This position is open to already certified ASHA SLP's or SLP's who are interested in completing their fellowship year with Henry Ford Health to then become ASHA certified.
Schedule: Part Time, 20 Hours/Week. Requires 1 shift to be a weekend day.
Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP) with certification by the American Speech Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) provide clinical services to individuals with adult and pediatric speech, language cognitive, voice and swallowing disorders. Services include diagnosis, evaluation, therapy, treatment and follow-up. All clinical fellows in Speech-Language Pathology are supervised by ASHA certified SLP's.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Provides clinical speech-language pathology services to HFHS patients including:
Consultation with patients, family, and HFHS staff about communication and swallowing disorders;
Diagnoses speech, language or swallowing disorders and evaluates patient's condition and prognosis;
Develops treatment/therapy programs for patients.
Performs videofluoroscopic assessment of swallowing function.
Performs endoscopic assessment of swallowing function.
Participates in all phases of departmental education and research programs including program development and clinical fellow orientation and instruction.
Supervises the activities of departmental graduate students and clinical fellows including work scheduling, motivation, performance appraisal, and day-to-day work duties.
Represents the Institution at community, regional and national conferences. Educates local community and social organizations on programs available at HFHS.
Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
LICENSURES AND CERTIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
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