Speech Language Pathologist

Speech Language Pathologist Opportunity

Woodward, IA

Just 35 minutes from Des Moines, IA 

Immediate Full Time Opening

Inpatient Setting -Intermediate Care Facility

“Got Speech” but need a rewarding career to go with it?
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You owe it to yourself to discover the difference Columbus can make for you.
Opportunity to support intellectually & developmentally disabled population at a residential care facility in Woodward, IA  just a short distance from Des Moines.
Columbus offers a highly competitive annual salary and sign-on bonus for this position complemented by a full, comprehensive benefits package. 
Our package is designed to support your financial needs along with providing flexibility, growth and an overall work/life balance.
We hope the next chapter in your career is with Columbus – a family of employees that treats everyone with dignity and respect, shares a passion for supporting the IDD/behavioral health community, and to do everything in our power to help people achieve their meaningful-life goals
 

Benefits Offered:

Facility Physical Environment: This facility offers a continuum of care to Iowans experiencing intellectual disabilities. Located a short distance to Des Moines,  this facility provides residential services for individuals who have struggled to be successful in the community, provides in home support for those who transition to the community and assists community-based providers by providing assessments, training, and other technical support. The goal of this facility’s services is to help individuals to be successful in their communities.

Essential Duties:

• Conducts evaluative tests and observations on residents to assess voice and fluency characteristics by using observational and standardized tests.
• Conducts articulation and vocabulary tests on residents to diagnose impaired articulation skills and level of functionality by using visual or verbal prompts.
• Conducts expressive language tests on residents to identify inadequate development and/or incorrect use of grammar by using standardized or informal verbal/observational tests; conducts receptive language tests on residents to evaluate level of comprehension by using standardized or informal tests.
• Conducts oral-peripheral examinations on residents to identify structural and functional impairments by examining the physical and structural characteristics of the mandible, lips, tongue, teeth, hard palate, velum, and respiratory system.
• Writes monthly and annual reviews to document resident's progress and to report evaluative test results by assessing the extent to which the resident has reached goals/objectives and by conducting standardized and non-standardized tests.
• Utilizes equipment such as a tape recorder, phonic mirror, language master, language board, record players and electronic boards to conduct evaluative tests and to carry out therapy programs.
• Constructs special materials and equipment to adapt therapeutic programs to special needs of residents.
• Teaches verbal and non-verbal residents to improve or develop communication skills by demonstrating techniques or by using sign language, electronic devices or other equipment.
• Instructs professional interdisciplinary and sub-professional living unit staff to facilitate treatment programs by explaining use of equipment, techniques, and programming and by teaching use of sign language.
• Initiates the provision of medical or specialized services to residents to improve treatment program by making referrals to otolaryngologists, physicians, audiologists, psychologists and other specialists.
• Attends treatment team meetings to facilitate an interdisciplinary treatment program by conferring with medical, nursing, professional treatment, and living unit staff.

Qualifications:

• Licensure as a Speech Language Pathologist by the Iowa Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology.
• Minimum of two years work experience as a Speech Language Pathologist
• Experience working with intellectually or developmentally disabled population preferred.

About the Company: The Columbus Organization is a team committed to your professional success. As a leading national provider of health care professionals focused on serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, mental, and behavioral health challenges, we invite you to take your career to a whole new level with The Columbus Organization. Whether your interest is in community, facility, or school-based settings, The Columbus Organization offers job opportunities that are right for you.

If you have already found the perfect job but perhaps know of someone who is still looking, Columbus offers a $1000 referral bonus for successful referrals.

The Columbus Organization
“Because Everyone Deserves A Meaningful Life”
We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer

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