SPEECH PATHOLOGIST

Roanoke County Public Schools seeks to employ a full time speech-language pathologist for the school year. This position is contracted to work 7.5 hours per day, 200 days per year, in alignment with the RCPS school calendar.
Position Description/Job Summary : The Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) provides speech and language screenings, evaluations and therapy to students across a variety of ages and disability categories.
Responsibilities/Duties/Functions/Tasks :
Essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
• provide speech and language screenings, evaluations and therapy to students across a variety of ages and disability categories, deferring students to additional medical or educational services if needed

• demonstrate leadership qualities and personal characteristics necessary for collaborating effectively with students, parents, and teachers members about speech disorders and causes to include disabilities and traumatic events; communicating and consulting with parents, teachers, and outside providers regarding student progress
• conduct hearing screenings for students at scheduled grade levels, and for students new to Roanoke County Public Schools (federal and state)
• record information on the initial evaluation, IEP, treatment, progress, and discharge of students
• complete documentation in order to bill public insurance for eligible students
• interpreting curriculum demands per grade level as it applies to determination of academic impact and therapy planning, to include but not limited to SOL benchmarks.
• completing duties of the chair of the child study team when students are identified during a speech/language/hearing screening
  • completing case management duties including all pertinent paperwork regarding students with disability category of Speech and Language Impairment only
  • traveling in order to ordering, setting up, and troubleshooting equipment- FM systems, communication devices
  • altering schedules to adjust for rolling admission of transfer students, newly identified students, and dismissal of students
  • supervising Speech Pathology Assistant to include planning, observing, and documenting therapy as required by VABASLP
  • attend faculty meetings and serve on school committees as assigned by principal
  
  Minimum Job Requirements/Qualifications :
  Qualifications: Master's Degree with ASHA certification (CCC's) in
  Speech/Language Pathology
  Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) considered
  Eligible for Virginia Health Professions State Licensure in
  Speech/Language Pathology
  Required Certificates : Pupil Personnel Services
  Postgraduate Professional
  Required Endorsements : 7901 Speech / Language Pathologist
  PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
  Significant standing, walking, moving, climbing, carrying, bending, kneeling, crawling, reaching, handling, pushing, and pulling.
  These requirements are representative, but not all-inclusive of the knowledge, skill, and ability required to perform this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.