Speech-language Pathologist

For remuneration details, please read through job description.

Key responsibilities
- Assessment and treatment of pediatric clients with various needs, including, but not limited to, delayed language development, speech-sound impairments, early literacy challenges, voice disorders, social communication challenges, fluency disorders. Assessment and treatment requires work with children with various diagnoses, including, but not limited to, autism spectrum disorder, apraxia of speech, Down Syndrome, intellectual disability, social communication disorders, learning disabilities/disorders, brain injury;
- **In-person care**. In-person care is the exclusive delivery model used by our organization. Virtual care is only provided in rare instances and as requested by clients.
- Independent management of clinical caseload, which includes maintaining a minimum weekly clinical workload.
- Independent management of clerical needs, such as material preparation, room preparation, room clean up, and sanitization of materials used. Some support may be available if support staff are available to help.
- Engagement in timely, respectful, and professional communications within the organization and with external stakeholders, such as parents/caregivers, clinical team members, lawyers, legal clerks.
- Adherence to deadlines for med-legal reports.
- Adherence to COVID-19 protective/preventative policies and protocols.
- Clinical supervision of Communicative Disorders Assistants.

**Required qualifications**
- **Master’s degree** in Speech-Language Pathology or Communication Sciences from an accredited program.
- **Registration** in good standing with the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO). Mentorship is provided for new graduates.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle. A small proportion of the caseload may require travel. If required, in-home services would only be provided to clients who have sustained injuries in a motor vehicle collision and whose insurers have agreed to such an arrangement.
- Minimum Level 1 PROMPT ® training or agreement to complete such training at the time the job offer is accepted.
- Availability to work Monday to Friday. A workday may begin as early as 8:30 am and end no later than 6 pm. However, total weekly work hours do not exceed 37.5. There is therefore the potential for a short Friday.
- Participation in promotional campaigns and network marketing initiatives, including, but not limited to: Sharing of company social media posts and advertisements on personal social media page(s) as requested from time to time; permitting the use of photographic images of you and/or your therapy materials/set-up and credentials in social media and other promotional campaigns; attendance at special networking and fundraising events. Admission fees to these events are paid by the organization.
- Flexibility, adaptability, and eagerness to learn in a fast-paced, client-driven environment.
- Independence in problem-solving and caseload management.
- Respectful and professional interpersonal and interprofessional verbal and written communication skills.
- Competence in basic computer operations, such as in the use of an electronic medical records system (EMR), tablets, word processing and spreadsheets.
- Ability to operate in a mostly paperless environment, including clinical note-taking, clinical data entry and storage, and assessment/therapy materials.

**Preferred qualifications**
- General CASLPO registration.
- PROMPT Level 2
- Current vulnerable sector check.
- Signing of standard non-solicitation, non-disclosure agreement. As an employee, you cannot concurrently engage in private practice work independently or in affiliation with another private practice.

**Remuneration**
- Annual salary: $72,500.
- 2 weeks paid vacation.
- Extended health benefits, which become available after 3 months of full time employment.
- Annual retention bonus: $2500 upon successful completion of each calendar year of employment.
- Annual workload achievement bonus: $2500 paid upon attainment of annual workload deliverables.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $75,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company events
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- Relocation assistance
- Vision care

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay
- Retention bonus

Application question(s):

- Are registered with CASLPO?

**Education**:

- Master's Degree (required)

Work Location: In person