What are the responsibilities and job description for the Communicative Disorders Therapist position at Stonegate Health Campus?
About the Role
At Stonegate Health Campus, we are seeking a skilled Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to join our interdisciplinary team. As an SLP, you will play a vital role in providing comprehensive speech-language pathology services to patients with speech, language, and swallowing disorders.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Evaluate patients to identify speech, language, voice, and swallowing disorders through clinical assessments, standardized tests, and patient interviews.
- Develop and implement individualized therapy plans based on assessment findings, setting measurable goals to address patients' specific needs.
- Provide therapy to improve patients' communication skills, including articulation, language comprehension, voice modulation, and fluency, as well as swallowing and feeding abilities.
- Educate patients and their families about the nature of disorders, therapy techniques, and strategies to support progress and enhance communication and swallowing in daily life.
Requirements
- A Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology from an accredited program.
- A current, valid state SLP licensure.
- A Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
