Speech Pathologist

New York Institute of Technology • Village of Old Westbury, NY

2d • $50 - $53 • Onsite

About The Position

New York Institute of Technology's six schools and colleges offer undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs in in-demand disciplines including computer science, data science, and cybersecurity; biology, health professions, and medicine; architecture and design; engineering; IT and digital technologies; management; and energy and sustainability. A nonprofit, independent, private, and nonsectarian institution of higher education founded in 1955, it welcomes nearly 8,000 students worldwide.
The university has campuses in New York City and Long Island, New York; Jonesboro, Arkansas; and Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as programs around the world. More than 112,000 alumni are part of an engaged network of physicians, architects, scientists, engineers, business leaders, digital artists, and healthcare professionals. Together, the university’s community of doers, makers, healers, and innovators empowers graduates to change the world, solve 21st-century challenges, and reinvent the future.
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NYTech’s College of Osteopathic Medicine seeks a Speech Pathologist, part time, located at the Long Island (Old Westbury, NY) campus. The Speech/Language Pathology Service provides direct service to patients with communication and swallowing disorders.

Requirements

• Master's degree with a major in speech-language pathology.
• Holds a certificate of clinical competence and licensure granted by the American Speech and Hearing Association
• Required field of expertise in Neurological Rehabilitation
• Must be competent in creating hand and wrist splints.
• Must be able to recommend and educate in the use of adaptive equipment for facilitation of activities in daily living.

Nice To Haves

• preferred expertise in Geriatric Rehabilitation.
• A Health and Wellness Certification is preferred.
• CPR Certification is preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years' experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide treatment of patients according to accepted standards of clinical practice and applicable insurance guidelines.
• Evaluation of patients using accepted standard of clinical practice and assessment batteries appropriate to the patient’s diagnosis are administered.
• Writes comprehensive speech, language, cognitive, voice and/or swallowing report that are sent to the referring physician.
• Completes daily notes and progress reports in a timely manner.
• Functions as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Actively participates in the process of patient, family and staff education/counseling.
• Individuals with Parkinson’s disease are specifically treated with modification of Lee Silverman Voice Treatment (LSVT) program or Speak Out! Program. Additional therapies include speech, language, cognitive linguistics, dysphagia and voice.
• Attend clinical rounds, departmental meetings, and care plan meetings and reports patient status and progress in accordance with facility standards.
• Maintains annual continuing education requirements for clinical practice.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level