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A Brief Overview

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is seeking a pediatric speech-language pathologist to provide inpatient dysphagia, speech, and language services to a varied population of infants and children with neurological, developmental, and medically based communication and feeding/swallowing disorders. Job responsibilities include providing inpatient and outpatient clinical based assessments and intervention, performing video-fluoroscopic swallow studies, consulting with medical and therapy personnel, and providing education and instruction to patients, families, health care professionals, students, and the community. Dysphagia experience preferred.

Provides evaluation and treatment of speech, language and oral motor function to an assigned group of patients. Provides consultation to medical, allied health, and education personnel. Provides education and instruction to patients, families/significant caregivers, health care professionals, students, and the community.

What you will do

• Patient Care:
• Independently evaluates patients with known or suspected communication disorders (including speech, language, and oral motor dysfunction) using both non-standardized and standardized evaluation tools. Records evaluation findings according to Departmental and Hospital procedures. Refers patients to medical and educational services, when appropriate.
• Develops an individual therapy plan for each assigned patient which includes goals of treatment. Updates goals and records patient progress according to Departmental and Hospital procedures.
• Presents and defends evaluation findings, progress and recommendations to patients, families/significant caregivers, and health care professionals. Instructs family members and caregivers in-home therapy programs. Consults with health care and educational staff to promote the patients' communication skills.
• Administration:
• Participates in Departmental or program-based functions (i.e., staff meetings, Departmental continuing education activities, work group meetings/committees, Quality Improvement projects, development and refinement of clinical protocols and equipment/supplies maintenance and ordering).
• Education:
• Teaches within the Department, Hospital, professional community, and non-professional community.
• Provides consultative services outside of the Hospital setting.
• Mentors professional observers, students, and clinical fellows.

Education Qualifications

• Master's Degree Speech-Language Pathology Required

Licenses/Certifications

Issuing Agency

Time to Obtain

Required/
Preferred

Speech & Language Pathology License (Pennsylvania)

Pennsylvania State Licensing Board

within 3 months

Required

and

Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)

within 3 months

Required

and

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Issued through an organization that requires a hands-on instructor lead psychomotor skills verification (ex. American Heart Association or Red Cross).

within 3 months

Preferred

Skills

Required/
Preferred

High level of analytical skill in order to work independently to identify and plan for the resolution of problems encountered in clinical and research duties.

High level of skill in various assessment procedures pertaining to speech and language skills in the pediatric population.

Fundamental research skills including a general understanding of research methodology, design, and statistics.

To carry out its mission, CHOP is committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. As a condition of employment, CHOP employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient-facing responsibilities must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and receive an annual influenza vaccine. Learn more.

Employees may request exemptions for valid religious and medical reasons. Start dates may be delayed until candidates are immunized or exemption requests are reviewed.

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