Department Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery/Carver College of Medicine
Jobcode Speech Pathologist I
Working Title Speech Pathologist I
Details BASIC FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITY
Diagnose and provide clinical services for patients who may or do have a communication disorder.
CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Select, administer and interpret appropriate diagnostic and/or clinical procedures to provide for differential diagnosis of patients' communication status.
- Coordinate diagnostic results with those from other professions, such as educational, medical, social and behavioral information.
- Plan, direct, conduct or participate in habilitative and rehabilitative programs including counseling, guidance and clinical work regarding appropriate modes of communication for a patient.
- Predict potential benefit to patient from clinical work.
- Initiate and maintain functional, comprehensive records concerning each patient.
- Provide information to other professionals regarding status and program needs of patients in order to facilitate continuity of services.
- Counsel patients, families and others concerning the management of the patient's communication disorder including the social and psychological problems associated with it.
- Instruct and supervise graduate students in speech pathology and audiology.
- Train individuals in other professions in speech pathology techniques and procedures. Train, schedule, assign and evaluate work of support staff.
- Participate in service training programs in speech pathology and/or related professions.
- Participate in research to develop diagnostic and remedial techniques and procedures for communication disorders and other research pertaining to communication processes.
- Maintain effective working relationships with faculty, staff, students and the public.
Contact
SCOTT DAILEY
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