Clinical Speech Language Pathologist - Pediatrics

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Clinical Speech Language Pathologist - Pediatrics

Westlake

Childrens Therapy Services Westlake

Therapy Services-Children's Institute

D23021

Days

8:00am-6:30pm/7:00am-5:30pm

Join Cleveland Clinic Westlake Medical Campus and experience world‑class healthcare at its best. In our rehabilitation department, our specialists provide a wide range of quality outpatient rehabilitation services. The one‑on‑one relationship between patients and our highly trained therapists, coupled with individualized, hands‑on treatment, plus helpful instruction on home self‑help care, provides patients with a prescription for a brighter future.

As a Speech Pathologist, you will have the rewarding opportunity to provide care to patients in our Westlake location with the possibility to float within various Cleveland Clinic locations from Beachwood, Stow Falls, Medina, Cleveland and Middleburg heights. In this role, you will perform diagnostic speech pathology test procedures and evaluate communication and swallowing function of patients. This includes interpreting and reporting test results to facilitate medical diagnosis, providing counseling and education about communication and the diagnosis to patients and their families, and determining therapeutic plans, including the need for therapy, frequency of treatment, focus for intervention, prognosis and duration of therapy.

A caregiver in this position will work Monday from 8:00am to 6:30pm and Friday from 7:00am to 5:30pm, with the remaining hours to be scheduled throughout the week in consultation with the hiring manager.

• Select assistive speech devices to improve patient's communication.
• Perform re‑evaluation to determine progress after therapy.
• Provide observations about hearing and other behavior to help determine the need for other services.
• Maintain records of all services.
• Communicate results and recommendations for improving communicative function to referral sources and outside agencies such schools and employers.
• Maintain speech pathology equipment and materials.
• Assist with planning, budget, service or project development, fee setting, purchase of new equipment or materials.

• Master's degree in speech/language pathology.
• Hold or be eligible for a Speech‑Language Pathology License (SP) from the State Board of Speech‑Language Pathology & Audiology.
• Hold (SP) license in current state upon start date.
• Hold Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC‑SLP) from the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA).
• Completion of a nine‑month clinical fellowship year

Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

• Ability to stand for long periods of time.
• Manual dexterity and visual acuity sufficient to perform tests.

Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

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