Job Description

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Job Title

Clinical Speech Pathologist Fellow

Location

Weston

Facility

Florida Weston Hospital

Department

Speech Therapy-Weston Hospital

Job Code

T16003

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm/9:00am-5:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital’s team of caregivers that remain on the leading edge of technology and education, all while consistently providing patient-centered healthcare. As part of Cleveland Clinic’s Florida region, Weston Hospital is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Florida regions. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As a Clinical Speech Pathologist Fellow, you will provide clinical services to patients, maintain equipment and materials, and assist with Section activities under the supervision of a Senior Clinical Speech Pathologist.

A caregiver in this role works day shifts from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., with occasional weekend and holiday requirements.

Caregivers in this position must be able to travel to both Weston and Coral Springs, with mileage reimbursement provided when traveling to more than one site in a single day.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Perform diagnostic speech pathology test procedures and evaluate communication and swallowing function of patients under the supervision of a Senior Clinical Speech Pathologist.
• Interpret and report test results to facilitate medical diagnosis.
• Provide counseling and education about communication and the diagnosis to patients and their families.
• Determine therapeutic plan, including need for therapy, frequency of treatment, focus for intervention, prognosis and duration of therapy.
• Select assistive speech devices to improve patient's communication, perform re-evaluation to determine progress after therapy under the supervision of a Senior Clinical Speech Pathologist.
• Provide observations about hearing and other behavior to help determine need for other services.
• Maintain records of all services.
• Communicate results and recommendations for improving communicative function to referral sources and outside agencies such schools and employers.
• Maintain speech pathology equipment and materials.
• Assist with planning, budget, service or project development, fee setting, purchase of new equipment or materials.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Master's in Speech Language Pathology
• Must hold or be eligible for a Speech-Language Pathology Conditional License (COND.SP) from the State Board of Speech Language Pathology & Audiology
• Must hold Conditional License in current state upon start date
• Meet all academic and practicum guidelines established by the American Speech Language Hearing Association, for Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP)

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Experience with use of instrumentation to assess voice and swallowing
• Knowledge about different voice techniques
• Experience or interest in laryngectomy care

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required for procedures.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

If applying for a Florida position, please see the following website for more information on the background screening requirements required by the Agency of Health Care Administration: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/

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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.