Inpatient Speech Pathologist
Core
Evaluate, diagnose, and treat medically complex pediatric patients with neurological, aerodigestive, cardiac, trauma, prematurity, and hematology/oncology diagnoses in acute care and intensive care settings.
Role type
Inpatient Speech Pathologist (Pediatric)
Builds
Individualized evidence-based treatment plans for cognitive communication, speech, and language disorders; feeding and dysphagia management.
Domain
Healthcare / Pediatrics / Speech-Language Pathology
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Pediatric feeding/swallowing assessment, instrumental swallow assessments, cognitive communication disorder treatment, speech and language disorder treatment, multidisciplinary team collaboration, family-centered care, electronic documentation, standardized assessments, discharge planning.
Preferred skills
Acute pediatric hospital experience, weekend/holiday coverage availability.
Technologies
Electronic health records, standardized assessment tools.
Responsibilities
Conduct comprehensive clinical feeding evaluations and instrumental swallow assessments; create individualized treatment plans for communication disorders; collaborate with nurses, physicians, and therapists to optimize patient outcomes; provide caregiver education to facilitate discharge planning; perform electronic documentation and rounding.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC