Job Description
Job Description
RESPONSIBLE TO: SUPERVISING NURSE
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Assists the physician in evaluating and treating children and adults with speech, language and swallowing.
2. Helps people develop effective communication skills
- Helps people with articulation disorders and provide treatment to learn proper production of speech sounds.
- Helps people who stutter to speak more fluently.
5. Assists people with voice disorders to improve disorders.
6. Assists people who have difficulty swallowing as a result of illness, surgery,
stroke or injury.
- Helps people with Aphasia to relearn speech and language skills.
- Evaluates, selects, and develops augmentative and alternative communication systems (such as voice synthesizing computers and communication boards) for people with severe speech problems.
- Enhances communication effectiveness – improving everyday communication skills, such as pitch, projection, accent and nonverbal communication.
- Conducting research to develop new and better ways to evaluate and treat speech, language, and swallowing problems.
- Advising clients, family members and communities on ways to prevent speech and language disorders.
12. Prepare clinical and progress notes and submits them to the office in a timely manner.
13. Attend staff meetings, participates in in services, and case conferences.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Must be currently licensed by the State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. One (1) year of experience in speech-language therapy care setting that requires complete speech-language assessments; or demonstrated ability or education in same areas is preferred.