Detroit Medical Center is seeking a Speech Language Pathologist for a job in Detroit, Michigan.
& Requirements
- Specialty:
Speech Language Pathologist - Discipline:
Therapy - Duration:
Ongoing - 40 hours per week
- Shift:
8 hours, days - Employment Type:
Staff
Children's Hospital of Michigan is an international leader in pediatric and adolescent medicine.
Surgical services include general, thoracic, reconstructive and cardiovascular.
Imaging technology designed specifically for children provides advanced diagnostic services including Positron Emission Tomography (PET) and MRI.
The Children's Hospital of Michigan Emergency Department is a verified Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and dedicated pediatric burn center.
Experts in pediatric critical care, rehabilitation, and neonatal and perinatal medicine provide care for thousands of children every year at Children's Hospital of Michigan, Children's Hospital of Michigan - Troy and six ambulatory sites.
Under general supervision and according to established policies and procedures, diagnoses and treats speech, language, swallowing and cognitive disorders.
- Diagnoses speech, language, cognitive and oral-pharyngeal swallowing disorders utilizing a variety of tests such as articulation, language, voice/resonance, fluency, cognitive communications skills, etc.
- Researches and analyzes patients medical history from test performances, medical records and case histories.
- Utilizes information to diagnose and treat patients.
Designs treatment plans and administers treatment to patients with speech, language and oral-pharyngeal swallowing disorders. - Counsels, educates and advises patients and their families regarding communicative, cognitive and swallowing functioning, and develops home programs for patient as needed.
- Documents diagnostic reports and therapeutic progress notes according to departmental procedures; codes information for billing purposes to ensure maximum reimbursement from third party payers.
- Participates as a member of the inter-disciplinary rehabilitation team; attends chart rounds and departmental meeting.
- Provides presentations and/or in-service education to professional staff, students, outside community, etc.
- May instruct and monitor speech and language pathology interns.
- Enhances professional expertise through seminars, workshops, conferences, reading, professional organizations, etc.
1.
Masters degree in Speech and Language Pathology.
2.Current license to practice as a Speech Language Pathologist in the State of Michigan.
3.
Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech and Hearing Association.
4.
Six to twelve months additional experience preferred.
Speech Therapy Primary Location:
Detroit, Michigan Facility:
DMC Children's Hospital of Michigan Job Type:
Full Time Shift Type:
Days
Detroit Medical Center Job ID #4***68-14.
Posted job title:
Speech Language Pathologist Days Full Time
About Detroit Medical Center
The Detroit Medical Center (DMC) is the leading academically-integrated hospital system in Metro Detroit, and one of the largest health care providers in Southeast Michigan.
During our 150+ years of caring for the community, we have been recognized nationally with top awards in many aspects of hospital operations and patient care.
The DMC is able to achieve these awards because of our exceptional employees.
The Detroit Medical Center is one the largest academic medical centers in the United States, with a long and rich history of medical education, for more than 100 years.
We train more physicians than any other hospital in Detroit.
Our evidence-based approach inspires confidence and spurs innovation.
It ensures that we are making treatment decisions based on our experience, on the best available research and our understanding of each patient as an individual.
Our commitment to our patients
Our commitment to patient care and improving patient outcomes is part of everything we do.
It's our mission.
It's our promise to every patient and every family who entrusts their care to us.
To meet the needs of our community, we operate 8 hospitals and more than 140 clinics and outpatient facilities across southeast Michigan, including a nationally recognized dedicated pediatric hospital (Children's Hospital of Michigan) as well as a nationally recognized rehabilitation hospital (Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan).
We offer an inclusive, diverse and supportive environment.
Knowing that we are better together, our teams are highly collaborative and integrated to deliver the high quality and compassionate care our patients expect and deserve.
Staff members have a voice in forming our culture; one that is often referred to as 'my forever family' and 'colleagues who have my back'.
The DMC has a proud legacy of caring for the people and the families that call Metro Detroit home; they're our neighbors, our friends, and our community.
That's why the DMC serves everyone in the community who needs us; no one gets turned away who comes to us for care.
From local food drives to our long-standing commitment to educate and empower our community towards better health, you can count on the DMC.
There's a spirit of caring and togetherness that you will experience when you join the DMC family.
We are a community build on care.
At the DMC, we are committed to maintaining an environment of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this web site, please contact the DMC facility where the position is available, for further assistance.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or status as an individual disability.
Employee Benefits
At the DMC, health and well-being are important to us, so we provide a range of benefits and options to help meet the needs of all eligible employees.
In addition to a range of healthcare plans, including higher and lower deductible options, we offer dental, vision and an employee assistance plan.
Basic life insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance are provided for free to eligible plan members.
Employees can also choose to participate in one of several supplemental life insurance and/or disability plans, a legal services plan and an identity protection plan.
For those employees who are looking for support to care for family members, we also offer child and elder care programs.
To help employees prepare for retirement, we offer a 401K savings plan, and an employee discount plan that includes discounts for a wide variety of products, including auto and home insurance and mobile plans.
Benefits
- Medical benefits
- Dental benefits
- Vision benefits
- Employee assistance programs
- Life insurance
- Discount program