Riverside Health
Location: Newport News, Virginia
Overview
The Speech Language Pathologist carries out an individualized program for patients with acute and chronic health conditions to maximize their quality of life and achieve their functional goals. The therapist maintains a positive working relationship with other health professionals and ancillary staff. What You Will Do
Responsible for evaluating and diagnosing speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders. Provides aural rehabilitation for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Provides augmentative and alternative communication systems for severe expressive and/or language comprehension disorders such as ASD or progressive neurological disorders. Provides training and education to family/caregivers and other professionals. Carries out treatment plan and modifies to maximize therapeutic benefit and meet discharge criteria and return to optimal level of care. Records patient\'s progress and modifies the plan of care. Builds trusting collaborative relationships with a multi-disciplinary team to support patient care needs. Actively participates in multi-disciplinary team meetings. Assists in training and support of all team members, volunteers and students. Qualifications
Education
Masters Degree, Speech Language Pathology or related field (Required) Doctoral Degree, Speech Language Pathology or related field (Preferred) Experience
1 year Speech Language Pathology experience (Preferred) Licenses and Certifications
Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Upon Hire (Required) Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) Upon Hire (Required) CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) within 30 Days (Required) Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) - The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) within 1 Year (Required) To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers. Seniority level
Entry level Employment type
Part-time Job function
Health Care Provider Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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The Speech Language Pathologist carries out an individualized program for patients with acute and chronic health conditions to maximize their quality of life and achieve their functional goals. The therapist maintains a positive working relationship with other health professionals and ancillary staff. What You Will Do
Responsible for evaluating and diagnosing speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders. Provides aural rehabilitation for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. Provides augmentative and alternative communication systems for severe expressive and/or language comprehension disorders such as ASD or progressive neurological disorders. Provides training and education to family/caregivers and other professionals. Carries out treatment plan and modifies to maximize therapeutic benefit and meet discharge criteria and return to optimal level of care. Records patient\'s progress and modifies the plan of care. Builds trusting collaborative relationships with a multi-disciplinary team to support patient care needs. Actively participates in multi-disciplinary team meetings. Assists in training and support of all team members, volunteers and students. Qualifications
Education
Masters Degree, Speech Language Pathology or related field (Required) Doctoral Degree, Speech Language Pathology or related field (Preferred) Experience
1 year Speech Language Pathology experience (Preferred) Licenses and Certifications
Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Upon Hire (Required) Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) Upon Hire (Required) CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) within 30 Days (Required) Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) - The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) within 1 Year (Required) To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers. Seniority level
Entry level Employment type
Part-time Job function
Health Care Provider Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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