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Speech Pathologist

Full-Time

Join Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center—one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades—is a 384-bed, not-for-profit, fully accredited community teaching hospital serving Queens since 1891, where we started in just a four-bedroom house. Today, we deliver nationally recognized care in cardiology, stroke, oncology, imaging, and emergency medicine, and are New York State’s only Primary Heart Attack Center and the first Comprehensive Stroke Center.

With an expanded Level I Trauma Center, Pediatric Emergency Department, modern maternity services, and over 120,000 ER visits annually, we offer dynamic opportunities for professional growth, impact and clinical excellence. Through our affiliation with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the upcoming opening of our newly built, state-of-the-art Cancer Center, we continue to expand access to world-class care.

As a safety-net hospital, filling a void for the people in the community, we proudly serve all patients regardless of ability to pay. Join us during this exciting period of growth and help shape the future of healthcare.

Mission: To serve our patients and the community in a way that is second to none. 

Vision: To be the premier integrated healthcare delivery system by providing the highest quality, most cost-effective service, which is accessible and sensitive to all.

Jamaica Hospital

 The Department of Speech-Language and Hearing at Jamaica Hospital offers a wide range of Speech-Language Pathology, diagnostic and therapeutic services for children, adolescents, and adults. We are currently seeking an experienced Speech Language Pathologist for an immediate full-time day shift opportunity.

 DUTIES 

  • As a member of our highly trained Speech Pathology team, you will provide daily Speech Language Pathology, diagnostic and therapeutic services and interventions for children, adolescents and adults.
  • Providing communication/cognitive and swallowing evaluation and treatment across inpatient rehabilitation, acute care and outpatient coverage areas.
  • Implementing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems for individuals with severe expressive and/or language comprehension disorders
  • Evaluating and treating patients with a variety of head/neck cancer and managing aspects of their communication and swallowing
  • Screening, identifying, assessing, diagnosing, treating, and following-up services for disorders of speech, language, voice, cognition, and oral-pharyngeal swallowing.

Tagged as: hearing, language, speech

Requirements
  • Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology
  • Licensed and ASHA certified SLP with experience in instrumental swallowing evaluations (MBS & FEES preferred).
  • Possess American Speech and Hearing Association Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology.
  • Experience in the management of patients with head and neck cancer in all aspects of communication and swallowing.  

 Our Ideal Candidate Will Also Possess The Following Attributes:  

  • Ability to be sensitive to the individual needs/disabilities of the patient population; and have the ability to teach and share knowledge in a constructive, non-critical manner.
  • Must have knowledge of the principles, techniques, and terminology of speech-language pathology; and be knowledgeable of human anatomy and physiology of the head and neck structures, including the respiratory system
  • Must have knowledge in the principals involved in the neurological organization of speech and language; and have an understanding of diagnostic testing, administration, scoring, and interpretation used in speech-language pathology
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