SPEECH PATHOLOGIST/THERAPIST

Universal Health Services • Washington, DC, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

Responsibilities

Our professional rehab staff work alongside other healthcare professionals to enhance patients' functional recovery, facilitate successful discharges, and elevate patient care through unit and system-based quality initiatives, evidence-based research and practice, and true interdisciplinary care. Leaders and staff are focused on exceptional patient outcomes and are defining healthcare for the 21st century. ARU SLPs at GW Hospital provide adult patients admitted to the ARU with the full range of diagnostic and treatment modalities in the SLP's scope of practice: Clinical Swallow Evaluation (CSE), Modified Barium Swallow Study (MBSS), Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES), formal speech-language and cognitive assessments, speaking valve assessments, and post-op care for total laryngectomy patients.

Up to $3,000 Relocation Bonus Available!

Job Summary
SLPs at GW Hospital are expected to collaborate closely with the entire interdisciplinary care team, especially Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation physicians and advanced practice providers, Rehab nurses, OTs, PTs, and case management. This collaboration includes formal, in-person team conference meetings several times per week to discuss each patient's plan of care and progress.

Unique Patient Populations and Features of the ARU:

Stroke
Trauma (including SCI)
LVAD
Organ Transplant
Trach
Head and Neck Cancer
Rehab Gym and Dining Room
BITS Board
IOPI

Note: Must have their DC License before start of employment. Will not consider CFs.

Qualifications

Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology
Minimum 1-year post-graduation experience Inpatient Rehab or Acute Care
Independent in performing MBSS
Independent in performing FEES preferred
Independent with speaking valve assessment and treatment for trach patients weaned from vent

About GW Hospital: The George Washington University Hospital (GW Hospital) is a 395-bed tertiary care, academic medical center located in downtown Washington, DC, next to the Foggy Bottom metro. GW Hospital serves a diverse group of patients-from residents to our nation's leaders. As an academic medical center, GW Hospital has the resources and clinical expertise necessary to provide specialized, complex care. This expertise includes cardiac, cancer, neurosciences, women's health, trauma, and advanced surgery including robotic and minimally invasive surgery.

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