Speech Pathologist
Core
Provides individualized patient care assessing and treating speech, language, social communication, cognitive communication, voice, fluency, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.
Role type
Clinical Speech Pathologist
Builds
Patient treatment plans and rehabilitation outcomes
Domain
Healthcare / Neurology / Rehabilitation
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Evaluation of neurological speech and language disorders, Treatment of aphasia, apraxia, dysarthria, dysphagia, laryngectomy, stuttering, and voice disorders, Management of head and neck cancer and tracheostomy patients, Cognition and TBI assessment, Modified barium swallow studies
Preferred skills
Experience with dementia patients
Technologies
Modified barium swallow studies
Responsibilities
Evaluate referred patients, Establish patient and family centered goals, Develop and execute treatment plans, Participate in performance improvement and educational opportunities