Speech Pathologist

Speech Pathologist

Job Description UW Medical Center
- Northwest has an outstanding opportunity for Speech Pathologist.

• Part‑time (0.4 FTE / 16 hours per week) Day Shift

UW Medicine Rehabilitation – Our multidisciplinary team is centered around compassion and innovation. We work closely with many types of specialists to give each patient the best possible path to recovery. Our passion and dedication to our purpose has allowed us to be recognized by the U.S. News & World Report as one of the top rehabilitation programs in the nation.

Become part of our team and join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community!

• Provides professional speech, language, and/or audiology services to individuals with communicative disabilities such as language or articulation disorders, hearing loss or impairments, cerebral palsy, cleft palate, stuttering or voice disorders, neurological speech disorders, or delayer/disordered articulation and language.
• Identifies and evaluates hearing, language, and speech abilities using various diagnostic tools.
• Develops treatment programs with the cooperation of physicians, speech pathologists, audiologists, psychologists, social workers, physical and occupational therapists, counselors, and teachers.
• Plans and provides for evaluation and treatment of individuals including: the provision for follow‑up auditory threshold evaluations on persons failing the initial test measures and on those who are unable to participate in routine evaluation procedures, behavioral observation audiometry techniques, visual reinforcement audiometry techniques, play audiometry, standard pure tone or speech audiometry techniques, site of lesion testing, impedance audiometry, TROCA (tangible reinforcement operant conditioning audiometry), and other advanced testing techniques such as auditory brainstem response audiometry.
• Confers with family, clinical personnel, teachers, and other professional staff in the evaluation, treatment, and progression of client.
• Directs and evaluates speech‑language or audiology students.
• Provides non‑medical rehabilitation services to persons when appropriate, including: hearing aid selection, fitting and training procedures, use of auditory training equipment, application of audiometry training, speech reading, sign language training and counseling procedures, and preventative hearing conservation measures.
• Uses appropriate treatment methods for receptive and expressive language disabilities, aural habilitation/rehabilitation, articulation and voice disorders, stuttering and development of alternative means of communication (e.g., language board, sign language, etc.).
• Uses equipment such a digital audio recorders, software/hardware‑based speech analysis systems, visi‑pitch, computer‑assisted and augmentative communication devices, audiometers and assistive listening devices, and other specialized apparatus for communication needs.
• Assists with research and development.

• A Master’s degree in Speech‑Language Pathology/Audiology or Communicative Disorders or equivalent degree approved by the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association.
• A Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech/Language and Hearing Association.
• One year of experience as a speech pathologist, audiologist, or equivalent is preferred.
• Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.

UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses:
Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances. The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy‑to‑access 44‑acre campus that includes the neighboring…