Speech Language Pathologist/Speech Language Therapist #BD-404-02

Adelphi is seeking a qualified Teletherapy Speech Language Pathologist/Speech Language Therapist who can provide online therapy services to students during school-day hours at a facility in Porterville, California.

Job Quick Facts:
• Reference No.: BD-404-02
• Profession: Allied Health
• Specialty: Speech Language Pathologist/Speech Language Therapist
• Location: Porterville, California
• Facility Type: Developmental Center
• Job Type: Contract (one year)
• Schedule: TBD after evaluation
• Compensation Rate: $60/hour

Requirements:
• Must possess excellent critical-thinking, bedside manner, problem-solving skills
• Must have an active license

Responsibilities:
• Perform initial evaluations, caseload management and assessments
• Administer diagnostic tests, prepare reports and summaries on diagnosis, prognosis, progress, and recommendations for clients identified.
• Confer with team members and employees regarding progress and treatment.
• Train employees in therapeutic procedures and methods of motivating clients toward communications strategies.
• Be familiar with the special needs of the developmentally disabled.
• Communicate well with clients who are developmentally disabled.
• Provide assessment and remediation of communication needs of clients which includes speech, voice, fluency,language, and evaluate need for augmentative communication devices that may be necessary based on referrals.
• Participate as a member of the Interdisciplinary Team in the development and implementation of IPPs and /or IEPs for those clients identified as needing further assessment regarding speech,communication and swallowing, etc.
• Provide documentation on specific procedure conducted, results and prognosis.
• Provide surgical report for all surgical procedures.
• Provide recommendations for follow-up treatment, observations, examinations.