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Speech-Language Pathologist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 57 days ago
About the Role
The Speech-Language Pathologist's (SLP) primary function is direct patient care. Incumbent will identify, evaluate, diagnose and treat persons with speech, voice, language, fluency, cognitive, swallowing and respiratory disorders. The SLP will be expected to service outpatients, inpatient acute, and the Community Living Center (CLC) as well as outpatient mental health patients.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties include, but are not limited to: Provides speech therapy services to patients under the appropriate guidelines established by the VAMC.
- →Performs functions associated with contemporary speech-language pathology practice.
- →Conducts screening of patients in accordance with the policies of the VAMC to determine the need for intervention/treatment.
- →Conducts assessments, provide treatment interventions and provide consultation to other care professionals.
- →Interprets and communicates evaluation findings to patients, family and other team members.
- →Establishes individual patient schedules in conjunction with other team members.
- →Collaborate and support plan of care as determined by physician and healthcare team.
- →Performs periodic re-evaluation of the patient and makes adjustment to the treatment program.
- →Incorporates new clinical procedures sufficient to perform clinical services independently.
- →Develops coherent treatment strategies.
- →Demonstrates knowledge of instrumentation used in speech-language pathology.
- →Demonstrates knowledge of principles and techniques used in voice disorders including alaryngeal and trach.
- →Monitors patient's response to intervention and modifies treatment as indicated to attain goals.
- →Assist with development of appropriate home or community programming to maintain and enhance the performance of the patient in their own environment.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1 or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
Personality Fit
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