MedStar Health
MedStar Health is looking for a Speech Language Pathologist to join our team at MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
As a Speech Language Pathologist, you will provide diagnosis and treatment for patients with speech-language and/or swallowing disorders resulting from neurogenic or surgical etiologies. You will develop appropriate therapy modalities based on severity, determine the best methods, and decide when therapy can be discontinued.
Join one of the largest healthcare systems in the Baltimore‑Washington metro region, also recognized as one of the "Healthiest Maryland Businesses". Apply today and learn how MedStar Health can be your next great career move!
Primary Duties
Provides comprehensive diagnostic evaluations to patients with speech, language and/or swallowing disorders, including head‑neck cancer patients.
Establishes treatment goals and develops therapeutic programs. Determines whether the patient may continue eating orally or requires an alternate peripheral nutritional method, provides esophageal voice training, tracheoesophageal voice training, and training in prosthetic devices, conducts and interprets video fluoroscopy, and conducts invasive tracheoesophageal puncture evaluations.
Summarizes test results and prognostic evidence; completes progress notes and related documentation in medical records; responds to referral source(s); maintains statistical data; determines appropriate period for therapy discontinuation; arranges follow‑up care as required.
Performs hearing screening as required; completes all required documentation for patient billing; participates in inter‑departmental rehabilitation team meetings, discharge rounds, and family conferences; presents speech‑language in‑services to nursing staff, Rehabilitation Department, and medical residents as assigned; provides guidance to and may serve as a professional resource for graduate students completing a clinical practicum.
Maintains current knowledge of trends and developments in the field by reading appropriate books, journals, and other literature, and attending related seminars and conferences.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in Speech‑Language Pathology.
1–2 years of progressively more responsible job‑related experience.
ASHA membership.
SP‑L licensed in the District of Columbia within 90 days.
This position has a hiring range of $60.00 – $60.00 per year.
Senior level: Not Applicable Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Health Care Provider Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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As a Speech Language Pathologist, you will provide diagnosis and treatment for patients with speech-language and/or swallowing disorders resulting from neurogenic or surgical etiologies. You will develop appropriate therapy modalities based on severity, determine the best methods, and decide when therapy can be discontinued.
Join one of the largest healthcare systems in the Baltimore‑Washington metro region, also recognized as one of the "Healthiest Maryland Businesses". Apply today and learn how MedStar Health can be your next great career move!
Primary Duties
Provides comprehensive diagnostic evaluations to patients with speech, language and/or swallowing disorders, including head‑neck cancer patients.
Establishes treatment goals and develops therapeutic programs. Determines whether the patient may continue eating orally or requires an alternate peripheral nutritional method, provides esophageal voice training, tracheoesophageal voice training, and training in prosthetic devices, conducts and interprets video fluoroscopy, and conducts invasive tracheoesophageal puncture evaluations.
Summarizes test results and prognostic evidence; completes progress notes and related documentation in medical records; responds to referral source(s); maintains statistical data; determines appropriate period for therapy discontinuation; arranges follow‑up care as required.
Performs hearing screening as required; completes all required documentation for patient billing; participates in inter‑departmental rehabilitation team meetings, discharge rounds, and family conferences; presents speech‑language in‑services to nursing staff, Rehabilitation Department, and medical residents as assigned; provides guidance to and may serve as a professional resource for graduate students completing a clinical practicum.
Maintains current knowledge of trends and developments in the field by reading appropriate books, journals, and other literature, and attending related seminars and conferences.
Qualifications
Master’s degree in Speech‑Language Pathology.
1–2 years of progressively more responsible job‑related experience.
ASHA membership.
SP‑L licensed in the District of Columbia within 90 days.
This position has a hiring range of $60.00 – $60.00 per year.
Senior level: Not Applicable Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Health Care Provider Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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