Speech Language Pathologist
Cortica - Trumbull, CT
posted 4 days ago
About the position
Cortica is looking for a full-time Speech Language Pathologist to join its growing multi-disciplinary team! We are a rapidly growing healthcare company pioneering the most effective treatment methods for children with neurodevelopmental differences. Our mission is to design and deliver life-changing care - one child, one family, one community at a time. Ultimately, we envision a world that cultivates the full potential of every child. At Cortica, every team member is instrumental in helping us achieve our mission! Our culture and values guide how we work and treat one another. Cortica celebrates diversity and fosters an inclusive environment, seeking ideas and opinions from everyone on the team. We safeguard equal rights and respect for all individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, creed, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status or other applicable, legally protected characteristics. All Cortica employment decisions are made based on an individual's qualifications and ability to successfully perform the job responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Establish speech and language treatment goals through dynamic and standardized assessment tools
- Consult closely with multi-disciplinary team members to create collaborative treatment plans and integrative strategies
- Provide individual therapy sessions as well as group and/or co-treats with other disciplines as therapeutically appropriate
- Maintain patient records, documentation, and appropriate billing in accordance with federal and state regulations and company policy to ensure excellent standard of care
- Provide play based and goal-based interventions to develop receptive and expressive language skills while considering an individual's sensory processing, regulation, and motor differences
- Facilitate functional and stimulating experiences to target and achieve individualized goals
- Devise strategies and supports to help the individual engage in communication experiences across settings
- Collaborate with the individual and family to understand their values, interests, and goals
- Implement programming that considers all aspects of the child, inclusive of, but not limited to sensorimotor, cognitive, communicative, recreational, and social activities
- Contribute to program development
- Educate patients, families, team members, and caregivers on home programs that complement treatment
- Deliver at least 22.75 hours of direct patient care each week, excluding time for training, documentation, and administrative meetings
- Occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, climb, balance, kneel, crouch, or crawl; reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 40 pounds.
Requirements
- Possess a master's degree
- Hold a current and unrestricted license and/or certification that is required to practice within your clinical domain and obtain cross-state licensure in new states as indicated by the current business needs
- Excellent clinical skills
- Desire to work in a multi-disciplinary clinical setting
- Flexible and open to learning
- Appreciation for a wide range of therapeutic approaches
- Passion for working with children
- Skilled at using software and systems including electronic medical record systems and Microsoft Office products
- Knowledge of HIPAA regulations to safeguard patient information (preferred)
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k) plan with company matching and rapid vesting
- Paid holidays
- Wellness days
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance options
- Tuition reimbursements for professional development and continuing education
- Referral bonuses
