Speech/Language Pathologist

Rehabilitation team members are licensed or certified professionals (physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech / language pathologists, social workers or therapeutic recreation specialists who work within a specific team structure to offer inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation services.

These services are offered to the acute-care hospital, the acute inpatient rehabilitation facility (Dodd Hall), or outpatient service sites to patients who have disorders and conditions associated primarily with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, or other neurogenic disorders, orthopedic problems, burns, amputations, or chronic pain.

The rehabilitation team members report to the rehabilitation team leaders as part of the overall Rehabilitation Services division structure.

Dodd Hall utilizes a matrix management system where each diagnostic team has a team leader who oversees the team programming.

The therapy staff still reports to the rehabilitation team leader for all supervisory tasks.

Each rehabilitation team member is first a part of a group effort to provide care within a continuous performance improvement environment, and secondly a distinct professional who provides specific contributions to the team approach.

Team members assess patients and establish together plans of care; provide a wide variety of treatment techniques; provide education and support to families;

and facilitate continuing care planning. Team members evaluate quality of services and participate in outcomes management activities.

Although team members report directly to a team leader, they are also responsible to each other, to those they supervise (rehab assistants and aides) and to other participants in patient care activities, including attending and resident physicians, nurses, their support staff, and Patient Care Resource Managers, to assure coordination of services and programs.

A team member embraces the Intensive Caring values of the organization and uses them to guide interactions with others. The Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) is specialized in the assessment and treatment of various voice and swallowing disorders and contributes to current evidence-based practice research in the field.

The SLP's specialized knowledge of the larynx uniquely qualifies this professional to aid in the diagnostic and treatment process with a team that may include other SLPs, otolaryngologists, pulmonologists, and / or various other medical professionals.

This professional is further sub-specialized in the assessment and treatment of speech, voice, and swallowing disorders related to head and neck cancer.

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED

Master's Level Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Required Qualifications

A Master's degree in Speech Pathology or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.

Certification of Clinical Competency from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and Ohio Licensure in Speech Pathology required.

Those completing a Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY / SLP) may be considered. Typically, one-two years experience working in a medical setting is preferred.

Position includes patient care at both outpatient and inpatient rehabilitation locations. Alternative work schedule with Sun-Thurs or Tues-Sat option.