Speech-Language Pathologist

Purpose of Job:

Manages client care involving people with verbal, nonverbal, cognitive-linguistic, speech and language, and/or social communication disorders including assessing abilities and needs as well as developing and implementing treatment plans to improve the client’s communicative ability, efficiency, and/or effectiveness.

Salary Range: $62,000-$68,000

Major Duties and Expectations

• Assesses and diagnoses abilities and needs clients have in regard to
  • Speech sound production (including intelligibility, fluency, prosody, voice quality, etc.).
  • Language abilities (including understanding and using oral and written modalities).
  • Cognitive-linguistic communication skills (including attention, memory, reasoning and problem solving disorders, etc.).
• Determines nature and extent of needs using:
  • Written and oral tests (standardized and non-standardized).
  • Special instruments or methods designed to record and analyze speech, language, and voice skills.
• Develops and implements treatment programs and plans of care tailored to each client’s needs which may include:
  • Using multimodal communication methods, such as augmentative or alternative communication devices/strategies (including high and low tech devices and sign language).
  • Individual or group treatment formats.
  • Conferring with outside agencies as necessary to coordinate care of the client/family.
• Develops and maintains accurate, thorough clinical records in a timely manner and includes initial evaluation report, treatment plans, progress notes and summaries, and discharge reports.
• Counsels and communicates with client and family:
  • On all aspects of care as appropriate, including:
    • Evaluation (methods, results, and recommendations).
    • Treatment (methods, facilitating strategies, progress, carry-over).
    • Discharge (plans, rationale, methods, expectations, and additional resources).
  • Recommends and presents communication-enhancing techniques, strategies, methods.
  • Recommends and presents strategies/techniques to use at home to enhance communication.
  • Refers clients and families to other social/health services as appropriate.
• Provides services remotely as assigned
  • Remote work includes providing treatment and evaluation sessions over a virtual meeting platform.
  • Attends meetings remotely as scheduled.
• Expands clinical and academic skills:
  • Reviews and researches professional literature, journals, magazines, videos, etc.
  • Attends conferences and seminars to complete/meet licensing CEU requirements and professional growth needs
  • Participates in staff development activities such as facilitating/developing supervisory and/or clinical skills (as appropriate to career path).
• Develops and participates in educational, public relations and/or marketing programs for clients, families, and community professionals (as appropriate to career path) to:
  • Promote understanding of services, methods for assessment and treatment, and CHSC’s mission.
  • Maintain/expand/create new services available to better meet consumers’ needs.
  • Promote and market services in order to attract new clients and increase community knowledge and awareness of disorders and services.
• Reviews processes, procedures, policy, literature, questionnaires and information used in the various stages of each managed case and recommends changes to enhance and quicken the process.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education/Experience/Skills:

• Master’s degree in SLP from a program accredited by the ASHA Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) is required.
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP (or CF as appropriate) is required.
• Ohio license in SLP (or be eligible and have applied) is required.
• Experience as appropriate to career path.
• Strong analytical, written, verbal and interpersonal skills are preferred.

For more information, please contact: Michelle Foye, MA CCC-SLP, Director of Speech-Language and Learning Services, at [email protected]