Speech Language Pathology Feeding Therapist

4500 Forbes Boulevard Lanham, MD 20706

Kids Are Our Everything.

Department

10508 RSC Speech Therapy

Pay Range

$77,584.00 - $

This position is located in Lanham, Maryland.

Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm & 10:00am-6:30pm

Who We Are:

Children's National Rehabilitation and Specialized Care (RSC) Lanham provides individualized outpatient therapy services for children from infancy through age 21 with complex medical conditions. Our multidisciplinary team provides a wide range of specialty services including individual therapy, equipment/assisted technology needs, and feeding and swallowing therapy.

At RSC Lanham, you'll be part of an interdisciplinary team of highly skilled and compassionate professionals who are committed to making a meaningful difference. Our clinicians collaborate closely to deliver innovative, personalized care and the most advanced rehabilitation services in the region. We invite you to grow your career with us while helping children reach their fullest potential.

What You'll Do:

As a SLP Pediatric Feeding Therapist, you'll make a lasting impact on children and families by helping patients overcome feeding and swallowing challenges that affect their health, nutrition, and quality of life. Working alongside a collaborative team of specialists, you'll assess and treat complex pediatric feeding disorders, develop personalized therapy plans, educate caregivers, and partner with families to achieve meaningful milestones.

Through innovative, evidence-based care, you'll help children build the skills and confidence they need to thrive.

** What You'll Need:

Minimum Education**

• Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology from an American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) (Required)

Minimum Work Experience

• One year of experience evaluating and treating dysphagia and feeding disorders (Required) 2 years is strongly preferred.

Required License and Certifications

• Current/ eligible for Maryland licensure for Speech-Language Pathology (Required)
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology granted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) (Required)
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association. (Required)

Functional Accountabilities

• Perform multidisciplinary and individual evaluations and document pertinent results, including patient and/or family interview, review of pertinent background information, observations, standardized and other objective measurements, systems review and interpretation of findings, within time frames consistent with care setting and department policy.
• Discuss evaluation results with patient/caregiver and appropriate healthcare team members and respond to questions appropriately.
• When treatment is appropriate, provide recommendations (including need for further assessment, follow up or referrals for additional services), information concerning the frequency, estimate of duration/type of service required and prognosis. Identify discharge-planning needs with consideration of patient’s medical, psychological, behavioral and socioeconomic status.
• Identify and consider patient/caregiver expectations and limitations when developing plan of care.
• Set measurable and realistic long and short-term goals based on the patient’s medical status, anticipated therapeutic outcome(s), discharge plans and patient/family input.
• Refer patient to appropriate practitioner when patient need is outside scope of expertise.
• Effectively and independently, treat patient using established plan of care and in accordance to professional standards and established regulations set forth by HSC, ASHA, AOTA, the Department of Health, The Joint Commission and CARF.
• Periodically re-evaluate and modify treatment plan and goals as indicated…