1731 Bunker Hill Road NE
Washington, DC 20017
Kids Are Our Everything.
Department
10508 RSC Speech Therapy
Pay Range
$37.30 - $62.16
Schedule : PRN days/weekends
Who We Are:
Children’s National Rehabilitation and Specialized Care Center (RSC) provides family-centered medical and therapy services for children from infancy through age 21 with complex medical conditions.
Our inpatient programs deliver transitional medical care and rehabilitation, helping children safely move from acute care settings to home. Our outpatient services extend this care through ongoing, individualized medical and therapy support in a family-focused environment.
At RSC, you’ll be part of an interdisciplinary team of highly skilled and compassionate professionals who are committed to making a meaningful difference. Our clinicians collaborate closely to deliver innovative, personalized care and the most advanced rehabilitation services in the region. We invite you to grow your career with us while helping children reach their fullest potential.
What You’ll Do:
As an Inpatient Speech-Language Pathologist, you evaluate and treat infants, children, and adolescents with complex communication, cognitive-linguistic, feeding, and swallowing disorders in a pediatric rehabilitation setting. You collaborate with an interdisciplinary team that includes physicians, nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists, psychologists, respiratory therapists, educators, and families to develop individualized treatment plans that support each child's recovery, functional independence, and quality of life.
Your responsibilities include conducting comprehensive assessments; providing evidence-based intervention for speech, language, cognitive-communication, and dysphagia disorders; implementing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems when appropriate; educating caregivers and team members; and supporting safe feeding and swallowing practices. You work with patients with a wide range of diagnoses, including acquired brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury, neurological disorders, developmental disabilities, complex medical conditions, and other rehabilitation needs.
Through family-centered care, you help children maximize their communication abilities, participate more fully in daily activities, and achieve meaningful goals as they transition through rehabilitation and toward discharge.
What You'll Need:
Minimum Education
Master's Degree Speech-Language Pathology from an American Speech-Language-Hearing Association accredited institution (Required)
Required Licenses and Certifications
Speech-Language Pathologist Current/eligible for District of Columbia Upon Hire (Required)
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Upon Hire (Required)
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association or in process of certification through a current clinical fellowship (Required)
Job Functions
Essential job duties:
Perform and document pertinent evaluation results, including patient and/or family interview, observation, objective measurements, systems review and interpretation of findings within timeframes consistent with department policy.
Discuss evaluation results with patient/caregiver and appropriate healthcare team members and respond to questions appropriately.
Refer patient to appropriate practitioner if the diagnosis is outside scope of expertise.
Set measurable and realistic short and/or long-term goals based on patient’s medical status, anticipated therapeutic outcome(s), discharge plans and patient/family input.
Utilize outcome measurement tools as per established guidelines.
Effectively and independently provide speech therapy services according to professional standards, HSC regulations, including Department of Health, The Joint Commission, and the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) which focus on patient safety, function, pain tolerance/level, goals, etc.
Periodically re-evaluate and…