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Job Title: Speech Language Pathologist

Employment Type: PRN

Shift: Day Shift
Location: Germantown, MD

Position Highlights:

• Competitive salary
• Benefits – Medical, Dental & Vision, PTO, Free Parking, Metro Access, Tuition Reimbursement, 403(b)
• Quality of Life: Flexible work schedules
• Advancement: Career growth opportunities

Description:

Responsible for assessing and treating patients referred for speech-language, hearing and swallowing disorders, in effective and professional manner, while adhering to Maryland State laws and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Code of Ethics.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for assessing and treating patients referred for speech-language, hearing and swallowing disorders, in effective and professional manner, while adhering to Maryland State laws and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Code of Ethics.
• Collaborates with physicians, medical professionals, staff, and families, to ensure quality of care.
• Provides assessment and care for patients of all ages from neonate through geriatric.
• Additional training may be required to work with special programs and procedures, or specified groups of patients, as determined by department guidelines and best practice.
• Supports Mission of Trinity Health and Holy Cross Health.

What you will need:

Required:

• Graduate of an accredited school with Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology.
• Current Maryland license verified by the Maryland Board of Audiologists, Hearing Aid Dispensers & Speech-Language Pathologists.
• Current BLS (issued through the American Heart Association)
• Two (2) years of experience in acute care or rehabilitation setting, with emphasis on adult neurogenic disorders, dysphagia, and communication cognitive impairments.
• Must be able to evaluate and treat patients in any hospital unit within professional scope of practice
• Reads, writes, speaks, and comprehends the English language
• ust be able to work weekends and holidays.
• Must be willing and able to become proficient on basic computer systems utilized for documentation, scheduling and charging.

About us:

Holy Cross Health is a Catholic, not-for-profit health system that serves more than 240,000 individuals each year from Maryland's two largest counties — Montgomery and Prince George's counties. Holy Cross Health earns numerous national awards, clinical designations and accreditations across a wide range of specialties for providing innovative, high-quality health care services.

Holy Cross Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer.

Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard toMinority/Females/disabled/Veteran(M/F/D/V) status.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.