Acute Care Speech-Language Pathologist

• Provide autonomous evaluation and treatment services for patients with speech, language, voice, cognitive-linguistic, and/or swallowing disorders
• Provide services on inpatient and outpatient bases
• Conduct video fluoroscopic oropharyngeal swallowing, FEES, and/or video stroboscopic voice evaluations
• Interpret evaluation results and make recommendations for management and treatment
• Develop goals and therapeutic programs; identify diagnosis and prognosis and discuss plans of care
• Provide therapy using therapeutic procedures, equipment/devices, and teaching interventions
• Re-evaluate patients and modify plans of care as needed
• Manage a defined caseload and complete billing, records, data collection, and quality assurance/improvement activities
• Participate in hospital and departmental committees, meetings, in-services, journal clubs, and case conferences
• Teach patients, families, residents, nurses, and hospital staff
• Provide clinical instruction to graduate students and orient support staff
• Prepare and present clinical in-services and interdepartmental/external educational lectures
• Act as a clinical resource to new staff or students in one content area

• Master's degree in Communication Disorders or Speech-Language Pathology required
• Massachusetts Speech-Language Pathologist license required; out-of-state licensed pathologists must obtain Massachusetts licensure before start date
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology required and verified through www.
  
  Asha.org
• Basic Life Support certification required
• 1–3 years of related work experience required
• Advanced skills with Microsoft applications, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or Access, and other web-based applications
• Written and oral communication in English
• Must not be a Clinical Fellow
• Ability to provide care to middle-age and elderly patients
• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds occasionally and/or 20 pounds frequently; must stand and/or move around for most of the shift
• Preferred: previous acute care experience, including ventilator and/or tracheotomy tube patients
• Preferred: previous outpatient voice clinic experience, including trans-nasal endoscopy

Demonstrates expertise in providing evaluation and treatment for speech, language, voice, cognitive-linguistic, and swallowing disorders, with a strong focus on patient management and therapeutic program development. Proficient in clinical instruction and communication, ensuring effective collaboration with patients, families, and healthcare teams.

• Master's Degree In Communication Disorders
• Massachusetts Speech-Language Pathologist License
• Certificate Of Clinical Competence In Speech-Language Pathology
• Basic Life Support Certification
• Advanced Skills With Microsoft Applications

• Evaluation And Treatment Services
• Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Evaluation
• FEES Evaluation
• Video stroboscopic Voice Evaluation
• Therapeutic Procedures
• Data Collection
• Quality Assurance Activities
• Goal Development
• Patient Management
• Clinical Instruction

• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Teaching Skills
• Interpersonal Skills
• Collaboration

• Massachusetts Speech-Language Pathologist License
• Certificate Of Clinical Competence In Speech-Language Pathology
• Basic Life Support Certification

• Speech-Language Pathology
• Cognitive-Linguistic Disorders
• Swallowing Disorders
• Acute Care Experience
• Outpatient Voice Clinic Experience

• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Power Point
• Microsoft Access
• Web-Based Applications