; performs advanced, specialized evaluations and interventions.
• Screens and assesses patients based on diagnosis and age to develop an individualized plan of care.
• Monitors patient response to treatment and changes plan, as needed; interprets and executes physician orders.
• Terminates services when maximum benefit is received and formulates follow up plan when indicated.
• Considers psychosocial aspects of care; monitors treatment environment for safety.
• Schedules and prioritizes workload to meet productivity standards and deadlines.
• Implements creative treatment activities based upon patient age, interest, education level, social history and cultural and spiritual considerations.
• Provides in-service education to staff and other healthcare personnel; clinical education to students.
• Documents care and maintain records as required.
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Master's Degree required, or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Current License to practice as a Speech Pathologist in New York State, and Current Clinical Competence - SPL (ASHA) Certification required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience, required.

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).