LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY

Job Summary:

The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is seeking a speech-language pathologist to provide inpatient dysphagia, speech, and language services to a varied population of infants and children with neurological, developmental, and medically based communication and feeding/swallowing disorders.  Job responsibilities include providing inpatient and outpatient clinical based assessments and intervention, performing video-fluoroscopic swallow studies, consulting with medical and therapy personnel, and providing education and instruction to patients, families, health care professionals, students, and the community. Inpatient rehabilitation experience preferred. 

Job Responsibilities:

Patient Care-

•    Independently evaluates patients with known or suspected communication disorders (including speech, language, and oral motor dysfunction) using both non-standardized and standardized evaluation tools. Records evaluation findings according to Departmental and Hospital procedures. Refers patients to medical and educational services, when appropriate.

•    Develops an individual therapy plan for each assigned patient which includes goals of treatment. Updates goals and records patient progress according to Departmental and Hospital procedures.

•    Presents and defends evaluation findings, progress and recommendations to patients, families/significant caregivers, and health care professionals. Instructs family members and caregivers in home therapy programs.  Consults with health care and educational staff to promote the patients’ communication skills.

Administration:

•    Participates in Departmental or program-based functions (i.e., staff meetings, Departmental continuing education activities, work group meetings/committees, Quality Improvement projects, development and refinement of clinical protocols and equipment/supplies maintenance and ordering).

Education:

•    Teaches within the Department, Hospital, professional community, and non-professional community.

•    Provides consultative services outside of the Hospital setting.

•    Mentors professional observers, students, and clinical fellows.

Additional Technical Requirements:
• High level of analytical skill in order to work independently to identify and plan for the resolution of problems encountered in clinical and research duties.
• High level of skill in various assessment procedures pertaining to speech and language skills in the pediatric population.
• Fundamental research skills including a general understanding of research methodology, design, and statistics.

Required Licenses, Certifications, Registrations:
•     License in Speech-Language Pathology 
License in Speech-Language Pathology from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and/or from the State of New Jersey, or eligible for same, in which case licensure will be obtained within 3 months of initial employment.
•    CCC-SLP - Clin Competence in Speech-Lang - Required upon hire

Required Education:  Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
Required Experience:  Minimum of 2 years of licensed experience.
Preferred Experience: Experience in pediatric medical-based setting.

RightSourcing (a part of Magnit) expected pay package may vary and/or include certain benefits like: Stipends (for clinical traveler workers only), Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K