Speech Language Pathologist

Midwest City - Del City School District Special Services - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Open in Google Maps

Starting Date: Immediately

JOB DESCRIPTION:
SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST

SALARY

SCHEDULE:

NEGOTIATED SALARY SCHEDULE

DEPARTMENT: SPECIAL SERVICES

FLSA STATUS: EXEMPT

SAFETY-SENSITIVE: YES

POSITION SUMMARY:

To work in cooperation with appropriate district administrators, teachers, parents and students. The Speech‑Language Pathologist shall be responsible for providing diagnostic and intervention services for students with speech, language and hearing disorders, helping students to access the general education curriculum.

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• American Speech‑Language‑Hearing Association (ASHA) certification (Clinical Fellowship Year considered).
• Oklahoma State Department of Education certification in Speech‑Language Pathology;
  Oklahoma State Board licensure in Speech‑Language Pathology.
• Knowledge of speech and language needs of individuals from 3 – 21 years.

• Provided speech-language evaluations for students referred by school personnel, parents, and coordinating agencies.
• Recommend appropriate placement and service delivery for students eligible to receive speech-language services.
• Provide appropriate speech-language management of communicative disorders.
• Refer for additional speech-language evaluation and consultation when indicated.
• Provide consultative services to school staff by sharing and demonstrating specific techniques and working with multidisciplinary teams to facilitate relevant and consistent interventions for targeted students.
• Attend professional meetings, in‑services, and workshops that provide information regarding communication disorders.
• Develop and implement Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for students with speech/language impairments and assist with IEPs for students with speech/language as a related service.
• Provide opportunities for student observation and supervise graduate students during their clinical practicum from state colleges and universities.
• Maintain and submit information/records including progress reports for all students.
• Additional duties that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor.

LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR

SKILLS:

Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to compose and write grammatically correct correspondence and memos.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, schedule form, or blueprint form.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up or more than 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to or more than 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to…