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Job TitleClinical Speech Pathologist - Pediatrics

                        

LocationCuyahoga Falls

                    

FacilityStow Falls Medical Office Center

                     

DepartmentTherapy Services-Children's Institute

                      

Job CodeT25015

                     

ShiftVariable

                       

Schedule7:00am-6:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Stow Falls Express and Outpatient Care and experience world-class healthcare at its best. This facility provides patients with quick access to medical care for common health problems. We offer walk-in and convenient appointments with our board-certified Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. When you join this team, you can make a lasting difference in the community while building a rewarding career at Cleveland Clinic, one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. 

 

As a Speech Pathologist, you will have the rewarding opportunity to provide care to patients within various Cleveland Clinic locations from Stow Falls to Middleburg heights. In this role, you will perform diagnostic speech pathology test procedures and evaluate communication and swallowing function of patients (from birth to 21 years or older). This includes interpreting and reporting test results to facilitate medical diagnosis, providing counseling and education about communication and the diagnosis to patients and their families, and determining therapeutic plans, including the need for therapy, frequency of treatment, focus for intervention, prognosis and duration of therapy.  

 

A caregiver in this position works full time houts| 7:00am - 6:30pm| some
evenings and weekends required| Position will be based out of Stow (Wed and Fri) and will also have a regularly scheduled day at our Middleburg Heights location. Two days per week the therapist will float to any CCHR Children's Therapy Services location, including Stow, Beachwood, Medina, Cleveland, Middleburg Heights, and Westlake.

 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

Provide clinical services to patients.  

Perform diagnostic speech pathology test procedures.  

Evaluate communication and swallowing function of patients.  

Interpret and report test results to facilitate medical diagnosis.  

Provide counseling and education about communication and the diagnosis to patients and families.  

Determine therapeutic plans, including the need for therapy, frequency of treatment, focus for intervention, prognosis and duration of therapy.  

Select assistive speech devices to improve the patient’s communication.  

Perform re-evaluation to determine progress after therapy.  

Provide observations about hearing and other behaviors to help determine the need for other services.  

Maintain records of all services.  

Communicate results and recommendations for improving communicative function to referral sources and outside agencies such as schools and employees.  

 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

Master’s Degree in Speech/Language Pathology  

Hold or be eligible for a Speech Pathology (SP) license from the State Board of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology 

Hold a Speech Pathology license in the state of Ohio 

Hold Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP) from the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)  

Completion of a nine-month clinical fellowship year 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

Previous Clinical Speech Pathologist experience

Peds experience

Physical Requirements:

Ability to stand for long periods of time.

Manual dexterity and visual acuity sufficient to perform tests.

Personal Protective Equipment:

Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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