Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Speech Language Pathologist – someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will appropriately diagnose and treat patients primarily between the ages of 0 – 21 years with speech, oral motor/swallowing, language, and learning disorders.

Think you've got what it takes?

Responsibilities:

• Experienced with management of pediatric dysphagia
• Able to informally evaluate cognitive-linguistic deficits
• Familiarity with pediatric airway disorders
• Strong understanding of progression of oral feeding development from newborn to transitional feeders
• Able to collaborate and effectively communicate with members of medical team
• Maintains records as required by law, IDS policy and administrative regulations
• Administers formal tests as needed
• Makes referrals for other evaluations as appropriate
• Provides in-service teaching to colleagues
• Promotes speech-language pathology services within the community and the IDS

Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Speech-Language Pathology field of study required
• CCC-SLP certification from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association required
• TX-SLP license from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation required
• 1-year professional speech-language pathology experience with pediatrics required

ABOUT US

Texas Children's Hospital West Campus is Houston's first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city's most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.

To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.

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