Speech Pathologist - Brooklyn

NYU Langone Health • Brooklyn, NY

3d • Onsite

About The Position

NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn is a full-service teaching hospital and Level I trauma center located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The hospital is central to a comprehensive network of affiliated ambulatory and outpatient practices, and serves as NYU Langone Health's anchor for healthcare access, growth, and delivery in the entire borough. At NYU Langone Health, equity and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace inclusion and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. This role involves assisting in administering diagnostic and rehabilitative services to patients with speech and language impairments.

Requirements

• A Master's Degree with a major in Speech-Language Pathology from an accredited college with three-hundred hours of supervised clinical experience in speech- language pathology.
• NYS Speech Language Pathology License and ASHA Certification required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association is required at the time of hire and is required to be maintained.
• CPR certification.
• Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.

Nice To Haves

• Speech Pathologist Lic-NYS

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements a care plan that meets the identified needs of the patient and care partners, including measurable short and long term goals with time frames.
• Develops and implements discharge plan in conjunction with patient, care partners and other members of the care team.
• Participates in investigating methods to improve the clinical management of speech and language disorders and research related to the development of diagnostic and remedial procedures in the design of apparatus.
• Maintains a professional appearance and demonstrates appropriate professionalism during job performance.
• Completes all required documentation for patient care and reimbursement, including medical charts as required by Department guidelines and JACHO/CARF requirements.
• Participates in team meetings, case conferences and committees as assigned.
• Responsible for a certain level of patient care productivity as indicated by individual Unit Procedures.
• May counsel patients and/or families in their adjustment to speech and language impairments.
• May counsel pre-operative or post-operative patients to prepare them for surgical procedures and appropriate post-operative therapy.
• Participates in the Clinical Education of Fieldwork students and other professionals, teaching and supervising assigned students in Occupational Therapy techniques, skills and procedures.
• Encourages positive learning experiences for Career Opportunity Students and other Non Fieldwork students.
• Assists in the examination of persons with speech and language disorders, upon medical referral, and the determination of the etiology, history and severity of specific disorders through interviewing and testing.
• Assists in the assessment, evaluation, analysis and treatment of communicative and social handicaps resulting from speech and language impairments and their predicating diseases.
• Assists in investigating and studying underlying causes, precipitating factors, symptomatic behavior and the emotional mid practical effect upon the patient of speech and language disorders.
• Attends evaluation conferences and rounds to determine progress and prognosis of patients under treatment.
• Assists in the scheduling of examinations, preparation of preliminary case histories, summaries and reports on the therapeutic progress and goals of patients under treatment.
• Assists in the planning and administration of remedial programs designed to restore or improve the communicative ability of patients with physiogenic or psychogenic speech and language disorders in order to produce, improve or restore appropriate speech thresholds.
• Assists in the treatment of speech and language disorders such as aphasia, articulatory defects, cerebral palsy, cleft palate, cluttering, delayed speech, stuttering and voice disorder including laryngectomy.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness package
• Robust support system for any stage of life
• Financial security benefits
• Generous time off program
• Employee resource groups for peer support
• Holistic employee wellness program focusing on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.

What This Job Offers

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