Speech Language Pathologist

Just across the river from Portland, Oregon, you'll find our beautiful Vancouver, Washington! Our clinic is proud to call Vancouver home and excited to be working out of our clinic on McGillivray Blvd! Immediate positions are open.

We are a growing pediatric private practice looking for a Speech Language Pathologist that is able to work independently. We have a great presence in the community and would love an SLP that is able to provide the highest quality services with confidence.

About our practice:

We are a fun team of SLP's ,OT's, and PT that love to work with kids! About half of the caseload is 0-5 early intervention and the other half is over 5 years old. We accept most insurances and private pay.

Would prefer an SLP with at least 2 years experience and an interest in one of the following areas:

- Oromyofunctional Disorders

-Augmentative and Alternative Communication devices

Training and supervision for these specialties will be provided. Most patients will be in-clinic, some will be teletherapy.

Full time or part time available. We try to work with staff on what schedule would best meet their ideal scene. Our Clinical Coach talks with staff often about how their caseload is going. Each therapy department meets often to review case studies and provide support and additional training.

We are looking for a candidate that is: joyful, hard-working, compassionate, has excellent written and expressive communication skills, positive, creative thinker, shares constructive ideas and feedback, contributes to the team, and really wants to improve the lives of those around them. Our work here is very meaningful as we connect with those we help.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions, we would like to be sure it is a good fit.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Evaluates the needs of children with speech or language disorders and provides written and verbal assessment results to the families. Meets with students weekly according to treatment program schedule, evaluates, and maintains records of child's progress.
• Implements Plan of Care and provides weekly therapy sessions to child.
• Reports progress to parents and meets with them regularly. Suggests activities parents can do with their child to assist and supplement the student's speech therapy program. Attempts to add to their understanding of the program and answers questions and addresses concerns they may have about it.
• Conducts Re-evaluations on a annual basis to measure progress according to professional guidelines.
• Talks with patients to determine their feelings about the program and their progress or any frustrations they may feel about therapy.
• Keeps current with professional literature and attends continuing on a regular basis to maintain and update professional skills.
• Reports directly to the Clinical Manager.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Hearing ability sufficient to evaluate student's speech.
• Skill communicating verbally and in writing with students, faculty members, and parents so that all parties understand the program and the degree of progress being made.

Clinic Culture

• Our clinic values collaboration amongst peers and the community. Our Core Values include:

  • Resilience
  • Unified
  • Meaningful
  • Flexible
  • Compassionate

  Our clinic stands for community involvement and positive impact. We do this through seasonal volunteer opportunities such as annual Giving Tree, Give to Ukraine, community Sensitive Santa, Autism picnic, Special Celebrations events, etc.

  Our team provides support in the community by offering in-service learning opportunities, educating our parents, and connecting with other community providers.

Typical end time:

• 6PM

Typical start time:

• 9AM

Work Remotely

• No

Salary: $38.00 - $54.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Interprofessional collaboration
• On site mentor support and regular team meetings

www.columbiapedstherapy.com

Medical specialties:

• Pediatrics

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Parti time shifts
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Master's (Required)