Speech Language Pathologist

The Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital is seeking to hire a part-time Speech Pathologist to join our KidsConnect/Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization Program. You will work with individual children or groups of children with speech and language disorders. Patients include a wide variety of speech and language disorders with both functional and organic aspects associated with developmental disabilities, psychiatric and/or neurological disorders. Primary duties include:

• Performing, Identifying, conducting, scoring, and evaluating tests and results
• Performing audiological screenings
• Planning and conducting remedial programs designed to improve communication
• Writing treatment plans and objectives
• Conducting family education
• Assisting with school placement of children by consulting with other professionals, schools, and agencies
• Attend case conferences and making recommendations
• Training team members
• All thorough and accurate data collection, documentation and CICARE adherence

Certificate of clinical competence in Speech Language Pathology (CCC-SLP)

Valid CA SLP License

Master's degree in Speech Language Pathology

Experience and knowledge sufficient to assess, develop treatment plans, and intervene with complex cases involving the interpretation of developmental, psychiatric, neurological and linguistic findings in the context of severely disabled or affected children, adolescents, and adults; integrating knowledge of neurology, psychiatry, linguistic and pediatric fields.

Ability to provide therapy to children with autism, children on the spectrum of autism, and children with severe behavioral issues regardless of maladaptive behaviors.

Working knowledge of language sample, syntactic and pragmatic analyses

Ability to design lectures and in-services for clinical fellows, residents, and members of multidisciplinary team.

Ability to write technical reports, treatment plans, and billing/insurance information using correct format.

Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationship and interaction with colleagues, faculty, students and patients.

Ability to use speech and language devices, computers, and software for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes.