Clinical Speech Pathologist

                    

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

                        

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

                                    

Job Title

Clinical Speech Pathologist

                        

Location

Akron

                    

Facility

Akron General Medical Center

                     

Department

Rehab Serv - Speech Therapy-Cleveland Clinic Akron General

                      

Job Code

D23021

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join us at Cleveland Clinic Akron General Hospital where we have been providing world-class care to our community for over 100 years. Here, we strive for patient-centered care and comfort with our collaborative team of healthcare professionals. We are committed to serving the community and treating our patients as family.       

As a Clinical Speech Pathologist, you will perform diagnostic speech pathology test procedures and evaluate communication and swallowing functions of patients. This includes interpreting and reporting test results to facilitate medical diagnosis, providing counseling and education about communication and the diagnosis to patients and their families and determining therapeutic plans, including the need for therapy, frequency of treatment, focus for intervention, prognosis and duration of therapy. This is a hands-on role that will allow you to enhance your skills and can act as a steppingstone to other positions within Cleveland Clinic. 

A caregiver in this position works PRN (as needed) from 8:00AM – 4:30PM, which includes one weekend day per month. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:   

• Perform diagnostic speech pathology test procedures.   

• Evaluate communication and swallowing function of patients.   

• Interpret and report test results to facilitate medical diagnosis.   

• Provide counseling and education about communication and the diagnosis to patients and families.   

• Determine therapeutic plans, including the need for therapy, frequency of treatment, focus for intervention, prognosis and duration of therapy.   

• Select assistive speech devices to improve the patient’s communication.   

• Perform re-evaluation to determine progress after therapy.   

• Provide observations about hearing and other behaviors to help determine the need for other services.   

• Maintain records of all services.   

• Communicate results and recommendations for improving communicative function to referral sources and outside agencies such as schools and employees.   

• Assist with planning, budget, service or project development, fee setting and purchase of new equipment or materials. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: