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Exciting per diem opportunity to join our Speech Therapy Team!
Note: the minimum pay rate (new grad rate) is $43.31and will increase based on experience.

Job Summary:

Exciting per diem opportunity to join our Speech Therapy Team at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover, NH!
Note: the minimum pay rate (new grad rate) is $43.31and will increase based on experience. Acute care experience required. Minimum of 2 weekend days/month (may be non-consecutive). Weekday hours available.

Summary:

Responsible to assess, diagnose, treat and help prevent speech, language, cognitive-communication, voice, swallowing, fluency and other related disorders.

Does this position require Patient Care?
Yes

Essential Functions
-Conduct assessments and evaluations to identify speech, language, communication, and swallowing disorders.

-Develop individualized treatment plans based on patient needs and goals.

-Implement treatment plans through a variety of techniques and modalities.

-Monitor and document patient progress, adjust treatment plans as needed.

-Educate patients and their families about speech and language disorders, and provide strategies for improving communication.

-Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to ensure the best possible patient outcomes.

Qualifications:

Education:

Master's Degree Speech Therapy required:

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?
No

Licenses and Credentials:

• Speech-language Pathologist State License
• Generic
• HR Only required Class D Passenger Vehicle Driver's License State License
• Generic
• HR Only preferred Certificate of Clinical Competence in Audiology CCC-A - American Speech Language Hearing Association preferred Basic Life Support BLS Certification
• Data Conversion
• Various Issuers preferred Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology CCC-SLP - American Speech Language Hearing Association preferred

Experience:

speech pathology experience 0-1 year preferred acute hospital experience 0-1 year preferred

• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Familiarity of diagnostic assessments for speech language.
• Employee must have strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to incorporate new clinical procedures sufficiently to perform clinical services independently.
• Ability to perform functions associated with contemporary audiology and speech-language pathology scope of practice.
• Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Knowledge of state standards, federal and state regulations.

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Physical Requirements- Standing Frequently (34-66%)

• Walking Frequently (34-66%)

• Sitting Occasionally (3-33%)

• Lifting Frequently (34-66%) 35lbs+ (w/assisted device)

• Carrying Frequently (34-66%) 20lbs - 35lbs

• Pushing Occasionally (3-33%)

• Pulling Occasionally (3-33%)

• Climbing Rarely (Less than 2%)

• Balancing Frequently (34-66%)

• Stooping Occasionally (3-33%)

• Kneeling Occasionally (3-33%)

• Crouching Occasionally (3-33%)

• Crawling Rarely (Less than 2%)

• Reaching Frequently (34-66%)

• Gross Manipulation (Handling) Frequently (34-66%)

• Fine Manipulation (Fingering) Frequently (34-66%)

• Feeling Constantly (67-100%)

• Foot Use Rarely (Less than 2%)

• Vision

• Far Constantly (67-100%)

• Vision

• Near Constantly (67-100%)

• Talking Constantly (67-100%)

• Hearing Constantly (67-100%)

Remote Type

Onsite

Work Location

789 Central Avenue

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

0

Employee Type

Per Diem

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

$34.53 - $50.99/Hourly

Grade

6

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EEO Statement:

1810 Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

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