Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is a family that respects, supports, and values each other. We are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience defines us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

Job Overview

Shriners Children's is the premier pediatric burn, orthopaedic, spinal cord injury, cleft lip and palate, and pediatric subspecialties medical center. We have an opportunity for a Full Time Speech Language Pathologist to join our team within our Plastics Department treating cleft lip and palate patients.

Responsibilities

The Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) performs accurate evaluations of feeding, velopharyngeal status as it relates to resonance, airflow and articulation, and overall communication skills, using standardized and non-standardized measures, taking into account anatomic and physiologic constraints of the vocal tract, the chronological age and the developmental level of the patients, on a consistent basis and in a timely manner. You will interpret pressure/flow testing, nasendoscopic evaluation, and perform multiview videofluoroscopic evaluation of velopharyngeal function for speech and swallow study. You will provide speech and language therapy services to the patients of the Plastic Surgery/Cleft/Craniofacial Surgery Service. This is a full time opportunity. 

Qualifications

Education

Masters degree in Speech Pathology required 

Certification/Licensure

Licensed in state of practice.

American Speech and Hearing Association Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC's) required.

CPR certification required. 

Skills

Minimally one year experience in a pediatric setting required. Prior experience with cleft lip and palate patients required.