Speech Pathologist (SLP) Acute Care PRN

Job description

Inova Alexandria Hospital is looking for a dedicated Speech Pathologist (SLP) to join our acute care team. This role will be PRN requiring 2 weekend shifts per month, 1 minor and 1 major holiday.
Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.
Featured Benefits:
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions – starting on your first day.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.

Speech Pathologist (SLP) Job Responsibilities:
• Demonstrates advanced clinical expertise in patient evaluation treatment and documentation.
• Collaborates with the patient and/or family whenever possible to set treatment priorities and select activities that maximize participation in the treatment process as evidenced by feedback and observation.
• Demonstrates creativity, diversity and resourcefulness to gain patient involvement, to accommodate special circumstances or needs of the patient or adapt the treatment environment to optimize patient responses evidenced by team feedback and observation.
• Provides clinical mentoring and operational guidance, education, and/or supervision to new or less experienced staff, students and support personnel. Acts as an approachable, tactful mentor in all situations. Takes a proactive role with new or inexperienced staff in developing their clinical and administrative skills as evidenced by staff feedback and outcomes of mentoring efforts.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Education: Master’s Degree in Speech Language Pathology (SLP)
• Licensure : Speech Language Pathologist licensed (Virginia)
• Experience : 0 years of experience as a Speech Language Pathologist
• Certification: BLS from the American Heart Association.

Preferred Qualifications:
• 1 year of Speech Pathologist (SLP) experience
• SLP experience in the acute care or hospital setting