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The Speech-Language Pathologist plans, conducts and evaluates the treatment program for individuals with disorders of the comprehension and production of speech and language, as set forth by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association.

Under the direction of the attending physician, the Speech-Language Pathologist provides assessment and treatment of cognitive, speech and swallowing disorders.

Speech-Language Pathologist is to provide high quality, safe, compassionate patient care in the acute care and in the outpatient setting, as well as supervise the work done by other SLP in the department.

Collaborate with interdisciplinary treatment team. Perform duties in a manner that is consistent with Patient First Service Standards.

Qualifications

• Education: Masters in Science (Degree) Clinical Speech Pathology. FEES certified a plus

• Experience: 3 years of speech-language pathology experience with 1 year of clinical experience

• License/Certifications: NYS Speech/Language Pathologist

Compensation Statement

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for this role is $62,170.26 - $119,580.00 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

Non-Bargaining Unit, 390 - REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT - MSQ, Mount Sinai Queens

Responsibilities

• Establish performance goals along with Director of department

• Assist in the process of interview of new applicants and coordinate orientation programs for new staff members.

• Evaluate staff competency and make recommendations for personnel actions such as promotions and disciplinary actions.

• Identify needs in program planning and facilitate program development.

• Responsible for the coordination of SLP services provision and clinical care of the Inpatient / Outpatient.

• Evaluate patient’s speech and language abilities, both deficits and assess and evaluates the patient’s level of function.

• Plan and provide rehabilitation services for speech and language disorders.

• Assist in developing and updating the plan of treatment.

• Provide assessment and treatment of cognitive and swallowing disorders.

• Provide MBS / VFS studies when indicated and ordered by Physician.

• To observe, report and record type of treatment and patient’s response to treatment.

• Report progress and/or regression to physician and/or department’s supervisor.

• Submit to physician and/or department’s supervisor written reports of the patient’s progress.

• Select and administer diagnostic and therapeutic techniques and materials for patient evaluation and treatment purposes.

• Recommend augmentative communication devices/aides as needed such as gesture system, communication boards, electrical automated devices and mechanical devices for the patient.

• Complete timely clinical documentation to include functional goal-setting, progress and therapeutic approach.

• Perform assignments in a manner that is consistent with increasing and promoting growth of outpatient practice.

• Keep patient significant others freely informed of and involved with patient plan of care.

• Act as liaison with nursing, medical staff and therapist, to facilitate problem solving and coordination of services and acts as educational resource.

• The Speech/Language Pathologist appropriately demonstrates and incorporates the necessary knowledge and skills into the assessment, treatment and evaluation of care provided to the following patient population: adolescents, adults and geriatrics and reflect the physical, psychological, cognitive and characteristics of each age group, as based on sound growth and development principles.

• Participate in provision of hospital in-services and staff education to improve quality care and patient outcomes as well as to prevent complications.

• Adhere to all applicable federal, state, local and institutional standards of care, ethics and policies concerning the practice of speech pathology.

• Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, professional association meetings, departmental/hospital committees and in-service meetings.

About Us

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!

“About the Mount Sinai Health System:

Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.

The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”

EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans

Compensation Statement

Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $62170.26 - $119580 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.