Speech Language Pathologist

Verbal Beginnings•Lanham, MD

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Speech-Language Pathologist provides speech and language services ancillary to Applied Behavior Analysis at Verbal Beginnings. The role supports the company’s comprehensive services for children and collaborates with the supervising BCBA, behavior therapists, and other ancillary providers. Services are primarily delivered in centers, with work sometimes taking place in clients’ homes, in the community, or in a professional office environment. The position serves infants, children, adolescents, and young adults, with a strong focus on early intervention. The clinician conducts communication, cognitive-linguistic, and swallowing evaluations; develops and implements treatment plans; establishes client-centered goals; documents and reports progress; and maintains accurate care records and billing documentation. The role also includes oversight of service quality and generalization, maintaining licensure and certification, supervising speech-language assistants or clinical fellows as needed, and contributing to interdisciplinary training, continuing education, and research. The posting specifies an average of 30 weekly direct-treatment hours, though its reference to occupational therapy in that requirement appears inconsistent with the Speech-Language Pathologist role.

Requirements

Hold and maintain the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) granted by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
Current license as a Speech-Language Pathologist in the state of practice.

Responsibilities

Provide care appropriate to the age of clients served, from infancy through young adulthood, with a strong focus on early intervention.
Demonstrate awareness and sensitivity to clients’ physical, emotional, and socio-psychological needs.
Conduct communication, cognitive-linguistic, and swallowing evaluations within established time frames, selecting, administering, and interpreting standardized and non-standardized assessments using age-specific criteria.
Develop and implement treatment plans according to a valid prescription and Verbal Beginnings’ policies and procedures.
Establish a plan of care and mutually developed goals for each client, accounting for the client’s age and educational level.
Document progress toward goals and report it to the interdisciplinary team in accordance with departmental and regulatory policies.
Maintain accurate client care records and complete billing and electronic documentation submissions.
Use departmental equipment safely and appropriately for client care.
Provide oversight to support the quality, effectiveness, and generalization of speech and language services.
Maintain certification and licensure.
Supervise speech-language assistants and/or clinical fellows as needed, in accordance with state and ASHA guidelines.
Participate in and promote interdisciplinary training; oversee training and continuing education plans for students interning in the comprehensive services program.
Develop and participate in training activities at local, state, national, and international levels, including curricula, workshops, presentations, and publications.
Participate in discipline-specific and interdisciplinary research, individually or as a program lead.
Maintain an average weekly service delivery of 30 hours of direct treatment for skilled services in the domain of occupational therapy, as stated in the posting.