Per Diem Virtual Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist

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Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist providing virtual evaluations and therapy through innovative digital platform. Engage with children and caregivers, ensuring holistic developmental support while adapting to their needs remotely.

Responsibilities:

  • Perform virtual consult/evaluation appointments with children and their families and use clinical decision making to determine need for ongoing support.
  • Thorough review of medical history, developmental concerns, and goals for seeking support.
  • Document clinically sound, personalized care plans and recommend therapy frequency (weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly)
  • Facilitate therapy appointments with child and their caregiver(s).
  • Communicate clearly with caregivers and educate them on activities and exercises so they can work with their child at home.
  • Maintain up-to-date patient records including appointment summaries, progress monitoring, and other documentation
  • Utilize the platform to recommend exercises/activities that caregivers can apply in between appointments to work toward therapy goals
  • Work to improve the platform including review of developmental screener and associated escalation logic, expansion of exercises library, and other enhancements
  • Responsive to the messaging portal to answer questions from users on a predetermined cadence
  • Collaborate with other clinicians to ensure children and their families are receiving holistic care.

Requirements:

  • Self-motivated pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist, ideally with telehealth experience, having worked in Early Intervention, school-based programs, or private practice
  • Experience working with children (0-6) and their caregivers
  • Up-to-date on evidence based practices and enthusiastic about use of technology to facilitate and augment care
  • Passionate about caregiver guided intervention, strengths-based framing and play as therapy, and the impact early intervention support can have on children
  • Flexible schedule to allow for convenient appointment times for busy families (e.g., some availability in early mornings and/or evening, and/or weekends)
  • License to practice in Massachusetts required
  • Bilingual professional capabilities is appreciated

Benefits:

  • Chance to work at an innovative, early-stage digital health company, with room for growth and opportunities for advancement
  • Flexible hours with the ability to work part-time
  • Opportunity to mold a new care delivery model and help the access gap for children who need developmental services but are unable to receive them today