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Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

40

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Autonomously responsible for providing evaluation and treatment services for patients referred with speech, language, voice, cognitive-linguistic and/or swallowing disorders. Services are provided on an outpatient basis. Additional responsibilities of an SLP II include independence in practice across multiple diagnostic groups and provision of clinical instruction to graduate students.

Job Description:

Job Summary:

Autonomously responsible for providing evaluation and treatment services for patients referred with speech, language, voice, cognitive-linguistic and/or swallowing disorders. Services are provided on an outpatient basis. Additional responsibilities of an SLP II include independence in practice across multiple diagnostic groups and provision of clinical instruction to graduate students.

Essential Responsibilities:

Evaluate patients; Determine appropriateness of referral, etiology & extent of the communication, swallowing or voice disorder; Examination may include use of video fluoroscopic oropharyngeal swallowing evaluation, FEES, &/or video stroboscopic voice evaluation. Remain up to date with current evidenced based practice standards; Meet requirements for annual continuing education.

Interpret evaluation results and makes appropriate recommendations for management and treatment. Develop appropriate goals and therapeutic program. Identify diagnosis, prognosis & discuss plan of care in collaboration with patient, family, supports and medical team as appropriate. Act as a clinical resource to new staff or students in one content area. Provide therapy, implementing the plan of care using therapeutic procedures, equipment / devices, teaching interventions, with ongoing collaboration and referral to additional health care providers to achieve patient's goals and to optimize function. Re-evaluate patient status, review & modify the plan of care, as needed.

Manage a defined caseload and perform all administrative responsibilities including but not limited to: data collection and record keeping e.g. billing, quality assurance / improvement activities, participation on hospital and departmental committees as requested, and attendance at department meetings, in-services, journal club & case conferences as required.

Perform all teaching responsibilities including but not limited to: teaching patients and families, residents, nurses & other hospital staff; Providing clinical instruction to graduate students; Orienting support staff; Preparing and presenting clinical in-services, and providing interdepartmental & external in-service educational lectures.

Required Qualifications:

Master's degree in Communication Disorders or Speech-Language Pathology required.

License: Speech Language Pathologist required.

ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC – SLP) required.

AHA Basic Life Support required.

3-5 years related work experience required. The Cert of Clin Competence - SLP needs to be verified through www.Asha.org.

Candidates who have submitted a complete and accepted application for licensure, and out of state licensed speech-language pathologists are expected to obtain Massachusetts license prior to their start date.

Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous experience in acute rehabilitation of cognitive-linguistic disorders, swallowing, head and neck cancer, and voice.

Independent competency in video swallow studies (MBS) is necessary.

Previous experience in an outpatient voice clinic, including experience with trans-nasal endoscopy

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.

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