Speech Pathologist, Sr - NICU
Position: Speech Pathologist, Sr - NICU
Job ID: 167308
Location: US-TX-Houston
Department: WC Ortho/Sports Med PT
Job ID: 167308
Location: US-TX-Houston
Department: WC Ortho/Sports Med PT
Talent Area: Therapist
Full/Part Time: Full time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Shift: 7a - 5p
Full/Part Time: Full time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Shift: 7a - 5p
About Texas Children's Hospital
Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.
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Summary:
We are searching for a Sr. Speech Pathologist for our CyFair Specialty Care Center - someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will appropriately diagnose and treat patients primarily between the ages of 0 –21 years with speech, oral motor/swallowing, language, and learning disorders.
Think you’ve got what it takes?
Responsibilities:
- Experienced with management of pediatric dysphagia
- Able to informally evaluate cognitive-linguistic deficits
- Familiarity with pediatric airway disorders
- Strong understanding of progression of oral feeding development from newborn to transitional feeders
- Able to collaborate and effectively communicate with members of medical team
- Maintains records as required by law, IDS policy and administrative regulations
- Administers formal tests as needed
- Makes referrals for other evaluations as appropriate
- Provides in-service teaching to colleagues
- Promotes speech-language pathology services within the community and the IDS
Qualifications:
- Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including any booster dose(s) of the COVID-19 vaccine recommended by the Centers for Disease Control when eligible, is required for all employees at Texas Children’s, unless approved for a medical or religious exemption.
- Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology field of study required
- CCC-SLP certification from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association required
- TX-SLP license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation required
- 1-year professional speech-language pathology experience with pediatrics required
- NICU experience preferred (also any interest in learning NICU also acceptable)
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