Speech Lang Pathologist Aural Rehabilitation- South Shore/Quincy

Job Summary

Following established guidelines and protocols regarding the delivery of patient care; conducts diagnostic testing and provides therapeutic care to patients. This position will provide patient care, primarily based at MEE Quincy location.

Essential Functions

• Provides comprehensive evaluations of speech, language and auditory functional listening skills; with amplification, pre-cochlear implant and post-cochlear implant for patients of all-ages.
• Engages in individual therapy for pediatric patients designed to improve functional listening skills and develop language to enhance future language learning and social-communicative competence.
• Delivers a therapy program for adult cochlear implant recipients to improve auditory skill development and to maximize the benefit of cochlear implantation to meet everyday communicative demands.
• Interprets evaluation results and therapy outcomes into oral and written clinical reports to provide professional recommendations including treatment plan and discharge summaries.
• Completes documentation and billing for clinical procedures in a timely manner.
• Makes referrals to appropriate professionals as needed.
• Participates in clinical research which may involve clinical trials, case study research, and database management following specific protocols of the study, as assigned.
• Follows all the standards developed for the position within JCAHO, quality care, infection control, and clinical competency requirements.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide patient care appropriate to the age of the patients served in the dept.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the lifespan, possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to their age specific needs.
• Keeps abreast of the field by attending educational seminars, preparing papers, reading journals and the like.
• Provides direct assistance to patients by helping them to move about in order to perform tests and rehabilitative services.
• Advances and demonstrates knowledge, skill and understanding of audiology services.
• Provides other clinic-related duties as assigned.
• Trains and mentors speech-pathologists and others as assigned.
• Participates in internal and external education and professional staff development, as assigned.
• Promptly engages MEE Clinical Emergency Response teams when necessary.
• Maintains appropriate professional credentials; stays current within the field and provides a record of relevant continuing education.

Qualifications

Required skills & qualifications:

• Master of Arts or Sciences degree with a major in Speech-Language Pathology.
• Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
• Massachusetts license to practice Speech-Language Pathology.