Speech​/Language Pathologist

JOB SUMMARY

• Specializes in diagnosis and treatment of speech, language and voice problems as related to human communication, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of dysphagia.

• Performs evaluation on patients referred in a timely manner and formulates diagnoses based on assessment findings.
• Overall performance of below indicated essential job duties:
• Establishes individualized treatment plan and goals based on diagnostic testing.
• Provides treatment for those communication areas found to have deficit during the evaluation.
• Completes documentation according to practice setting guidelines.
• Collaborates with other members of the healthcare team to identify needs and continued services once discharged from current level of care.

• Minimum requirement:
  • Master’s Degree in the field of Speech/Language Pathology
  • Maintains active ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) in Speech Language Pathology, or in Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY).
  • Current active Speech Pathology license in the State of Kentucky and other states as required.
  • Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Preferred qualifications:

• Constantly works near moving mechanical parts
• Constantly exposed to blood and/or body fluids and infection.
• Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
• Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

• Occasionally required to maintain in a stationary position (standing or sitting).
• Frequently required to walk and move about.
• Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment.
• Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices.
• Constantly required to lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds.
• Frequently required to lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally required to lift and/or move items up to 100 pounds.
• Constantly required to communicate with patients and other care team requiring talking and hearing.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
• Occasionally required to position self in order to meet patient needs.