Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist – Outpatient, Virtual Programs
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Job Description
Virtual pediatric speech-language pathologist evaluating and treating communication, cognitive, voice, and swallowing disorders. Delivering secure telehealth rehabilitation through Advocate Health’s interdisciplinary care team.
Responsibilities:
- Provide patient evaluation and care planning for speech-language pathology
- Deliver age-appropriate and population-specific patient care
- Provide clinical leadership
- Assess and document patients' medical, mental, and emotional needs at admission and on an ongoing basis
- Develop and implement plans of care, including discharge planning and resource utilization
- Act as patient advocate and treat patients and families with compassion
- Conduct clinical assessments and perform patient care activities using clinical reasoning and skills
- Evaluate therapy intervention effectiveness and prioritize patient/family strengths, needs, and priorities
- Identify the normal course of illness and intervene appropriately when deviations occur
- Communicate patient information and thoroughly document therapist actions and plans of care
- Provide clinical leadership and mentoring
- Deliver therapy services through secure telehealth visits as part of an interdisciplinary virtual rehabilitation team
Requirements:
- Master's Degree in Speech Language Pathology required
- Applicable state license for Speech Language Pathology required
- BLS required per policy guidelines
- Experience with outpatient healthcare setting and telehealth preferred
- EPIC documentation experience preferred
- Resides in the Greater Charlotte NC area preferred
- Hearing (corrected) adequate for oral/aural communication
- Vision (corrected) adequate for reading
- Intelligible speech and adequate language/cognitive skills to perform job duties
- Ability to sit, stand, and walk throughout the day
- Ability to climb stairs, kneel, twist, and bend; occasionally crouch, crawl, and reach overhead
- Ability to lift patients, equipment, or supplies up to 20 pounds frequently and 50 pounds occasionally
- Ability to demonstrate appropriate exercises and activities to patients/caregivers
- Ability to use personal protective equipment when required
Benefits:
- Comprehensive Total Rewards benefits and well-being programs
- Premium pay such as shift and on-call pay
- Incentive pay for select positions
- Opportunity for annual increases based on performance
- Paid Time Off programs
- Medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability benefits
- Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
- Adoption assistance
- Paid parental leave
- Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
- Other financial wellness programs
- Educational Assistance Program












