Speech and Language Pathologist

Description

Partner with Interim Healthcare, and you will experience the multiple benefits our company has to offer. Our placement services provide flexibility to accommodate your schedule and needs, offering contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire positions.

LTS Speech & Language Pathologist: Mon - Fri 8:30a - 3:30pm

Compensation: $45/hr.
The Speech/Language Pathologist is responsible to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care programs designed to help prevent speech, language, cognitive, communication, voice, swallowing, fluency, and other related disorders; and assist patients in reaching their maximum function. Care is provided in accordance with School policies, procedures, IEP plans of care, and established standards of practice.

Essential Functions:

• 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.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:

• Masters 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 masters 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.

Benefits:

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

Interim HealthCare provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or veteran status.
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