Speech and Language Pathology Clinical Specialist- Mt Sinai Hospital - FT- Days
Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY
•Onsite
About The Position
The Speech Pathology Clinical Specialist is a senior level clinician, who evaluates and treats patients referred for speech, language, cognitive, and dysphagia dysfunction. This individual is generally also responsible for program development, staff education and mentoring/training less senior SLP clinicians.
Requirements
- 3 years of speech-language pathology experience
- 1 year of clinical experience
Responsibilities
- Administers speech/language and or cognitive evaluations, tests or examinations to patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment.
- Evaluates speech/language test results and medical or background information to determine speech impairment and treatment.
- Counsels and instructs patients concerning communication disorders and how to cope with the stress and misunderstanding that may accompany them.
- Provides patients, families and caregivers with ongoing counseling and education to facilitate communication.
- Assists patients in developing and recovering reliable communication and swallowing skills to allow them to fulfill their educational, vocational and social roles.
- Conducts speech pathology in-service training programs for rehabilitation staff.
- Records and maintains reports of speech or swallowing treatments.
- Formulates and implements group therapy programs to address the needs of impaired patients and their families.
- Participates in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new speech pathology or speech/cognitive/lauguage/dysphagia treatment methods or technology.
- Mentors less experienced speech pathology staff.
- Performs other related duties
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
