Speech-Language Pathologist

Purpose of Job: 

Manages client care involving people with verbal, nonverbal, cognitive-linguistic, speech and language, and/or social communication disorders including assessing abilities and needs as well as developing and implementing treatment plans to improve the client’s communicative ability, efficiency, and/or effectiveness.   

Salary Range: $60,000-$68,000

Major Duties and Expectations 

• Assesses and diagnoses abilities and needs clients have in regard to  
  • Speech sound production (including intelligibility, fluency, prosody, voice quality, etc.). 
  • Language abilities (including understanding and using oral and written modalities). 
  • Cognitive-linguistic communication skills (including attention, memory, reasoning and problem solving disorders, etc.). 
• Determines nature and extent of needs using: 
  • Written and oral tests (standardized and non-standardized). 
  • Special instruments or methods designed to record and analyze speech, language, and voice skills. 
• Develops and implements treatment programs and plans of care tailored to each client’s needs which may include: 
  • Using multimodal communication methods, such as augmentative or alternative communication devices/strategies (including high and low tech devices and sign language). 
  • Individual or group treatment formats. 
  • Conferring with outside agencies as necessary to coordinate care of the client/family.   
• Develops and maintains accurate, thorough clinical records in a timely manner and includes initial evaluation report, treatment plans, progress notes and summaries, and discharge reports. 
• Counsels and communicates with client and family: 
  • On all aspects of care as appropriate, including: 
    • Evaluation (methods, results, and recommendations). 
    • Treatment (methods, facilitating strategies, progress, carry-over). 
    • Discharge (plans, rationale, methods, expectations, and additional resources). 
  • Recommends and presents communication-enhancing techniques, strategies, methods. 
  • Recommends and presents strategies/techniques to use at home to enhance communication. 
  • Refers clients and families to other social/health services as appropriate. 
• Provides services remotely as assigned 
  • Remote work includes providing treatment and evaluation sessions over a virtual meeting platform. 
  • Attends meetings remotely as scheduled.   
• Expands clinical and academic skills: 
  • Reviews and researches professional literature, journals, magazines, videos, etc. 
  • Attends conferences and seminars to complete/meet licensing CEU requirements and professional growth needs 
  • Participates in staff development activities such as facilitating/developing supervisory and/or clinical skills (as appropriate to career path). 
• Develops and participates in educational, public relations and/or marketing programs for clients, families, and community professionals (as appropriate to career path) to: 
  • Promote understanding of services, methods for assessment and treatment, and CHSC’s mission. 
  • Maintain/expand/create new services available to better meet consumers’ needs. 
  • Promote and market services in order to attract new clients and increase community knowledge and awareness of disorders and services.    
• Reviews processes, procedures, policy, literature, questionnaires and information used in the various stages of each managed case and recommends changes to enhance and quicken the process.
• If placed in a school, be able to analyze assessment results to write evaluation team reports (ETRs) and develop individualized education programs (IEPs). Have knowledge of leading/completing meetings, therapy, and documentation in the school setting.  
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor. 

Education/Experience/Skills:

• Master’s degree in SLP from a program accredited by the ASHA Council on Academic Accreditation (CAA) is required. 
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in SLP (or CF as appropriate) is required. 
• Ohio license in SLP (or be eligible and have applied) is required. 
• Pupil Services License from the Ohio State Board of Education is required for school placement. 
• Experience as appropriate to career path. 
• Strong analytical, written, verbal and interpersonal skills are preferred. 

For more information, please contact: Michelle Foye, MA CCC-SLP, Director of Speech-Language and Learning Services, at mfoye@chsc.org