Job Code:	1287
Job Title:	Speech Pathologist I
Creation Date:	03/01/86
Revision Date:	11/17/07
FLSA Status:	Exempt

JOB SUMMARY:

To provide professional skills in the comprehensive evaluation of patients with speech and language impairments and to provide habilitative and rehabilitative treatment services.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: 

• Administers various routine speech and language tests and hearing screenings.
• Diagnoses disorders by evaluating causes and test results and assessing speech and language skills as related to educational, medical, social, and psychological factors.
• Treats impairments such as functional articulatory disorders, stuttering, voice problems, delayed speech, and organic disorders, including but not limited to cleft palates, cerebral palsy, aphasia, and impaired hearing.
• Instructs patients with functional or organic speech disorders and their families in appropriate means of communication.
• Writes reports on diagnostic findings, therapy used, and progress made.
• Determines need for referral to specialists.
• Provides consultation and guidance services to patients, other departments, and outside agencies.
• Provides patient evaluation and treatments, employing techniques consistent with age specific concerns for the following age groups: neonate, adolescent, adult and geriatric as defined in position addendum.
• Adheres to internal controls established for department.

MARGINAL OR PERIODIC JOB FUNCTIONS:

·        Performs related duties as required.

REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

Master's degree in related field, Certification or eligible for Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, and Licensure or eligible for Speech Pathology License from the Texas State Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.

EQUIPMENT:

Standard speech pathology equipment.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Standard clinical environment.

OTHER:

Specific job requirements or physical location of some positions allocated to this classification, may render this position security sensitive, and thereby subject to the provisions of Section 51.215, Texas Education Code.