Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware (formerly Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children), is hiring a Float Speech-Language Pathologist to provide coverage as needed in our outpatient programs located in Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. No weekend coverage is required.

$5,000 sign on bonus offered (external applicants only).

Scheduled hours for this position are as follows (may require flexibility based upon patient care needs):

Monday: 9:30 am-6 pm

Tuesday: 10:30 am-7 pm

Wednesday: 10:30 am-7 pm

Thursday: 9:30 am-6 pm

Friday 8:30 am-5 pm

Outpatient coverage locations include:

Nemours Children's Hospital in Wilmington (DE), Nemours Children's Health, Becks Woods (DE), Nemours Children's Health, Glen Mills (PA), Nemours Children's Health, Broomall (PA), Nemours Children's Health, Malvern (PA), and Nemours Children's Health, Deptford (NJ)

This is a great opportunity to join a busy and growing Therapy team. We provide speech and feeding therapy for patients with a wide variety of diagnoses, ranging in age from birth to 17. We are also an early intervention partner with Delaware's Birth to Three Early Intervention Program, providing clinic-based services.

• Demonstrates proficiency in the care of all ages: pediatric and adolescent patients. Demonstrates proficiency in the care of neonates as required by assignment.
• Able to provide speech and feeding therapy services to a variety of patient types with recognition of his/her own limitations while seeking appropriate mentorship as needed.
• Completes timely documentation as required by departmental policy #7980.3.3, Joint Commission, and CARF standards.
• Attends meetings related to patient treatment and contributes to discussion as an interdisciplinary team member.
• Maintains knowledge of and familiarity with insurance referral/authorization process and documentation requirements related to therapy services.
• Completes all mandatory training; may include, but not limited to safety, infection control, corporate compliance, HIPAA, bioterrorism, CPR and program specific respiratory training.

Job Requirements

• Master's Degree in Speech-Language Pathology or its equivalent from an ASHA accredited university required.
• Minimum of three (3) to six (6) months experience required. New graduates will be considered based on educational experiences
• State of Delaware Speech-Language Pathology License or provisional/temporary license required upon hire.
• All clinical staff are required to hold a second license in PA or NJ (in addition to DE license). For this position, both PA and NJ licenses are required, however licensure process can be initiated during the onboarding or orientation process.
• Pennsylvania clearances are required upon hire for those with a Pennsylvania license or upon procurement of PA license.
• American Heart Association BLS certification required within 6 months of date of hire and must be maintained for duration of employment.
• ASHA Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP), or Clinical Fellowship Year (CFY) in-process with goal of achieving CCC-SLP within 10-12 months required.
• Member of professional specialty organizations (ASHA, State Speech and Hearing Assoc) preferred
• Clinical affiliation and/or work experience in pediatrics preferred.

Nemours Children's Health offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package which includes:

• Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement/Continuing Education Support
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO), VTO (Volunteer Time Off) and 6 paid holidays
• Professional/Clinical growth opportunities
• Work Life Benefits

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