DSHS Fircrest Speech Pathologist/Audiologist Specialist 3

State of Washington • King County - Shoreline, WA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Washington State Department of Social and Health Services’ (DSHS) Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) is seeking a Speech Pathologist/Audiologist Specialist 3 to join the team at Fircrest Residential Habilitation Center. Located in Shoreline, Washington, it is surrounded by 88 acres of quiet natural beauty, yet easily accessible by car or public transportation. We offer competitive benefits, on-the-job training, meaningful work, and long-term career opportunities. This is a highly rewarding opportunity in which you will have a direct impact on the people around you! Employees assigned to a permanent duty station in King County will receive a 5% premium pay calculated from their base salary. Fircrest Residential Habilitation Center offers a unique and supportive environment for Speech Language Pathologists, promoting growth, work-life balance, flexibility, and professional autonomy.

Requirements

• Licensed by the State of Washington as a Speech Language Pathologist or Audiologist.
• A Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
• Four years of experience as a speech pathologist, audiologist, or equivalent education.
• Ability to provide communication-based behavior services to individuals with cognitive impairments exhibiting significant behavioral challenges complicated by communication needs
• Ability to coach and train caregivers, communication partners, and team members
• Ability to work as a collaborative team member
• Ability to perform informal, functional communication evaluations
• Ability to target functional, everyday communication skills
• Ability to provide dysphagia services, including: conduct clinical swallow evaluations, develop accommodations and interventions, make recommendations, and participate in evaluations
• Ability to communicate with nonverbal clients
• Ability to effectively communicate with management, peers, clients, and the public
• Ability to comprehend and effectively communicate all issues related to client care and facility operations

Responsibilities

• Providing speech pathology services for individuals with intellectual disabilities as a professional member of an interdisciplinary team.
• Develop, implement, and supervise formal communication programs/interventions to address identified communication needs for each of the clients on your caseload.
• Provide individual written assessments/evaluations for an intellectually disabled population with multiple disabilities as pertaining to speech, language, or hearing disabilities.
• Evaluate recommendations and monitor clients with dysphagia.
• Work within an interdisciplinary team (IDT) and develop intervention/programs that support interdisciplinary team-identified priorities; prioritize individual needs as determined by team consensus.
• Design and construct adaptive equipment for communication.
• Evaluate, acquire, and program communication devices.
• Create communication displays using LessonPix or other graphic software.
• Consult with other professionals and staff on program development.

Benefits

• Competitive benefits
• On-the-job training
• Meaningful work
• Long-term career opportunities
• Holiday Time Off (Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day)
• No Productivity Pressure
• Reasonable Documentation Expectations (annual evaluations, monthly program notes when applicable, and updates when a client experiences a change in condition. Daily treatment notes are not required.)
• Supportive Management

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior