Craniofacial Speech Therapist

Job Description

Monday-Friday, daytime hours

At Children's Nebraska, our mission is to improve the life of every child through exceptional care, advocacy, research and education. As the state's only full-service pediatric healthcare center, we provide comprehensive, holistic care to our patients and families-from primary and specialty care to behavioral health services and everything in between. Dedicated to a People First culture, we foster an environment with joy, belonging, wellbeing, learning and growth. Turn your passion into purpose and make a difference where it matters most.

A Brief Overview

To perform evaluations, establish appropriate goals, formulate treatment plans, provide treatment interventions, maintain comprehensive documentation, and assist with coordination of care within the scope of practice of speech language pathology for pediatric patients in the inpatient, outpatient, and ambulatory care clinic settings. This role will focus on patients with craniofacial anomalies but will also assist others as needed.

Essential Functions

• Conducts communication & / or feeding assessments / reassessments according to department policy and procedure that are appropriate to area of service delivery and indication for service.
• Gathers and analyzes information obtained from diagnosis, indication, medical history and current status, chronologic / cognitive / developmental age, parent / caregiver / physician concern, past response to care.
• Analyzes information to plan for, select and provide a comprehensive, objective assessment of expressive / receptive communication skills & / or feeding and dysphagia skills that encompasses the components necessary for reporting diagnostic findings and developing clinical recommendations and plan of care related to the specific needs of the client
• Perform assessments according to department policy on patients with receptive & / or expressive communication disorders as seen in pediatric populations & diagnoses
• For identified team members :

Performs clinical feeding assessments according to department procedure, as designated

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Licenses and Certifications

Children's is an equal opportunity employer, embracing and valuing the unique strengths and differences of people. We cultivate an inclusive environment of respect and trust where we all belong. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

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